Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Buster Keaton rides again / directed by John Spotton. Helicopter Canada / directed by Eugene Boyko.

[Canada] : Canadian International Pictures, [2022]

1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Buster Keaton rides again (1965): In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a silent short that would turn out to be one of his final films. Documenting this mobile production in fascinating and unexpected detail, Buster Keaton Rides Again offers a rare glimpse of the comedy legend's temperament, philosophies, hobbies, marriage (his third), and occasionally combative creative process. Canadian International Pictures fondly presents this intimate look at one of cinema's most enduring legends.

Helicopter Canada (1966): Made in celebration of the Canadian centennial, this Oscar-nominated documentary offers a stunning aerial exploration of the country's vast and varied landscape. Featuring impressive widescreen cinematography by director Eugene Boyko, amusingly irreverent commentary, and even a cameo by The Beatles, this enchantingly oddball time capsule brings Canadiana to new heights. In honor of the film's debt to the sprawling Cinerama travelogues of the '50s, this disc also includes a presentation of Helicopter Canada in the Smilebox format, simulating the effect of a curved screen

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.

Railrodder (Motion picture)

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

Motion pictures -- Production and direction.

Railroad travel -- Canada.

Canada -- Description and travel.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Spotton, John, film director.

Boyko, Eugene, film director.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, on-screen participant.

Keaton, Eleanor, 1918-1998, on-screen participant.

Potterton, Gerald, 1931-2022 on-screen participant.

Jackson, Stanley, 1914-1981, on-screen participant.

Canadian International Pictures, publisher.

Title from disc label.

Wide and full screen.

Special features: audio commentary with Gerald Potterton and David De Volpi on Buster Keaton rides again and The railrodder; Hors-d'oeuvre (1960, 7 min.); My financial career (1962, 7 min.); Christmas tree decoration (1963, 5 min.); The ride (1963, 7 min.); The railrodder (1965, 25 min.); The awful fate of Melopmenus Jones (1983, 8 min.); bonus short: Canada the land (1970, 8 min.).

Buster Keaton, Eleanor Keaton, Gerald Potterton, Stanley Jackson, The Beatles.

Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1) and full screen (1.33:1); requires Blu-ray player.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

CIP-004

1346853065

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