Seven Chances (Ultimate Edition)

SYNOPSIS

This dazzling comedy showcases Keaton’s genius for super-sized slapstick as it tells the story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. After bungling a proposal to his longtime sweetheart (Ruth Dwyer), Jimmie (Keaton) embarks on a desperate quest for a bride. He experiences a hilarious series of rejections, until a newspaper announcement of Jimmie’s predicament provides him with more fiancées than he can handle, setting in motion the most epic and surreal chase sequence of Keaton’s career.

DVD Features

• Audio commentary and conversation by film historians Ken Gordon and Bruce Lawton
• Brideless Groom (1947, 17 min.), a Three Stooges short that recycles the premise of Seven Chances, co-written by Keaton collaborator Clyde Bruckman
• How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns, a 1904 Edison short directed by Edwin S. Porter
• Visual essay on the film’s locations, by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson
• Analysis of the Technicolor sequence by film historian Eric Grayson
• Gallery of production stills
• Music arranged and conducted by Robert Israel, in 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround

Blu-ray Features

• Audio commentary and conversation by film historians Ken Gordon and Bruce Lawton
• Brideless Groom (1947, 17 min.), a Three Stooges short that recycles the premise of Seven Chances, co-written by Keaton collaborator Clyde Bruckman
• How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns, a 1904 Edison short directed by Edwin S. Porter
• Visual essay on the film’s locations, by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson
• Analysis of the Technicolor sequence by film historian Eric Grayson
• Gallery of production stills
• Music arranged and conducted by Robert Israel, in 2.0 stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1