Rent Buster Keaton: The Saphead (1920)
3.2 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Keaton stars as Bertie Van Alstyne, the pampered son of a powerful Wall Street financier (William H. Crane). Having known no other lifestyle but privilege, he wanders through a variety of misadventures - an attempt at courtship, a trip to an illegal gambling den, and a tumble onto the floor of the Stock Exchange - oblivious to the obstacles that stand before him.
- Actors:
- Edward Jobson, Beulah Booker, Edward Connelly, Edward Alexander, Irving Cummings, Odette Tyler, Carol Holloway, Jack Livingston, William H. Crane, Buster Keaton, Katherine Albert, George Berrell, Henry Clauss, Alfred Hollingsworth, Helen Holte, Jeffrey Williams
- Directors:
- Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith
- Producers:
- John Golden, Marcus Loew, Winchell Smith
- Writers:
- Bronson Howard, Victor Mapes, June Mathis, Winchell Smith
- Aka:
- The Saphead
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/08/2022
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Score by Andrew Earle Simpson (presented in uncompressed LPCM stereo)
- Brand new audio commentary with film historian and writer David Kalat
- Bubbling Gravity - Brand new video essay by David Cairns
- Complete alternate version of 'The Saphead', comprised entirely of variant takes and camera angles
- A Pair of Sapheads - featurette comparing the two versions of the film
- The Scribe (1966, dir. John Sebert) - In his last film role (produced to promote construction site safety) Keaton plays a janitor who in his attempt to educate workers on safe practices, causes more accidents than he prevents
- Previously unheard audio commentary on The Scribe with director John Sebert (recorded before his death in 2015) and writer / silent cinema aficionado Chris Seguin
- Buster Keaton in Conversation with Kevin Brownlow - a nearly 2 hour interview with Keaton conducted by film historian Kevin Brownlow in 1964
- Interview with Buster Keaton from 1958
- Torsten Jungstedt in conversation with Keaton
