An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
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- TriviaThe money the real Buster Keaton earned selling the rights to his life story allowed him to buy some property in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. He lived on the property the rest of his life.
- GoofsThe marquee advertises The Jazz Singer (1927) as being "all taking," which it was not, nor was it ever advertised as such.
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Buster Keaton: I've done almost 15,000 performances on the vaudeville stage. I know exactly when people laugh at me and why.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Great Buster (2018)
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Donald O'Connor plays Buster Keaton in this flick. It follows him mostly from his arriving in Hollywood, becoming a star, hitting doldrums in his career as well as alcohol problems...especially alcohol problems.
"The Buster Keaton Story" is a bio-pic which represents the worst sort of thing that Hollywood could do. Why? Well, despite Keaton being a real person, so much of the film is completely wrong and the writers didn't even consult with Buster to make sure they got his life story right...presumably because they just didn't care. Too often bio-pics do this...and I wonder why...especially because Keaton DID have an interesting life and while he did have troubles with alcohol, it was way overblown for the movie. My advice is to read up on the man...you'll likely enjoy learning about him...much more than you'd learn in the film.
"The Buster Keaton Story" is a bio-pic which represents the worst sort of thing that Hollywood could do. Why? Well, despite Keaton being a real person, so much of the film is completely wrong and the writers didn't even consult with Buster to make sure they got his life story right...presumably because they just didn't care. Too often bio-pics do this...and I wonder why...especially because Keaton DID have an interesting life and while he did have troubles with alcohol, it was way overblown for the movie. My advice is to read up on the man...you'll likely enjoy learning about him...much more than you'd learn in the film.
- planktonrules
- Aug 23, 2024
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- $1,400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was The Buster Keaton Story (1957) officially released in Canada in English?
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