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The General
(1926)directed by Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 79 minutes
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Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marian Mack), young Johnnie Gray (Keaton) sets out to single-handedly win the war with the help of his cherished locomotive. What follows is, without exaggeration, probably the most cleverly choreographed comedy ever recorded on celluloid. Johnnie wages war against hijackers, an errant cannon and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails-exploiting the comic potential of Keaton's favorite filmic prop: the train. In this extraordinary sepia-tinted presentation, THE GENERAL features a score arranged and conducted by Robert Israel.
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Cast & Crew
- Frank Barnes - Annabelle's Brother
- Glen Cavender - Captain Anderson
- Mike Donlin - Union General
- Jim Farley - General Thatcher
- Boris Karloff - Union General
- Buster Keaton - Johnny Gray
- Joe Keaton - Union General
- Marion Mack - Annabelle Lee
- Tom Nawn - Union General
- Charles Henry Smith - Annabelle's Father
- Frederick Vroom - A Southern General
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The first hour is perfect, hell it's beyond perfect; the battle sequence is kind of a let-down that feels out of joint with the two train chases that provide the film with its ingenious symmetry -- and I think some critics are stretching a bit in calling this a critique of Southern values; if it is there, Keaton doesn't push it far enough (except for the gags that tear mercilessly into the uselessness of Southern belles).
buster keaton is my great uncle and his filmes are the greatest
