The Home Owner

Overview

A 25 minute sales film featuring Buster Keaton as a prospective home owner in Maryvale, a suburb of Phoenix. A Realtor takes Buster on a tour of some model tract homes and extols their virtues while Buster is constantly pursuing a sexy-looking blonde. After buying a home, Buster proceeds to wreak havoc in the community. He falls into another resident's pool with a shopping cart full of purchases from S. S. Kresge's, knocks over an unassuming waiter with a bowling ball at the local lanes and tries his hand at being a waiter a ritzy restaurant. The construction of the new hospital and golf course are then discussed, and the films ends with a panoramic view of the model tract homes.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 9, 1961

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Buster Keaton,John F. Long,Bob Hawk

Director

Joe Parker

Writer

Joe Parker

Cinematography

Leo Tover

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1029315