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  Buster (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buster is the name of a 1988 comedy-drama movie starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock.
It tells (a romanticised version of) the true story of the 1963 great train robbery, focusing more on the character of robber Buster Edwards and his subsequent flight from justice than on the robbery itself.
The robbery scenes were filmed on the Great Central Railway, using a disguised British Rail Class 37 locomotive as a stand-in for the Class 40 which was actually involved.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buster_(film)   (179 words)

  
 Buster Keaton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buster would goad Joe by disobeying him, and Joe would respond by throwing Buster against the scenery, into the orchestra pit, or even into the audience.
After his MGM star contract was terminated he was re-employed as a gag writer for various MGM films, particularly those of the Marx Brothers—including A Night at the Opera (1935), At the Circus (1939), and Go West (1940); and various films of Red Skelton.
Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd are remembered as the great comic innovators of the silent era.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buster_Keaton   (1708 words)

  
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Buster's mamma is greatly shocked at the sight, while Buster now sets Tige on the tramp, and in the melee Bridget wakes up, and falls over backwards, chair and all.
Buster's mamma releases Bridget from her predicament, and the tramp, with Tige holding on to his coat- tails, makes a hasty retreat through the window.
Buster is rewarded by his mamma for getting rid of the tramp, and is given permission to eat all the jam he wants.
hdl.loc.gov /loc.mbrsmi/edmp.2298   (961 words)

  
 Learn more about List of 'years in film' in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
1991 in film - The Silence of the Lambs is released
1973 in film - The Sting and The Exorcist are released
1970 in film - Patton and M*A*S*H are released
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of__years_in_film_.html   (1377 words)

  
 2005 Kangaroo Valley Buster Keaton Film Festival
Buster's antics are no less amazing, however, as he donnes the scarecrow garb to avoid his pursuers, walks across a stream ON HIS HANDS (no faking here), and is sucked up in the reaper and is stripped of his clothes and baled with the wheat.
During the filming of the scene in which Buster Keaton is being swept downstream towards the waterfall, he was attached to a 'holdback' cable, concealed in the river.
During the filming of the scene, the cable broke, and he was hurled down the rapids, battered by rocks and limbs, and was only barely able to grab an overhanging branch, which held him just long enough for the crew to reach and rescue him.
www.shoalhaven.net.au /~mwsmith/bk2005.html   (4156 words)

  
 Beckett - Film: 1965 "Film"
The film, which has no dialogue, takes its basis Berkeley’s theory Esse est percepti, that is “to be is to be perceived”: even after all outside perception -- be it animal, human or divine -- has been suppressed, self perception remains.
Film was edited by Sydney Meyers and the cinematography was by Boris Kaufman, both of whom were preeminent in their fields.
"Film" by Samuel Beckett -- By Katherine Waugh and Fergus Daly, FilmWest 20, 1995.
www.themodernword.com /beckett/beckett_film_film1965.html   (275 words)

  
 Comedies on Film
THE GOAT (1922) This is one of Buster's classic golden age silent comedies as he is mistaken for a killer and is on the run from the police.
Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin appear TOGETHER on screen some thirty years before their teaming in LIMELIGHT in the First National promotional film, SEEING STARS ("the only motion picture of it's kind ever made").
This is one of Laurel and Hardy's earliest talkies.
www.a-1video.com /comedies_on_film.htm   (13014 words)

  
 Out of Step (2002)
Michael Buster and Jeremy Elliott were a perfect fit to round off the professional cast with their authentic performances, giving the film another level of truism and honesty.
It was imperative that the film had a soundtrack that would enhance the visual style of the film.
Little said those in the LDS film industry know if they invest more money they won't see their financial return, and then they won't be able to continue making these films.
www.ldsfilm.com /OutOfStep/OutOfStep.html   (4750 words)

  
 The Thrift Shop -- Buster Keaton
As a fan and aficionado of Buster Keaton for ten years, I feel it is my duty to share this supreme cinema artist with the rest of the world.
One of the central themes of this film -- if indeed there is any theme at all, given the simplicity of the plot -- seems to be the utter absurdity of the universe in which Keaton's character operates.
As an actor, director, and editor, Buster Keaton was a brilliant filmmaker, and as shown by the sequences described above, an artist able to capture a world of subtle meaning in a few moments.
www.metrogirl.com /thriftshop/keaton.html   (2582 words)

  
 Buster Film Review - Time Out Film
When Buster Edwards (Collins) receives his share of the 1963 Great Train Robbery, he doesn't know what to do with it except spend it.
June, who can't bear to be without chips, rain, and bingo, takes their darling daughter Nicky back to the Elephant and Castle, and Buster, though he knows he'll get nicked, soon follows.
We're invited to view Edwards as the archetypal cheeky Cockney, to condone his crimes, and commiserate when he gets his comeuppance: character development, moral perspective, and cinematic style are out of the question.
www.timeout.com /film/68648.html   (207 words)

  
 The Buster Keaton Film Festival
And now that Keaton's films are touring big screens again,1996 promises to be even better.
The Neighborhood Film/ Video Project at International House will host "Happy Birthday, Buster: A Celebration of the Art of Buster Keaton" for oneweek starting January 11, with four separate programs devoted to various thematic compartments.
In color and directed by Gerald Potterton, the silent film is potently Keatonesque: a barebones "General" trips across the Canadian landscape with just a motorized railcar, his familiar flattop hat and a face 40 years craggierand 40 years funnier.
www.citypaper.net /articles/011196/article028.shtml   (559 words)

  
 Buster Crabbe at Brian's Drive-In Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Although the film was shot both as a serial and as a feature, the full-length version is the only one that exists today.
Buster Crabbe returns as interplanetary hero Flash Gordon, teaming with Dale, Prince Barin and his friends to save Earth from a deadly plague known as the Purple Death, the creation of none other than Ming the Merciless.
Buster Crabbe stars as a courageous doctor in the African jungle, working to save villagers from a deadly fever, who encounters an expedition searching for the fabled "City of the Dead." With Sheila Darcy, Weldon Heyburn, and Crabbe's "Flash Gordon" foe Charles Middleton as, of all things, a reverend.
www.briansdriveintheater.com /bustercrabbe.html   (4487 words)

  
 Buster Keaton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987) (TV)....
The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005) (V)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004) (TV)....
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000036   (540 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Buster Keaton (Film, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Buster Keaton (Joseph Francis Keaton), 1895–1966, American movie actor, b.
Piqua, Kans. Considered one of the greatest comic actors in film history, Keaton used his considerable acrobatic skills, which he had developed as a child in vaudeville, in many silent comedies in which he portrayed a deadpan hero who survived against incredible odds.
He made a comeback as a supporting actor in such films as Sunset Boulevard (1959), Limelight (1952), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Keaton-B.html   (237 words)

  
 Buster Keaton
Buster was billed as “The Little Boy Who Can't Be Damaged” and Papa Joe Keaton was flinging him roughly around the stage at the age of five.
Buster's voice did not really suit his silent persona—it was low, hoarse and sometimes cracked, a drinking man's voice.
Buster thought of himself as a failure for a long time and he took what he could get—grim shorts at Columbia and Educational Pictures and gag man jobs at MGM.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/02/keaton.html   (3176 words)

  
 26Pigs.com : UK Comics : Buster
I could give you lots of info about Buster as I still have most issues from 1969 to 1973, and a few later ones.
Buster was originally drawn by Any Capp's creator Reg Smythe and was billed as the son of Andy Capp, although the family connection was quietly dropped after about a year.
In1961 I was obsessed with Buster and I used to walk around wearing a big old hat so people would think I was him.Also I have a little gold coloured Buster lapel badge that you could send off for, priced three and sixpence.Apart from the hat incident I was a pretty normal kid.honestly.
www.26pigs.com /buster   (814 words)

  
 Buster Award 2001 - James Karen
We have the privilege today of presenting The Buster, an annual award given jointly by the Keaton Celebration Committee and The Damfinos: The International Buster Keaton Society.
The sculpture is of a vaudeville trunk that rests on a base in the shape of Kansas with the location of Piqua appropriately marked with a star.
The trunk has a label — "The Buster" — on the front and is stamped in various places with the names Piqua, Muskegon, New York and Hollywood, all important places in the life and career of Buster Keaton.
www.busterkeaton.com /Buster_Award_2001.htm   (752 words)

  
 Joseph Francis Keaton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow- If you've never seen a Buster Keaton movie and you need an introductory course, this is a three part series done by Thames Television.
There are clips from just about all of his films and shorts, voice-overs by THE MAN himself, rare TV footage, interviews with people he worked with and his widow, Eleanor Keaton.
Remember, these films were made 70 years ago.
www.smirk.com /jim/keaton.html   (472 words)

  
 Film Buster
Film buster removes that pesky film from your windshield and keeps your glass cleaner longer.
It may be used on mirrors, appliances, automotive glass, showcases, plate glass, storm windows, and other applications where you need to keep a surface clean and streak free.
After an application of Film Buster you can remove finger prints with a dry paper towel.
www.mainegoodies.com /homegarden/filmbuster.shtml   (117 words)

  
 Boxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Waterfront (1954 film) Winner of 8 Oscars, starring Marlon Brando and his famous line, "I could've been a contender."
When We Were Kings (1997 film) The story of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman and the Rumble in the Jungle
Cinderella Man (2005 film) Based on the true story of Jim Braddock, starring Russell Crowe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing   (8453 words)

  
 Buster (1988)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Plot Outline: This movies is based on the story of Buster Edwards, one of the thiefs involved in The Great Train Robbery of 1963.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: In a scene at Buster and Julies house near the beginning of the film before the robbery, Buster addresses June as 'Julie' (Julie Walters played June).
Buster and June walk off chatting about seeing their daughter Nikki who is now adult, and Buster looks at the camera, and his face is framed onto an envelope, when the credits start]
us.imdb.com /Title?0094819   (421 words)

  
 Annual Buster Keaton Celebration, Iola, KS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Annual Buster Keaton Celebration, Iola, KS Buster Keaton and the "Funny Ladies"
Two days of film and enlightenment from the era of Buster Keaton and silent film comedy.
Film comedian and director Buster Keaton was born in Piqua (Pick-way), Kansas, in 1895 while his parents were performing in a traveling medicine show.
www.iolaks.com /keaton   (132 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (Cambridge Film Handbooks): Books: Andrew Horton,Horton Andrew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." focuses on a classic by one of America's greatest silent film geniuses, whose films still delight and amaze audiences worldwide.
The essays included here, written especially for this edition, examine this film in the context of Keaton's career, and offer new perspectives, among other things, on its unusual production history, Keaton's vaudeville background, and the differing views of "masculinity" that both celebrate and poke fun at cinema itself.
Various authors offer surprisingly similar takes on Buster Keaton's classic silent film, 'Sherlock Jr.' Unfortunately, these essays refrain from any deep analysis of the film (or other Keaton films for that matter) and instead choose to summarize, over and over again, the film across 191 excruciatingly boring pages.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521485665?v=glance   (1169 words)

  
 Samuel Beckett Resources and Links
On Samuel Beckett's Film by Barney Rosset in
Finally, a book on films focuses on the 1920-70 period when Irish censors banned 3,000 films and cut an additional 10,000.
The entire program of films is being shown on Britain's Channel 4 and on RTE in Ireland (the co-producers), and has now been released as a boxed video set.
www.samuel-beckett.net   (8600 words)

  
 B-Movie Tarzans at Brian's Drive-In Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He made six Tarzan films before moving on to sword and sandal films.
Faithfully adapted from Burroughs' first Tarzan novel, this film from director Hugh Hudson ("Chariots of Fire") follows the adventures of the jungle lord as he is orphaned as an infant, grows up among the apes, and returns to England to reclaim his heritage.
This actioner was the third entry in the "Bomba, The Jungle Boy" film series starring Johnny Sheffield ("Boy" in MGM's Tarzan movies) as the adolescent African hero.
www.briansdriveintheater.com /tarzan.html   (1937 words)

  
 Buster Keaton Current Month TV Schedule
A silent Buster Keaton film in which he tries to forge a career while his customers insist on horsing around.
A silent film starring Buster Keaton as an innocent fugitive from the law.
Buster Keaton as an 1890 time traveler who's disappointed with the future.
www.tv-now.com /stars/keaton.html   (282 words)

  
 Valhalla - Buster Film Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth.
The festival presents films for children and youth, films made by young people and a number of seminars and discussions.
Organizer Buster – Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth.
valhalla.norden.org /calender/januar0606/en/view   (48 words)

  
 Juha's Buster Keaton Page
Buster Keaton: The Damfinos Official Website - the international BK society, and their biography of BK
Buster Keaton: Laughter at a Child's Mistreatment - an article by Alice Miller and The Natural Child Project about BK
Buster Keaton Celebration - the annual event in Iola, Kansas, USA, near Piqua, the birth place of BK
www.takkinen.se /Articles/buster.html   (1436 words)

  
 channel4.com/film - The Buster Keaton Story
Wildly inaccurate biopic of the silent movie legend, which focuses on the deadpan star's private life rather than his films.
The film shows Keaton (O'Connor) performing at a young age in his parents' circus and then details his rise to comic greatness, taking in his romantic dalliances and acknowledging his alcoholism.
Perhaps the only good thing to come out of this (largely) fictionalized account was that Paramount paid Keaton enough money to ensure his financial security for life.
www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=101670   (101 words)

  
 Silent Film Resources FAQ
Currently it consists entirely of silent film resources which are on the internet, but any resources are welcome, such as newsletters etc.
Film Fan - movies posters from silent cinema to current films
Viewing Silent Films (festivals, silent film theatres, tv schedules etc)
www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/faq/sites.html   (414 words)

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