Film
The General
- Director
- Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
- Certificate
- U
- Running Time
- 75 mins
Buster Keaton’s undisputed masterpiece: a Civil War adventure-comedy packed with great sight gags, which stands as one of the all-time great comedies – silent or otherwise. Buster plays Confederate railroad engineer Johnny Gray – a man with only two loves: his locomotive and the sweet Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack).
It also boasts some extraordinary set-pieces, the most astonishing of which is a full-sized locomotive plunging from a burning bridge into a river. This screening includes live piano accompnaiment. Go here for more information.
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