Blu-ray Disc, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

The general ; and, Three ages / Buster Keaton.

New York : Kino Classics, [2017]

©2017.

2 videodiscs (approximately 143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

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digital optical

NTSC

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Blu-ray region A

"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.

1861-1865

Railroad engineers -- Drama.

Prehistoric peoples -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships.

Prehistoric peoples.

Railroad engineers.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama.

United States.

American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Action.

Adventure.

Comedy.

Drama.

War.

Western.

Comedy films.

Drama.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

History.

Silent films.

Slapstick comedy films.

Feature films.

Silent films.

Comedy films.

Slapstick comedy films.

Fiction films.

Films muets.

Films comiques.

Comédies tarte à la crème (Films)

Films de fiction.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, film director, actor.

Mack, Marion, 1902-1989, actor.

Cavender, Glen, 1883-1962, actor.

Leahy, Margaret, 1902-1967, actor.

Beery, Wallace, actor.

Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955, screenwriter.

Lobster Films (Firm), film distributor.

Kino International Corporation, film publisher.

Buster Keaton : the general and Three ages

General & three ages

Container of (work): General (Motion picture : 1926)

Container of (work): Three ages (Motion picture)

Title from 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/New 2K restoration by Lobster Films. Disc 2:, 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: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman; Three ages: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery.

Disc characteristics: Blu-ray disc.

Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

Disc 1. The General (1926) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman ; adapted by Al Boasberg and Charles Smith ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; photographed by Bert Haines and Devereaux Jennings (79 min.). Return of The General (1962) / Blackhawk Films (11 min. color) -- disc 2. Three Ages (1923) / diected by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; screenplay by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, and Jean Havez ; photographed by Elgin Lessley and William McGann. (64 min.). Man's genesis (1912) / D.W. Griffith (9 min. excerpt).

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