BUSTER KEATON RIDES AGAIN: FEATURING THE RAILRODDER [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1965
• Genre: Comedy, Documentary
• Plot: Buster Keaton Rides Again; ; Filmed in Canada while Keaton was making The RailRodder, this 1965 documentary classic provides an absorbing portrait of one of the world's comic greats. It shows Keaton relaxing, telling yars and plotting the next day's action with considerable flair despite his age. When he recalls gags he employed in the past, the video replays the old scenes. In his pork-pie hat and baggy pants, the star shows little noticable change in appearance, or for that matter, in the timing of his gags.; ; Everyone, particularly Keaton's fans, will delight in this informal visit with the old pro. This is a memorable and intimate view of one of the most indestructable of slapstick comics.; ; ; The Railrodder; ; Have you ever had the urge to travel across Canada? Well, comedian Buster Keaton did just that using a most unusual mode of transportation: he hopped abord an open railway track speeder.; ; The Railrodder is full of visual gags. Purched on his seat, pork-pie hat firmly in place, this endearing traveller chugs nonchaantly ast some of Canada's most spectacular landmarks. ; ; Keaton draws the most laughs through his slapstick efforts to get comfortable on his bare conveyance. As he putt-putts his way from Nova Scotia to British Colombia, Keaton finds ways to shave, hunt geese, serve a formal tea and do the laundry.
• Cast: Buster Keaton, Eleanor Keaton, Gerald Potterton, Michael Kane, John Spotton, Donald Brittain
• Director: John Spotton
• Runtime: 1:20
• Company: The National Film Board of Canada, Image Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie