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STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019421/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003H221MS/
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?film_id=1088
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Steamboat-Bill-Jr-Blu-ray/10926/#Overview
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews51/steamboat_bill_jr_blu-ray.htm
BluRay Studio: Kino International (Region A)
BluRay Release Date: July 6, 2010
Director: Charles Reisner
Description
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The last of the independent features made in the prime of Buster Keaton's career, STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. is a large-scale follow-up to The General, substituting a Mississippi paddlewheel for the locomotive, and replacing the spectacle of the Civil War with a catastrophic hurricane. Keaton stars as William Canfield, Jr., a Boston collegian who returns to his deep-southern roots to reunite with his father, a crusty riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence) who is engaged in a bitter rivalry with a riverboat king, coincidentally, the father of Willie's sweetheart (Marion Byron).
Keaton's athleticism and gift for inventive visual humor are in top form, and the cyclone that devastates a town (and sends houses literally crashing down around him) is perhaps the most ambitious, awe-inspiring and hilarious slapstick sequence ever created.
In the silent era, it was common practice for filmmakers to create two separate negatives of their films, each comprised of differing takes and camera angles. This definitive Blu-ray edition contains both versions of STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. - the Buster Keaton Estate version and the Killiam Shows Archive version - each mastered from archival 35mm materials.
Format: BluRay 1080p Dual-Layered
DVD Size: 38.52 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy (Region A unlocked)
Runtime (main feature): 72 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 matted to 1.78
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 1080p | Video Bitrate: 29.82 Mbps
Sound (main feature): English DTS-HD Master Audio 3673 kbps 5.1 | English DD2.0
Subtitles: none
Disc Features:
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# Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Killiam Version.
# Visual Essay (720p, 12:20). A documentary on the making of Steamboat Bill, Jr., featuring a comparison between the two versions of the film.
# Steamboat Bill: The Song. Two versions of the folk song that inspired Steamboat Bill, Jr., by Edward Meeker (2:10) and Irving Kaufman (2:48).
# Why They Call Him Buster (1080p, 1:11). A montage of pratfalls and stunts taken from various Keaton features and shorts, intended as a promo for Kino's Lost Keaton collection.
# Stills Gallery: 69 stills.
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