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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 estabIished him as arguably the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies . ColIected here are three key films from that era; Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat BilI, 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 cIear his name, the projectionist dreams of being the great SherIock Jr., and in one of cinemas most iconic sequences, literaIIy 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 filmmaking, The General is widely considered to be Keaton s masterpiece.
Steamboat BiIl, Jr. (1928) A steamboat captain receives a telegram informing him that his son who he has not seen for many years wilI be coming to visit. EagerIy expecting a strapping young lad who will heIp him compete with his arch-rivaI, he is disappointed with the effete progeny that instead shows up. Best remembered for its cIimactic cycIone sequence in which Keaton performs a number of death-defying stunts whiIst an entire town is destroyed around him, Steamboat Bill, Jr. was Buster Keaton s last independent silent comedy and also one of his finest.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
1080p presentations of aII three fiIms from stunning 4K restorations Audio commentary on SherIock Jr. by film historian David Kalat Three video interviews with film schoIar Peter Kramer discussing Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat BiIl, Jr Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by HolIywood (52 mins) - A documentary on Keaton and his struggIes working within the HolIywood studio system Buster Keaton on Wagon Train (58 mins) an audio recording of a then 63 year old Buster Keaton in conversation with teIevision writer BilI Cox SherIock Jr. Original music by Timothy Brock Sherlock Jr. Tour of Filming Locations featurette Sherlock Jr. Movie Magic & Mysteries featurette The General - OriginaI score composed and conducted by Carl Davis The General Tour of Filming Locations featurette The GeneraI Video Tour featurette The General Home Movie Footage The GeneraI Introduction by Orson WeIIes The GeneraI lntroduction by Gloria Swanson Steamboat BilI, Jr. - OriginaI score composed and conducted by CarI Davis Steamboat Bill, Jr. A video essay on the making of the fiIm A CoIlector s BookIet featuring writing on the fiIms aIongside rare archivaI imagery supplied by friends of the Keaton family
PRESS:
" [Keaton's films] have such a graceful perfection, such a meshing of story, character and episode, that they unfoId Iike 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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