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Buster Keaton Rides Again( 1965)

TV-MADocumentary
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In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a small cult following. 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 the occasionally combative creative process behind the scenes. An intimate look at one of cinema’s most enduring legends.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Buster Keaton

      Self

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      Eleanor Keaton

      Self

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      Gerald Potterton

      Self - Director of 'The Railrodder'

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      Michael Kane

      Narrator

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Mar 14 2024
    Did you know that it was actually the legendary "Fatty" Arbuckle who gave Keaton his first break in cinema? That was when he was an extra on some "Keystone Cops" sketches and the star saw potential in this former Vaudeville artist. This documentary itself doesn't so much offer us a career retrospective, but follows the man as he looks rather fish-out-of-water like making the Canadian film "The Railrodder" (1965). It's here that he attempts to rekindle some of the magic that he so successfully brought to silent cinema in the 1920s with the likes of "Sherlock Jr" (1924) and, of course, "The Gener...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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