Buster KeatonThe Goat (1921)

Dumb luck sets some policemen on his trail -- after a series of innovative escapes, he gets mistaken for a murderer with a price on his head, which means the people that aren't chasing him are fleeing from him.

This item is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Buster Keaton
Producer: Joseph M. Schenck
Production Company: Metro Pictures Corparation
Audio/Visual: silent with musical score, black & white
Keywords: Silent; Comedy; Buster Keaton
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: g rated - - April 3, 2008
Subject: 5 star


Classic - one of the best -
you are missing out if you miss this one

Reviewer: jon513 - - June 8, 2006
Subject: great movie

This was the first silent movie I watched and I found it very interested how in many ways the lack of sound made it better not worse, just as a book can be better than movie because it leaves more to the imagination.

Jonathan

Reviewer: mmdanziger - - June 8, 2006
Subject: excellent

this was my first exposure to buster keaton and i must say i was quite impressed. i watched it a number of times and showed it to my friends, many of whom also enjoyed keaton for the first time. i downloaded the wmv version referenced in a different review on this page.

as for the content of the movie, the plot is stronger than many of the keaton films that i have downloaded since then.

overall i would sum it up by saying that i spent a higher percentage of the movie's runtime laughing than most any movie.

Reviewer: pesya - - May 26, 2006
Subject: Are you kidding?

Why are you reading this review? Download it already!

Reviewer: nolight - - May 12, 2006
Subject: forget modern movies

I just love this film. Each scene is great and is worth to be watched all over gain and again. Great one!

Reviewer: Danial - - March 17, 2006
Subject: The Best Keaton Flick Yet!

An outstanding print! The best one I have seen on a Keaton flick ehre. And "The Goat" had more chuckles per reel than any of his other flicks I have seen to date. This one is a keeper!

Reviewer: bearpuf - - March 15, 2006
Subject: It Got the Kids Going

A group of ten third graders watched The Goat yesterday from a DVD I'd made. Giggles and laughter from all of them exuded with obvious enjoyment. When I stopped the movie about half way through, announcing it was time for lunch they begged to stay. One kid muttered he'd never seen a movie like that without talking and just music. We watched the rest after lunch, and when I showed them the Prelinger web site they ran for pencils to write down the address.

Reviewer: k-otic - - March 9, 2006
Subject: about the encoding...

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Encoding note:
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C:\The_Goat.mpeg
General
Complete name : C:\The_Goat.mpeg
File size : 894 MiB
Format : MPEG 2 multiplexer
Video #0
Codec : MPEG Video 2
Bit rate : 9000 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 25 Fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.868
Delay : 0
Audio #0
Codec : MPEG Audio 1 layer 2
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channels : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44 KHz
Delay : 11
Video0 delay : 11

It`s possible that the MPEG2 multiplexer Filter causes that problem?!
but then again, I`ve no problem playing back those files on my 6 Computer (Mac OSx/XP/Linux) as well as on my stand-alone DVD Player.
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Reviewer: GirdwoodTelevision - - February 26, 2006
Subject: odd encode...

I reencoded this with the Windows Media Encoder. You may find this version much less cumbersome at under 200 Megs. FYI, the Windows Media Player is available for MAC, and installs cleanly with no mesy platform rivalry.
http://www.archive.org/details/TheGoatWMVwithpiano