Kevin Brownlow
Director
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
Miniseries
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Released Sept. 30, 1987
Episode 53 min
None+
Genres: Biography, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.movie-business, tmdb.comedian, tmdb.biography, tmdb.silent-film, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.silent-filmmaking + 8 more, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.comedian, imdb.film-director, imdb.film-history, imdb.actor, imdb.filmmaking, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Production Companies: Thames Television
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode One
Covering Keaton's early years - from being a child performer in vaudeville to the creation of his masterpiece, The Navigator, in 1924.
Sept. 30, 1987, midnight
S1E2 - Episode Two
Keaton's finest film, The General, also cost him his creative freedom. It would be thirty years before his genius was properly recognized.
Oct. 7, 1987, midnight
S1E3 - Episode Three
The great Keaton revival began in 1949 with a tribute in Life Magazine to the silent comics. By the time Keaton died in 1966 he had been acclaimed as one of the giants of the cinema.
Oct. 14, 1987, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 53 min.
Season Runtime: 158 min.
Released: Sept. 30, 1987
Last Air Date: Oct. 14, 1987, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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