| The Awakening | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael McCarthy |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence B. Marcus as Larry Marcus |
| Based on | original story by Nikolai Gogol |
| Produced by | Lance Comfort |
| Starring | Buster Keaton James Hayter |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Talbot |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Release dates |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
| Country | UK/US |
| Language | English |
The Awakening is a 1954 short British TV drama film directed by Michal McCarthy and starring Buster Keaton.[1] The screenplay was by Lawrence B. Marcus based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat". It was part of the Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series.
The Man is a first dramatic role of Buster Keaton. Fairbanks says, "It struck me as a beautiful idea as a novel idea as to put him in a straight part, because he was such a beautiful actor and a great talent. It worked out very well; he gave a marvelous performance".[2]
The original plot of Gogol's story is significantly changed. There are allusions to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four dystopia in the film.[3]
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- Buster Keaton as The Man
- James Hayter as The Chief
- Carl Jaffe as The Tailor
- Lynne Cole as The Girl
- Geoffrey Keen as The Supervisor
- Christopher Lee as The Thief
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as himself – Host
- Lily Kann as The Landlady (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Awakening". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Dan Lybarger. "A Beautiful Actor: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on Working with Buster Keaton". Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- ^ Imogen Sara Smith (September 2008). Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy. Gambit Publishing. ISBN 978-0967591742. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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