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©2017
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2 videodiscs (approximately 143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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disc 1. The General (1926) / Joseph M. Schenck presents ; written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman ; adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck (79 min.). Return of The General (1962) / Blackhawk Films (11 min. color) -- disc 2. Three ages (1923) / Joseph Schenck presents ; a Metro Picture ; directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; story and titles by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, and Jean Havez (64 min.). Man's genesis (1912) / D.W. Griffith (9 min. excerpt)
"Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is not simply one of the greatest silent comedies ever made, it is one of the greatest films of any era. In restaging the true story of one man s journey behind enemy lines to reclaim his captured locomotive during the Civil War, Keaton stages a series of complex chases, using lumbering trains as comedic props. Keaton's inventive mind is matched only by his physical athleticism, making THE GENERAL a truly breath-taking experience. Keaton's first foray into making feature films, THREE AGES is a parody of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance, dramatizing man's quest for love in three parallel settings a modern city, the Stone Age, and ancient Rome and loading each plotline with amazing stunts and hysterical sight gags."-- Container
Restoration and special contents ©2016 Lobster films
Full screen 1.33:1
Originally produced as motion pictures, main features in 1923 and 1926; special features in 1964 and 1912
Special Features: Disc 1: New 2K restoration by Lobster Films, Orchestral score by Robert Israel, Orchestral score by Joe Hisaishi, Audio commentary by film historians Michael Schlesinger and Stan Taffel, Introduction by Orson Welles, Introduction by Gloria Swanson, Return of The General, a vintage short film on the restoration of the legendary locomotive. Disc 2: New 2K restoration by Lobster Films, Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Music by Robert Israel, Vintage Alka-Seltzer commercial, starring Buster Keaton, Candid Camera television segment, starring Buster Keaton, Man's Genesis (1912) a prehistoric drama by D.W. Griffith, parodied in Three Ages
The general: photography, Dev Jennings, Bert Haines
Three ages: photography, William McGann, Elgin Lessley
The general: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frederick Vroom, Glen Cavender
Three ages: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts, Lillian Lawrence, Blanche Payson
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 and 2.0
Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment