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Title:
The general
Uniform Title:
General (Motion picture : 1927)
Edition:
Ultimate 2 disc ed.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Kino International, [2008]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (75 min.) : sd., b&w & col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith from William Pittenger's "The Great Locomotive Chase."

Original feature is color tinted; special features in color with black and white sequences.

DVD release of the 1926 silent film.

Special features: three musical scores; video tour of the authentic General; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; "The Buster Express": a brisk montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career.
Contents:
Disc 1. The feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
Rejected by the Confederate army, and taken for a coward by his beloved, young Johnny Gray is given a chance to redeem himself when he wages a one-man war against Yankee spies who have stolen his locomotive.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC ; FULLSCREEN PRESENTATION.
Language Note:
SILENT FILM WITH ENGLISH INTERTITLES.
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