Blu-ray DVD ; High Definition. DVD release of the 1926 silent film. Marion Mack, Buster Keaton. Adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pettinger's The great locomotive chase. Masted in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera negative. Special features include: three musical scores: ; video tour of the authentic General, presented in association with The Southern Museum ; tour of the filming locations presented by JOhn Bengtson ; behind-the-scenes home movie footage ;; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson ; filmed introduction by Orson Welles ; The Buster express, a montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career.
Summary:
Rejected by the Confederate army and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), young Johnny Gray (Keaton) is given a chance to redeem himself when Yankee spies steal his cherished locomotive. Johnny wages a one-man war against hijackers, an errant cannon and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails. "Every shot has the authenticity and the unassuming correct composition of a Mathew Brady Civil War photograph," wrote film historian David Robinson, "No one - not even Griffith or Huston and certainly not Fleming (Gone With the Wind) - caught the visual aspect of the Civil War as Keaton did."--cover.
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