Buster Keaton gets honored with a major DVD set
Many of the dozens of films and shorts of the seminal silent film star Buster Keaton have been released on DVD through Kino International. The DVD distributor has revisited these discs by packaging all ten of their Keaton releases together as part of a massive Keaton set. The set will not only package the existing library of Keaton’s work, but will contain a new bonus disc, Keaton Plus which will contain over three and a half hours of rare Keaton material. As part of the eleven disc set, each of the first ten volumes of The Art of Keaton will contain a series of films and shorts as follows:
Disc 1: The Saphead |
Disc 2: Three Ages |
Disc 3: Sherlock Jr. |
Disc 4: The Navigator |
Disc 5: Seven Chances |
Disc 6: Go West |
Disc 7: Battling Butler |
Disc 8: The General |
Disc 9: College |
Disc 10: Steamboat Bill, Jr. |
The eleventh disc, “Keaton Plus” will contain the following:
Shorts: widescreen) |
Educational Films: |
Other Shorts: |
Commercials: |
Home Movies: |
Killiam Collection introductions: (total time: 11.5 min.) |
“Life With Buster Keaton” excerpts (1950-1): |
Finally, the disc will contain an interactive tour of the locations where Keaton’s films were shot with John Bengtson, the author of “Silent Echoes” and an extensive photo gallery.
The new set will be available for the first time on November 20th for a suggested retail price of $199.95 for all eleven discs. The ten individual discs which are already available will be repriced on the same date to $24.95 apiece.
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