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The Goat

  • 19211921
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 23m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
4.3K
YOUR RATING
Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox in The Goat (1921)
  • Comedy
  • Short
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
4.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Buster Keaton
    • Malcolm St. Clair
  • Writers
    • Buster Keaton
    • Malcolm St. Clair
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • Virginia Fox
    • Joe Roberts
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Buster Keaton
    • Malcolm St. Clair
  • Writers
    • Buster Keaton
    • Malcolm St. Clair
  • Stars
    • Buster Keaton
    • Virginia Fox
    • Joe Roberts
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, GOAT, THE, Metro, 1921, **I.V.
    Buster Keaton in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox in The Goat (1921)
    Joe Roberts in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, and Joe Roberts in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton and Virginia Fox in The Goat (1921)
    The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton in The Goat (1921)
    Joe Roberts in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton in The Goat (1921)
    Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts in The Goat (1921)

    Top cast

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    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    • The Goatas The Goat
    Virginia Fox
    Virginia Fox
    • The Police Chief's Daughteras The Police Chief's Daughter
    Joe Roberts
    Joe Roberts
    • Police Chiefas Police Chief
    Malcolm St. Clair
    Malcolm St. Clair
    • Dead Shot Danas Dead Shot Dan
    • (as Mal St. Clair)
    Kitty Bradbury
    • Minor roleas Minor role
    • (uncredited)
    Edward F. Cline
    Edward F. Cline
    • Cop by Telephone Poleas Cop by Telephone Pole
    • (uncredited)
    Jean C. Havez
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Keaton
    Joe Keaton
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Keaton
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Myra Keaton
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Buster Keaton
      • Malcolm St. Clair
    • Writers
      • Buster Keaton
      • Malcolm St. Clair
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was restored in 2015 through Lobster Films, a process partially funded through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1975)

    User reviews29

    Review
    Top review
    Shakespeare, Mozart, Picasso, Keaton
    A simple contrivance--the Great Stone Face is mistaken for an escaped mass murderer--gives Buster Keaton room for changes rung on a theme that will make your jaw hang. The amazing thing here is the protean story invention--Keaton uses an offhand set-up to generate every kind of reversed-expectation gag. He shortens, elongates, and crash-dives out of left field every expected joke. The astonishment here is the surrealist freeness with storytelling, not just the masterly composition and choreography. THE GOAT feels as gaily, cartwheelingly modern as UN CHIEN ANDALOU. And more than even some revered Keaton features, it's a masterpiece of invention.
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    • nunculus
    • Jan 29, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1921 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El chivo
    • Filming locations
      • 914 S. Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Joseph M. Schenck Productions
      • Buster Keaton Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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