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The General (1926)
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The railway gives Keaton an unusually legible set of directions, moving objects and deadlines. The comic invention lies in how one attempted fix changes what the train makes possible next. Its Confederate viewpoint and Civil War setting deserve context rather than nostalgic acceptance, while the physical construction remains remarkably readable.
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About The General
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.