Buster Keaton, Go West
Kino Video (9/24/1923)
Comedy
In Collection
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IMDB   7.1
22 hr 1 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Buster Keaton The Young Man
Edward Alexander
Beulah Booker
Edward Connelly
William H. Crane
Irving Cummings
Edward Jobson
Jack Livingston
Odette Tyler
Phyllis Haver The Young Woman
Babe London Fat Girl at The House of Trouble
Kathryn McGuire
Ruth Dwyer
T. Roy Barnes
Snitz Edwards
Director
Herbert Blanche
Buster Keaton
Charles Lamont
Producer Joseph M. Schenck
Writer Buster Keaton
Edward F. Cline

Buster Keaton was arguably the cinema's first modernist, an old-fashioned romantic with a 20th-century mind behind a deadpan visage. His films brim with some of the most breathtaking stunts and ingenious gags ever put on film, all perfectly engineered to look effortless. And, as Kino's magnificent 11-disc boxed set The Art of Buster Keaton conclusively shows, they are among the funniest ever made. Keaton warped gags until they left the plane of reality in such shorts as The Playhouse (1921) and The Frozen North (1922), and takes a logic-defying leap into the very nature of cinema itself in his hilarious Sherlock Jr. (1924). He takes on the mechanical world with Rube Golberg ingenuity in The Navigator (1924) and perfects his match between man and massive machine in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), which features the funniest hurricane scene ever put to film, and The General (1927), one of the greatest comedies of all time.

In addition to the previously released 11 features and 19 shorts from the peak of Keaton's career, this set boasts the exclusive Keaton Plus, a collection of rarities and tributes. The greatest find is the long-lost ending to Hard Luck (1921), now restored to complete the film's final inspired gag. Other highlights include newly discovered scenes from Daydreams (1922) and The Love Nest (1923), entertaining excerpts from Keaton's 1951 TV show Life with Buster Keaton (he's still got it!), and his rare dramatic turn in the 1954 television play The Awakening. --Sean Axmaker

Edition Details
Edition The General / Sherlock, Jr. / Our Hospitality / The Navigator / Steamboat Bill Jr. / College / Three Ages / Battling Butler / Go West / The Saphead / Seven Chances / 21 Short Films
Distributor Kino Video
Release Date 11/20/2001
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 11

Features
Disc 01 Features Not Specified

Keaton Plus:
Rare Shorts
TV Appearances
Commercials
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