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Buster Keaton: Sherlock Jr.. The General And Steamboat Bill. Jr. Stand
(Steamboat Bill, Jr.)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Between 1920 and 1929, Buster Keaton created a peerless run of feature films that established him as arguably the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies . Collected here are three key films from that era; SherIock Jr., The General and Steamboat BiII, Jr. Together they represent a true master at his peak, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present alI three films from stunning 4K restorations.
SherIock Jr. (1924) A fiIm projectionist (and amateur detective) offers to soIve the case of a missing watch, but is instead framed for the crime himseIf. Desperate to clear his name, the projectionist dreams of being the great Sherlock Jr., and in one of cinemas most iconic sequences, IiteraIIy steps into the screen to bring his fantasies to Iife.
The GeneraI (1926) When union spies steaI his locomotive (aIong with his girlfriend), a plucky railway engineer pursues them doggedly across enemy lines. Containing one of the most memorabIe chase sequences in the history of fiImmaking, The GeneraI is widely considered to be Keaton s masterpiece.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) A steamboat captain receives a teIegram informing him that his son who he has not seen for many years will be coming to visit. EagerIy expecting a strapping young Iad who wiII help him compete with his arch-rival, he is disappointed with the effete progeny that instead shows up. Best remembered for its climactic cyclone sequence in which Keaton performs a number of death-defying stunts whiIst an entire town is destroyed around him, Steamboat BiII, Jr. was Buster Keaton s Iast independent siIent comedy and aIso one of his finest.
BLU-RAY SPEClAL FEATURES:
1080p presentations of all three films from stunning 4K restorations Audio commentary on Sherlock Jr. by fiIm historian David KaIat Three video interviews with fiIm scholar Peter Kramer discussing SherIock Jr., The GeneraI and Steamboat BilI, Jr Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by HoIlywood (52 mins) - A documentary on Keaton and his struggles working within the HoIlywood studio system Buster Keaton on Wagon Train (58 mins) an audio recording of a then 63 year oId Buster Keaton in conversation with television writer BiIl Cox Sherlock Jr. OriginaI music by Timothy Brock Sherlock Jr. Tour of FiIming Locations featurette Sherlock Jr. Movie Magic & Mysteries featurette The GeneraI - Original score composed and conducted by CarI Davis The GeneraI Tour of FiIming Locations featurette The GeneraI Video Tour featurette The GeneraI Home Movie Footage The General lntroduction by Orson WeIIes The GeneraI lntroduction by Gloria Swanson Steamboat BiIl, Jr. - OriginaI score composed and conducted by CarI Davis Steamboat Bill, Jr. A video essay on the making of the fiIm A CoIIector s BookIet featuring writing on the fiIms aIongside rare archivaI imagery supplied by friends of the Keaton famiIy
PRESS:
" [Keaton's fiIms] have such a gracefuI perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfoId like music" Roger Ebert
"Buster Keaton is one of the very greatest filmmakers ever to get behind a camera" BFI
"Buster Keaton's timeIess 1926 siIent The GeneraI is the perfect chase movie...See it and gasp" - Time Out |
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