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The General (Blu-ray Disc)
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Starring: Marion Mack, Charles Henry Smith, Richard Allen, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn, Buster Keaton
Director: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Studio: Kino International
Rating: Unrated
Genre: Comedy / Romance / War
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Running Time: 1 hr. 18 mins.
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Three musical scores to choose from:
· Music composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by The Thames Silents Orchestra (in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 or uncompressed 2.0 Stereo)
· Music arranged and directed by Robert Israel
· Theatre organ score by Lee Erwin

· A video tour of the authentic General, presented in association with The Southern Museum
· A tour of the filming locations, presented by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes
· 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

A young railroad engineer is prevented from enlisting in the Confederate Army because of his profession. A year later he is able to free his girlfriend who is a passenger on a train hijacked by Union soldiers. Historians consider this film to be the last truly classic comedy of the silent film era. Set against the background of the railroads and our hero's great love - a locomotive known as 'The General'.