Buster Keaton rides again

Blu-ray 2022

Buster Keaton rides again (1965): In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a silent short that would turn out to be one of his final films. Documenting this mobile production in fascinating and unexpected detail, Buster Keaton Rides Again offers a rare glimpse of the comedy legend's temperament, philosophies, hobbies, marriage (his third), and occasionally combative creative...

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Canada Description and travel

Comedians United States Biography

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966

Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography

Motion pictures Production and direction

Railroad travel Canada

Railrodder (Motion picture)

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Description:

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : color ; 15 cm)
digital
optical
mono
videodisc
Blu-ray
video file
Blu-ray
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVRS: Not rated

Other Title:

Helicopter Canada (Motion picture)
Railrodder (Motion picture)

Notes:

Title from container
Wide and full screen
Special features: audio commentary with Gerald Potterton and David De Volpi on Buster Keaton rides again and The railrodder
Buster Keaton, Eleanor Keaton, Gerald Potterton, Stanley Jackson, The Beatles
Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1); requires Blu-ray player
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Contents:

Buster Keaton rides again (1965, 56 min.) / director, John Spotton
Helicopter Canada (1966) / director, Eugene Boyko (includes 2.76:1 and Smilebox versions)
Hors-d'oeuvre (1960, 7 min.) / directors include Gerald Potterton
My financial career (1962, 7 min.) / director, Gerald Potterton
Christmas tree decoration (1963, 5 min.) / directors include Gerald Potterton
The ride (1963, 7 min.) / director, Gerald Potterton
The Railrodder (1965, 25 min.) / director, Gerald Potterton
The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones (1983, 8 min.) / director, Gerald Potterton
Canada the Land (1970, 8 minutes) / directors, Jean-Claude Labrecque, Rex Tasker

Control Number:

3193308

UPC:

814456025063

Other Authors:

Boyko, Eugene, film director
Canadian International Pictures, publisher
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, on-screen participant
Keaton, Eleanor, 1918-1998, on-screen participant
Labrecque, Jean-Claude, 1938-2019
Potterton, Gerald, 1931-2022
Spotton, John, film director

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