The Navigator (Ultimate Edition)

SYNOPSIS

A precursor to his classic The General - only centered around a 500-foot steamship rather than a Civil War locomotive - THE NAVIGATOR demonstrates Buster Keaton's ability to transform complex machinery into large-scale comedy props. In a return to the "pampered youth" role he had played in The Saphead and Battling Butler, Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth (and surprisingly little common sense) who finds himself adrift on the Navigator with no one else on board excerpt an equally na�¯ve girl. After discovering each other's presence in an ingenious ballet of unintentional hide-and-seek, the couple resourcefully fashion a home for themselves aboard the derelict boat, in spite of their unfamiliarity with the tools of domesticity. A series of mis-adventures ensue: on the high seas, on the ocean floor, and in the face of a fleet of angry head-hunters.

DVD Features

• Mastered in HD from a 35mm negative from the Raymond Rohauer Collection, color-tinted according to the original specifications
• Music arranged and composed by Robert Israel, in 2.0 Stereo
• Featurette, written by film historian Bruce Lawton, about the making of The Navigator and Keaton's fascination with boats as sources of comedy
• Audio commentary by silent film historians Robert Arkus and Yair Solan
• Photo gallery
• And more

Blu-ray Features

• Mastered in HD from a 35mm negative from the Raymond Rohauer Collection, color-tinted according to the original specifications
• Music arranged and composed by Robert Israel, in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Featurette, written by film historian Bruce Lawton, about the making of The Navigator and Keaton's fascination with boats as sources of comedy
• Audio commentary by silent film historians Robert Arkus and Yair Solan
• Photo gallery
• And more