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Movie Info

In this silent classic, photographer Buster (Buster Keaton) meets Sally (Marceline Day), who works as a secretary for the newsreel department at MGM, and falls hard. Trying to win her attention, Buster abandons photography in order to become a news cameraman. In spite of his early failures with a motion camera, Sally takes to him as well. However, veteran cameraman Stagg (Harold Goodwin) also fancies Sally, meaning Buster will need to learn how to film quickly before he loses his job.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Edward Sedgwick
Writer:

Clyde Bruckman, Lew Lipton
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 3, 2013
Runtime:

1h 10m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

Buster Keaton
Buster

Marceline Day
Sally

Harold Goodwin
Stagg

Harry Gribbon
Cop

Sidney Bracy
Éditor

Edward Brophy
Man in Bath-House

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Critic Reviews for The Cameraman

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (18)

One of Keaton's most impressively self-reflective films and an ode to the unexpected and elusive lightening-in-a-bottle nature of filmmaking.

December 18, 2004 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
An important missing piece in Keaton's oeuvre, but it represents a turning point in his career from which he would never recover.

July 17, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Matthew Lucas
From the Front Row
The Cameraman is a delightful romp that would easily appeal to folks like me who've experienced very little silent film, and probably appeals to hardcore silent film fans as well (as a lesser known work from one of the era's greatest talents).

June 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Ed Travis
Cinapse
The beginning of the end for Buster Keaton.

June 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Keaton keeps on keeping on, and each of his set pieces - from a baseball game in Yankee Stadium with Keaton playing all the parts, to a partnership with Josephine, a capuchin monkey - The Cameraman is a wonder of Rube Goldberg set-up and execution.

June 19, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

Michael J. Casey
Boulder Weekly
Given the 4K digital restoration treatment from Criterion, The Cameraman is dressed up and ready to greet a new generation of cinephiles with a presentation that's not only gorgeous to look at but to listen to as well.

June 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Douglas Davidson
Elements of Madness
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December 11, 2007 | Rating: 5/5

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
Studio interference damaged the film but could not destroy it.

August 30, 2007 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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June 11, 2005 | Rating: 5/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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June 2, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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March 31, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Keaton's last great comedy.

February 3, 2005 | Rating: 5/5

Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)