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Go West
(1925)

Go West (1925) is another of the underrated Buster Keaton comedies and is well worth discovering.

Kino Classics
2011 Blu-ray Disc edition

Go West (1925), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated, with Battling Butler (1926), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K791, UPC 7-38329-07912-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 10 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase in cardboard slipcase; $34.95.
Release date: 27 September 2011.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-Ray Disc edition, produced for home video by Bret Wood, has been mastered from a 35mm print.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer by Eric Beheim.

This is our recommended edition of Go West on home video.

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Masters of Cinema
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition

Our Hospitality (1923), black & white, 76 minutes, BBFC Certification U, and Hospitality (1923) [alternate version], black & white, 55 minutes, BBFC Certification U, Go West (1925), black & white, 68 minutes, BBFC Certification U, and College (1927), black & white, 66 minutes, BBFC Certification U, with The Railrodder (1965), color, 24 minutes, BBFC Certification U, and Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965), color, 55 minutes, BBFC Certification U.

Eureka Entertainment,
EKA70391 (MoC 224-226), unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region B Blu-ray Disc (three BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; 60-page insert booklet; standard three-disc BD keepcase; £20.99.
Release date: 24 August 2020.
Country of origin: England

This Region B Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a 2K restoration from an archival 35mm print.

Supplementary material includes audio commentary for Our Hospitality by historian Rob Farr; audio commentary for Go West by historians Joel Goss and Bruce Lawton; the alternate version Hospitality (1923) with optional commentary by film historian Polly Rose; a video essay by Patricia Eliot Tobias (26 minutes); video essays on Go West and College shooting locations by John Bengtson; a video essay by David Cairns (28 minutes); the short film Go West (1923) (12 minutes); the short film The Railrodder (1965) with optional audio commentary by director Gerald Potterton and cameraman David De Volpi (24 minutes); the documentary Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965); and a 60-page insert booklet with essays on all three films by Imogen Sara Smith, an article by Philip Kemp, an article on Our Hospitality shooting locations by John Bengtson, Gerald Potterton’s original treatment for The Railrodder, and an appreciation of Keaton and The Railrodder by writer and silent cinema aficionado Chris Seguin.

Sight unseen, this is our recommended European home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

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Kino Classics
2011 DVD edition

Go West (1925), black & white, 68 minutes, not rated, with Battling Butler (1926), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 10 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 27 September 2011.
Country of origin: USA

This remastered DVD edition, produced for home video by Bret Wood, has been mastered from a 35mm print.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer by Eric Beheim.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Kino on Video
1999 DVD edition

Go West (1925), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated, with The Scarecrow (1920), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, and The Paleface (1922), black & white, 21 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K132DVD, UPC 7-38329-01322-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 16 chapter stops; snapper DVD case (reissued in standard DVD keepcase [retail], and in slimline DVD keepcase [boxset]); $29.99 (reduced to $24.95).
Release date: 23 November 1999.
Country of origin: USA

This early DVD edition, produced for home video by David Shepard, was previously released VHS videotape in 1994 and on laserdisc in 1995. The windowboxed video transfer has been produced from a very-good 35mm print, which is relatively clean, with only a moderate amount of dust and speckling.

The film is accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer by Eric Beheim.

For information on the other western-themed Keaton releases in this collection, see our The Scarecrow on home video page and our The Paleface on home video page.