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6 October 1921 (USA)
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The opening scene, a dream sequence prior to the vaudeville routines which follow, is what makes this film famous...
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"Malkovich! Malkovich Malkovich. Malkovich? Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich."
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(Complete credited cast) | Buster Keaton | ... | Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interctors / Stagehand |
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22 min | Spain:18 min | USA:20 min (2005 DVD release)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Buster Keaton's stunts are tame in this movie, compared to his usual rugged and demanding stunt work, because he was recovering from a broken ankle.
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Continuity: Elegant Elderly Lady Buster is wearing long evening gloves, but when she reaches down to pick the lollipop off her lap, she is not wearing gloves.
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Presenter of "The Mermaids":
This young lady can stay under water longer than the bottom of a river.
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Featured in "Fractured Flickers: (#1.19)" (1963)
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Long before we became John Malkovich, an entire playhouse became Buster Keaton... and it's absolutely delightful. "The whole thing seems to be this Keaton fellow," says Keaton to Keaton dressed in drag (a much more attractive crossover than Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis!). Indeed.
Oh, but that's not all! Nooo, why stop there when we have an antagonist to show? Because Malkovich is only in the head, and thus Keaton is but a dream. However, the real playhouse owner... he has a bone to pick with the little guy, in some of the most hilarious Keaton hijinks.
This is the consummate Buster Keaton short. From the magic and creativity of the beginning, to the chase scenes and guy-gets-girl later story, we follow him as he takes on and removes persona faster than the speed of a swinging chimp! Oh, and he gets to play that chimp too, and very very believably.
--PolarisDiB