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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 14

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 9.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Buster Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This... In STEAMBOAT BILL, JR., Buster Keaton plays the mild-mannered son of a steamboat captain caught in the middle of the bitter rivalry between his father and another Mississippi riverboat owner. This silent classic contains the famous stunt in which a cyclone blows down a two-story wall over Keaton who passes unharmed through an open window. [More]

Starring: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis

Starring: Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom Lewis

Director: Charles F. Reisner

Director: Charles F. Reisner

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Oct 26, 1999

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03/25/06
Mordaunt Hall
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Worth it for the storm sequence alone, which is staggering in its audacity, and Shakespearean in its execution.

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02/21/06
Dan Jardine
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11/03/05
Emanuel Levy
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Quase oitenta anos já se passaram, mas a agilidade e a coragem de Keaton continuam a impressionar neste filme que ainda surpreende, encanta e diverte.

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08/01/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

One of the greatest of the silent comedies about the effects of parental rejection.

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06/29/05
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Boasts the most astonishing and indelible images in Keaton's body of work, and some of the best moments in movie history… wildly inventive, increasingly audacious stunts.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
12/07/04
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

A wildly creative comedy that has as much power to impress and amuse an audience today as it did in '28.

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09/02/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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05/29/04
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05/28/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
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03/23/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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01/13/04
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09/05/03
Carol Cling
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Contains what is perhaps Buster Keaton's most fully realized act of comedic anarchy.

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11/18/02
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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08/13/02
Rob Vaux
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) is the last of physical comedian Buster Keaton's (the Great Stone Face) nine independent feature films and one

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