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Buster Keaton

If you like Chaplin you will absolutely love Keaton, who is widely acknowledged for being one of the greatest directors of all time, a great screen legend and one of our finest actors, as well as one of the three top comedians in silent era Hollywood, and a true pioneer for the independent filmmaker; producing, controlling and owning his films.

Offered as one of three films in the Buster Keaton Collection, The Cameraman is Buster at his deadpan funniest. After becoming infatuated with a pretty office worker for a Newsreel company, Buster picks up a movie camera and sets out to impress the girl, which makes for some very interesting, visually groundbreaking and cleaver footage, capturing the essence of what it was like to be an innovative cameraman.

Based on a true incident, “The General” is a classic of silent screen comedy. Keaton is a Southern engineer whose train is hijacked by Union forces, which leads to a classic locomotive chase and some truly impressive and hilarious stunts, some of which could only be produced by CGI today.

Sherlock Jr is one of the comic's most inventive efforts (introducing a concept oft repeated) depicting a movie projectionist entering the film he's running in order to solve a jewelry theft. Known for doing his own stunts as well as filling in for his costars, Keaton actually fractures his neck on screen as the water from a basin flows from a tube and washes him onto the track.

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Looking For A Stay Of Execution, ''Karen Sisco'' Picks Up Three

By EdwardHavens

January 15th, 2004

With only four episodes to prove to the network brass their show is worth saving, the producers of the critically lauded -- but viewer anemic -- ABC action/drama show "Karen Sisco" are looking towards a tried and true formula to bring in new viewers: the return of the old flame.


In the upcoming episode "The Middle of Something," which begins filming on January 22nd in Los Angeles, U.S. Federal Marshal Karen Sisco and Assistant U.S. Marshal Billy Furillo are looking to take down a fugitive; when Sisco comes in contact with FBI Special Agent Nick Chenault, a former lover of Sisco's who is after the same man, a key witness in a federal investigation who could help put away a notorious mobster. A self-possessed, and recently divorced, guy who clearly still has feelings for Sisco, Chenault does what he can to get Sisco to back off her case, and into his bedroom.

Chenault is described as Caucasian in his late 30s to early 40s, an intense, wary and careful agent very much in love with Sisco, who becomes both enraged and intrigued when she gives him a tip-off that could break or make his case. Furillo, a Caucasian or Latino in his early 30s, is handsome, funny, quick-tempered and protective of Sisco. Both Chenault and Furillo are projected to become recurring characters, should the show get a reprieve, along with a mysterious lawyer named McCreedy.

The Scorecard:
Executive Producers: Bob Brush, Michael Dinner, Danny DeVito, John Landgraf, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Executive Consultants: Scott Frank, Elmore Leonard
Episode Director: Michael Dinner
Episode Writers: Michael Dinner and John Mankiewicz
Casting Directors: Linda Lowy, John Brace
Casting Assistants: Will Stewart, Michael Betts Start
Episode Production Start Date: Jan. 22, 2004
Shooting Location: Los Angeles