अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized ... सभी पढ़ेंAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
- पुरस्कार
- 3 जीत और कुल 1 नामांकन
- Her Father
- (as Charles Smith)
- Soldier
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Soldier
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Raider
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Officer
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Officer
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Raider
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
- Soldier
- (बिना क्रेडिट के)
सारांश
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
For many years I overlooked silent movies, I always thought they'd not be able to hold my interest, Sherlock Jr and The Great Dictator proved me wrong.
The latest masterpiece I checked out was this one, and The General is just that, a masterpiece.
I'm not quite sure what you'd class it as, a drama, a comedy, perhaps it's a combination of several different styles.
It's fast paced, engaging and pretty thrilling, I was stunned by Keaton's physical stunts, he definitely wasn't afraid to roll his sleeves up, and get do his own stunts, he took several chances, but they definitely paid off.
I love Sherlock Jr for its cleverness and the sheer imagination of it, I equally love The General for the effects, pacing and originality of it.
It's a classic.
9/10.
There are some hilarious impossible stunts that Keaton gets into. This is Buster Keaton in his prime. The story is a good melodramatic yarn. There is a lot of amazing train stunt work. The scale of the production is certainly grand. It's not really constant laughs but it is a joy to watch.
He's always done stunts that amaze. Many of his other films have things in them that if the timing were only a little off, he'd be seriously injured, or die. But this takes the cake. Its almost as if he started with the idea that he'd have three locos to play with and had a year to think up stunts.
And the stunts are so physical! And so dangerous. And so, so very effective.
His trademark is the deadpan face placed as a sort of innocent cluelessness. Its particularly funny when you see the physical movements and you know that 1) they take incredible preparation and timing to pull off and 2) the fellow you see that looks so puzzled by the reality you see is the guy that devised and directed those stunts.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
-Matt, age 16
Meanwhile, the Union forces have developed a plan to crush the South that involves stealing Buster's train. Unknown to Buster, his girlfriend is on the train at the time of the theft. Buster starts out in hot pursuit of the thieves to retrieve his train, still without the knowledge of his girl's captivity by the Union army.
Forgotten with the arrival of sound, the film revived - often cut up from its original length - in the 1950's because Buster didn't preserve his rights to the film and it fell into the public domain. That is the reason there are so many versions of The General out there today, often with poor video and hideous musical accompaniment.
Today The General is considered one of the best silent feature length films, and one of the few silent films to not only be on DVD but to get the Blu Ray treatment too. SHERLOCK, JR. is clever. OUR HOSPITALITY is hilarious. The General is both of these things. It's story driven, races to a climax, and is fueled by cute, clever, inventive gags.Buster recycled these gags when he was a writer for MGM years later in "A Southern Yankee".
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाBuster Keaton wanted to use the real locomotive "General", which was at the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St Louis Union Depot in Chattanooga, TN. The railroad initially permitted him to do so, even providing him with a branch line to film on, but when it became known that the film was to be a comedy, the railroad withdrew permission, and Keaton had to look elsewhere.
- गूफ़Annabelle gets drenched when she and Johnnie stop for water, but as they return to the engine, her dress is dry.
- भाव
Johnnie Gray: [to the recruiter who rejects him] If you lose this war don't blame me.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटAlthough Buster Keaton is the star of this film, he is listed last in the on-screen credits.
- इसके अलावा अन्य वर्जनIn 2003, 'David H. Shepard' produced 75-minute video version with music by The Alloy Orchestra.
- कनेक्शनEdited into The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979)
- साउंडट्रैकThe General
Written by William P. Perry
टॉप पसंद
विवरण
बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $7,50,000(अनुमानित)
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $1,344
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 18 मिनट
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.33 : 1