Buster Keaton - General / Steamboat Bill Jr. 4K Blu-ray (Rental)
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This disc contains The General (1926) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), both in 4K restorations with orchestral scores by Carl Davis, plus the extras Reflections on The General, Buster Keaton: The Luminary, and restoration trailers for both films.
Cohen Film Collection presents 4K restorations of two of Buster Keaton's greatest works, both with orchestral scores by Carl Davis. In The General, often called the last great comedy of the silent era, Keaton plays Civil War engineer Johnnie Gray, rejected by the Confederate Army and thought a coward by his girlfriend, who sets off in pursuit when Union soldiers steal his locomotive. In Steamboat Bill, Jr., Keaton plays the son of a steamboat captain who falls in love with the daughter of a rival owner and proves himself a hero by rescuing her and her father when a cyclone strikes.