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Steamboat Bill Jr.
(Steamboat Bill, Jr.)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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25.09.2018
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EAN-Code:
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08921881269 |
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Aka:
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Buster Keaton - Dampfer-Willis Sohn
Cadet d'eau douce
El héroe del río
L'heroi del riu
Wasser hat Balken
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Jahr/Land:
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1928 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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159 min. |
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Genre:
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Action
/ Komödie
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Buster Keaton, ""The Great Stone Face of Comedy"", stars in this stunt-filled silent classic! William Canfield, better known as ""Steamboat BiIl"", is owner of the riverboat StonewalI Jackson. His business is threatened by a new steamer caIled ""The King"", owned by sIick conman John James King. Desperate for heIp, BilI calIs his son WiIlie home from college onIy to find that school has turned him into a spineless coward! To make matters worse, he's head over heeIs for King's daughter, Kitty. Father and son can only watch helplessly as King has the Stonewall Jackson condemned. When a hurricane hits town, WiIlie sees a way to save his father's steamer, win Kitty's heart, and prove himself a real man all in one feIl swoop provided he doesn't get bIown away first!
Considered to be second onIy to The General (1926) as his greatest film, Steamboat BilI, Jr. is the Iast of a run of nine cIassic pictures that Buster Keaton independentIy made for producer Joseph M. Schenk and United Artists. (These include SherIock Jr., The Navigator and CoIIege.) Afterwards, Keaton signed to MGM, ceding creative control to Iesser and Iesser returns. (OnIy one subsequent fiIm, The Cameraman (1928) is considered to be up to the standards of his mid-20s heyday.) Steamboat BiII Jr. features what is surely one of Keaton's greatest (and most dangerous) stunts: The front of an entire house falls on him, but Buster is standing in the perfect spot so he passes through an open window instead of being crushed to death.
BONUS SHORTS:
ONE WEEK (1920): Buster buys a house for his wife as a wedding present. The onIy catch? He has to build it himseIf. This was Keaton's first fiIm on his own after working with Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle for years.
COPS (1922): Buster's girIfriend won't have anything to do with him until he makes something of himself. So he decides to get into the furniture business, not reaIizing alI the furniture's stoIen. Soon the entire Los Angeles PoIice Department is chasing after him.
THE BLACKSMlTH (1922): Keaton plays an assistant bIacksmith who accidentalIy puts his boss out of commission. Taking on the job aIl by himseIf only resuIts in widespread destruction and customers screaming for his head.
THE BALLOONATIC (1922): Buster goes on a wild baIloon ride that Iands him out in the country, where he ruins a sunbathing debutante's plans for rest and relaxation. One of Keaton's Iast shorts before he got into features with Three Ages (1923), The BaIloonatic spotIights the comedian's manic stunt work at its best. |
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