Regarded by many as Keaton’s peak achievement, and reportedly his own personal favorite, The General—based on a real-life Civil War incident—is equal parts thrill ride and comedy. When his pride-and-joy locomotive The General is hijacked with on-again/off-again girlfriend Marion Mack trapped on board, Keaton—aptly casting himself as an engineer—gives chase in another train, The Texas, amidst spectacular (Oregon) scenery and (one-take-or-bust) action.

4K DCP restoration done in conjunction with Cineteca di Bologna with an orchestral score by Carl Davis

Preceded by:

One Week (Eddie Cline & Buster Keaton, 1920, U.S., 26m, 2K DCP)

Buster Keaton and Sybil Sealey exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week. It doesn’t help that Buster’s rival for Sybil switches the numbers on the crates containing the house parts.

2K DCP restoration done in conjunction with Cineteca di Bologna with an orchestral score by Carl Davis