Steamboat Bill Jr

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College graduate Buster returns to assist his hefty and disapproving Pa compete for riverboat trade with a wealthy rival - whose daughter Buster happens to be courting. Another exceptional, effervescent comedy with a blistering cyclone finale, continuing the deadpan charm, athletic stunts and beautiful timing typical of the silent screen's 'chivalrous angel'. It also features the incredible 'falling side of a house' scene in which Keaton allowed himself two inches clearance all round. Half the crew couldn't watch in case this time he really did kill himself. Amazing.

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Fully restored and digitally remastered; 'The Boat' (27 mins) written and directed by Keaton.

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Review by MJ on 18th August 2000

Keatons last independent production is one of his greatest films, slowly but beautifully building up to a terrific hurricane climax in which the star reveals his physical ingenuity in front of the cameras and his technical genius behind them. Breath-taking, delightful and, of course, hilarious.

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Article - "Sunrise and me" by Neil Brand
Tuesday 1st January 2002

Sunrise is, strictly speaking, not a silent film. Released in 1927 almost simultaneously with the revolutionary talkie The Jazz Singer, it featured a synchronised soundtrack which meant that the music was the same wherever the film played. This was the ...  View article in full

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