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The Saphead: Ultimate Edition [Blu-ray]

Buster Keaton (Actor), Edward Jobson (Actor), Herbert Blache (Director), Rated:

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Genre	Comedy/Classic Comedies, Classics/Silent Films
Format	Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Silent
Contributor	Bealah Booker, Herbert Blache, Edward Jobson, Buster Keaton, Edward Connelly, Wincell Smith
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 17 minutes

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In his first starring role (and the film that launched his career), Buster Keaton stars in The Saphead as Bertie Van Alstyne, the spoiled son of a powerful Wall Street financier. Unable to escape the wealth and comfort that are foisted upon him, he pursues individuality in a series of comic misadventures in the speakeasies of New York, at the altar of matrimony, and even on the floor of the American stock exchange. The Saphead was instrumental in establishing Keaton as a bona fide star and greatly influenced his formulation of the Buster persona: a lonely, stone-faced soul thwarted by circumstance yet undauntedly resourceful and indefatigable in his struggle for love and survival within a chaotic world.

BONUS FEATURES: Loaded with special features including an alternate version of the film and more (TBD).

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25109307
Director ‏ : ‎ Herbert Blache, Wincell Smith
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Silent
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 17 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ July 10, 2012
Actors ‏ : ‎ Buster Keaton, Edward Jobson, Bealah Booker, Edward Connelly
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Kino Lorber films
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007UQ8ITM
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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A. Burchfield

Not Buster's best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2018

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I was disappointed in this one, I think it's composed from footage of two original "takes"…and has an ending like it must still have missing footage. Not the level of restoration of some Buster films, a little bit of scratchiness throughout (not as many extras either). I found a few hanging storyline threads that were left unfinished.
If you like to see Buster doing his acrobatics most of the little amount is in one sequence near the end.
It just isn't as funny as some of Keaton's other work.

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Mark Watson

Ultimate Edition differs from prior DVD

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 10, 2013

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This concerns Saphead "Ultimate Edition", just a quick note. The editorial review indicates that the shorts "The High Sign" and "One Week" are part of the bonus features of the disc. Unfortunately this isn't true. The disc does have some nice Bonus Features, but not the shorts. The movie quality is better, looks better, on the Blu-ray. However my nine year old son thinks that "One Week" is one of the funniest movies ever made. To not have it on this disc was a disappointment to say the least and had I known that I would have ordered the older DVD version instead of the "Ultimate Edition".

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Silber

Fun Classic Romantic Comedy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 19, 2014

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The story of a good guy trying to be a bad boy to get the girl he likes. some bits of the story line are odd but overal this is my Favorite Buster Keaton Full length feature film by him. It's funny and you want to see main character get the girl and be vindicated. accompanying music is perfect.

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Unhappy customer

Nice silent comedy.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 14, 2018

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Excellent comedy from the silent era. Keaton is one of the best. Quality is very nice.

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Meg

I love Buster!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 7, 2013

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Excellent movie, like always from him. The download was very good quality too. Thank you Buster for being so funny and smexy.

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Barbara Helen

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2014

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Paul J. Mular

Blu-ray release presents TWO versions of the movie The Saphead!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2012

The new Blu-ray disc (and re-issue DVD) from Kino Classics presents TWO DIFFERENT versions of THE SAPHEAD, derived from two different camera negatives.
I prefer watching the "Alternate" version, it is way better in the second half with better interior details.

The first version is the standard "Rohauer" version with his re-issues titles and film tinting. The "Alternate" version (accessible from the extras menu) presents what is believed to be the foreign camera negative version that would have been sent to other countries to have the 1-frame dialogue cards translated (Kino inserted the Rohauer dialogue cards that are long enough to read).

The "Rohauer" version has new Rohauer titles and a brief history of the story on stage before the movie starts. The "Alternate" version recreates what the original title card might have looked like. Unfortunately the original title cards have not survived over time.

The "Rohauer" version is 2 minutes longer than the "Alternate" version, but this discrepancy, demonstrated in a brief bonus documentary, is due to slightly shorter cuts of some scenes. Nothing major is missing.

The "Rohauer" version may look sharper at first, but you will notice much more detail in the dark areas of the "Alternate Version". The wedding scene is particularly dark around the edges, Kino tried to compensate for the edge darkness by raising the black levels on the edges, but this does not restore the details, It just gives a weird halo effect that looks unnatural. The "Alternate" version has all details and a smooth grey-tone.

The "Rohauer" version tints all scenes various colors (muted somewhat on this new re-release) while the "Alternate" version only tints the night scenes blue. Which version is correct is unknown as the tinting continuity log is lost. The negative of the "Alternate" version had all of the night scenes mounted on one reel for tinting while all other scenes were edited together. This hints that only the night scenes were originally tinted.

The bonus documentary "A PAIR OF SAPHEADS" compares selected scenes from the two versions, showing how the camera placement differs. Sometimes one version has tighter framing, other times it is the other version with tighter framing. It is obvious that two different negatives, filmed at the same time, survive.

Comparing this new Blu-ray to the old "Art of Buster Keaton" DVD (which only contains the "Rohauer" version) shows an overall sharper, stable image. The old DVD was not bad, this is just a little better. The tints on the old DVD are much more brighter, this new Blu-ray tones them down to a more natural look.

Aside form the above mentioned bonus, there is also an audio recording from May 5th 1962 of Buster Keaton at a private intimate party. The amateur recording is primitive and often hard to hear as the microphone is too far away, so turn up the volume. This peak into his off-screen world shows his joy in social parties.

There is also a collection of stills from the movie.

A miss-named, miss-leading bonus item called "Why They Call Him Buster" would lead you to believe this is a documentary about Buster starting out in show business. But NO this is only a promo for Kino's LOST KEATON DVD & Blu-ray release. Shameful! Why didn't they just call this a promo.

I am sorry there is no audio commentary, I especially like to listen to them on silent movies. They often help you understand out-dated jokes or forgotten cameos.

As far as the movie goes, this is Buster's first feature film. Since the original title card is lost we don't know if he got star billing in the title, but in the cast credits he is last.
While not his best work, Buster is still enjoyable here and this is a 'must-have' for his fans. Buster is the 'comedy hero' in this otherwise dramatic film.
If you are just getting to know Buster, i direct you to his classics like "The General" The General [Blu-ray ] and "Sherlock Jr." Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages [Blu-ray ].

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The blooming of a comic genius

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2008

This DVD contains one feature and two shorts from Keaton's earliest work as an independent filmmaker after he ceased his three year partnership with Roscoe Arbuckle in 1920 after Arbuckle left the Comique company to sign with Paramount.

"The Saphead" does not showcase Keaton the filmmaker, but rather Keaton the actor. The script is from a play, the directors are individuals Keaton never worked with before or hence, and the studio was Metro, predecessor of MGM. Keaton plays Bertie the Lamb, mild-mannered and spoiled son of Nick Van Alstyne, "the Wolf of Wall Street". In spite of the fact that Keaton had no creative input to the film and isn't actually its centerpiece, there is much to like about this film and much that is so Keatonesque. Keaton plays an old-fashioned romantic and someone that is thrust into the role of the fall guy by the actual bad guy - a theme he repeats in his own features. He also has down pat the part of being the well-dressed dapper man of the 1920's, which he repeats with more comic effect in "The Battling Butler".

"The High Sign" was Keaton's first two-reeler after he went solo in 1920, but it was not the first film he released. Here he plays a drifter who gets hired by a member of the gang "The Blinking Blizzards" to run a shooting gallery. In a turn of events that can happen only in a Keaton film, Buster winds up being hired to both kill the father of the girl he loves and also to protect him. The film ends with a funny chase sequence through a house that has a series of trick doors, false walls, and traps that could only be designed by the mind of Keaton.

Keaton disliked "The High Sign" and delayed its release. Instead, his premiere release was "One Week". Here Keaton is the groom in the story of a pair of newlyweds that receive a wedding gift of an assemble-it-yourself house. Unfortunately, the bride has a jilted suitor that wants revenge. He gets it by renumbering all of the containers of building supplies that come with the manufactured home. The result is a house that is incorrectly assembled to say the least. The roof doesn't fit, the kitchen sink is on the outside of the house, and the chimney is over the bathtub, among other faults.

I really like the score on all of the Kino Keaton DVDs, and the video, though not perfect, is better than anything you'll find in the public domain. The only bad thing I can say is that there are no extra features or commentary at all. In their earlier DVDs, of which this is one, it seems like Kino didn't really grasp the power of DVD to deliver extra features and just reissued the VHS tapes of many of their silents in DVD form with no upgrades.

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Zaroff

Sapping it most certainly is.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 13, 2016

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Kino Classics Blu Ray release. For the main, the picture is solid, bright & more than acceptable in detail. Occasionally the black levels cause a halo effect, a luminosity that blurs the edges, but this is not overwhelming. Two versions are available to view, showing differing angles from the two seperate cameras, for the differing markets. Extras are fairly interesting, if a little ho-hum.

As to the film itself, well that is another thing. Dull, weak, tedious drama about someone double crossing at the stock market for a mine called Henrietta. A woman is involved, then another and so on. 77 minutes of vapid nothing, peppered with an occasional few moments of Keaton parading about like a zombie or a lost robot. Comedic moments to liven things up amount to perhaps 1% of the film, being generous. In short then, this is someone inserting one of the many facets of Keaton into an otherwise boring film, in order to use his name to sell it. Or at least that is all i could imagine. They had extracted the charm from his persona and demeanour in order portray one single state. I was feeling the leaden weight of this film by the end, bearing down on me, so that my smile muscles went all Keatony. A poverty stricken direction of a dreary treatment of a blasé theme.

As an historical piece of work, important. As entertainment, a dragged out scenario of momentous pointlessness. Next time Mr Fairbanks, please don't recommend Buster for such tripe.

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