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With Buster Keaton, James Karen, Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg. A documentary which explores movie comedian Buster Keaton's five years under contract at MGM, where personal problems and studio tyranny nearly destroyed him.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow
- 2004-12-07
Mar 3, 2024 · Hosted by longime Buster Keaton Friend James Karen, this 2004 documentary by silent film historian Kevin Brownlow and filmmaker Christopher Bird focuses on Keaton's time at MGM.
- 38 min
A documentary which explores movie comedian Buster Keaton's five years under contract at MGM, where personal problems and studio tyranny nearly destroyed him.
- 38 min
- 6.4K
- The VODs
Dec 10, 2023 · The TV documentary So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton and MGM (2004) by acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Brownlow offers an intimate look at silent comedy legend Buster Keaton's tumultuous five years...
- 38 min
- 240
- World of Buster Keaton
Silent comic Buster Keaton's successes and struggles to fulfill his own Hollywood dream are expertly depicted in a new, original documentary by legendary filmmaker Kevin Brownlow, So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton and MGM (2004).
A surprisingly shallow doc about Buster’s heartbreaking sojourn at MGM, in which the great historian and filmmaker Kevin Brownlow seems more preoccupied with clever visual segues than emotional truth.
A review of the 2004 documentary So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM that examines Keaton’s association with MGM and how his career suffered by it.