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The Goat
(1921)

Buster Keaton is mistaken for ruthless criminal Dead Shot Dan and becomes an unwitting fugitive. Big Joe Roberts is the detective after him. The chase scene in the apartment house is a classic.

1999 Kino International edition

The Goat (1921), black & white, 23 minutes, not rated,
with Three Ages (1923), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, and My Wife’s Relations (1922), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K136DVD, UPC 7-38329-01362-2.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, snapper case (reissued in keep case, and in slimline keep case), $29.99 (reduced to $24.95).
DVD release date: 23 November 1999.
Country of origin: USA

The film has been transferred from very good 35mm print. Great views of Hollywood city streets and railroad cars in the film.

Fun music score arranged by Robert Israel, with a duo of piano and violin.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

This Region 1 NTSC DVD is also available directly from Kino International.

Other silent era BUSTER KEATON films available on home video.

Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Buster Keaton filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

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