The General (1926) - Original piano score by William P. Perry (BluRay Quality, full movie)
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2017
- A complete and remastered version of this movie was released on BluRay by Kino International in 2009. It featured scores by Carl Davis, Robert Israel and Lee Irwin.
However, there exists a piano score composed by William P. Perry which was done over a different copy of the movie which seemingly was in worse conditions, with many lost frames and changes in the order of the scenes. There are certain scenes e.g. when Anabelle talks to the Northern Generals in the house which were lost. This version of the movie was released on DVD by various companies.
I wanted to enjoy the BluRay remaster and Perry's score at the same time. Nevertheless, the differences between the two versions of the movie would make this impossible without a full adaptation of the high definition release.
In order to do so, I had to make a frame-by-frame comparison of both sources to have them match in length. AviSynth helped me do this without having to shoot my head. It was a lot of work, though: I splitted manually the movie into 300 small parts, making sure each scene started in the same frame for both versions. I also changed the order some scenes appeared in to make them match. Finally, I obtained the high definition version with the proper length. The thorough work allowed it to be automatically synchronized with the music.
Finally, the video was upscaled to 4K for better bitrate preservation. Otherwise, the stunning quality of the remaster would be completely destroyed by RUclips. This is the craziest thing I have ever done on my computer, though: due to the source being a 1080p BD (therefore, with great bitrate, not like the RUclips crap), the computational requirements were very high. So high, that I could only perform the encoding with the minimal compression; if I didn't, the encoder would crash due to lack of memory. This ended up with a 188 GB, 350 Mbps gigantic video.
After discovering the limit for uploading to RUclips is 128 GB, i had to reconvert it with higher compression. This second processing, though, was much more affordable. So, after more than 24 hours of encoding, I managed to downgrade it to 32 GB. My FTTH connection did the rest of the work. 
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Fun fact: Buster Keaton actually learned how to drive a train for this movie and got very good at it. The only stunt he wasn’t sure about was the famous scene where he’s sitting lost in thought as the train starts moving, taking him with it. If the engineer used just a little too much steam it could have thrown him off and killed him. In the end after a few trial runs they went ahead with it and fortunately it went perfectly
fortunate indeed, that stunt would not fly today, but MAN did it look great when Buster did it!
That is amazing. Today, no producer would ever let any actor do something like that, because of insurance and other things. They barely let Tom Cruise do his own stunts.
And given my own meager knowledge of steam locomotives, letting Keaton do all this was very risky, at any speed. Any number of things could've happened to him.
WOW ¡¿!?! HE SURWIWED !!! A PHENOMENAL CLOSE TO MIRACLE INSIDENT ?!? YET; THE RESULT OF ITT' WE CAN WATCH THIS VERY SPESIAL MOVIE, WHERE B. K. DO NOT LEAVE ANY OF HISS' STUNTS TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE'
THAN' HIM_SELF 😮 ❤😮9😊
The simple one shot of the train bridge crash was the most expensive single shot in the history of Silent Cinema - $42,000 or around $1.5 million today ! The entire local town turned out to watch and cheer. The wreck sat in the river bed for the next two decades until bought for scrap in WW2.
pretty amazing shot and one take to do it!
love finding nuggets like this in RUclips comments. Thanks
@@DrumInfected I think they would have been in deep sh** if they had to do a second take...
And Keaton freaks still find small pieces of the wreck there.
It's still quite a lot of money, NOT adjusted for inflation. A century has passed...
Seeing this full version with a clear print and the original music shows why it is considered Mr Keaton's masterpiece. He was not just a great comedian, he was a great movie maker
It can't be original music in the sense that of being played with the film when released -- Perry wasn't even born until 1930. I suppose his score is in the style of piano extemporization which might have accompanied The General, but it would be interesting to know some details.
@@rdbchase Well, the music may be new, or a new arrangement of older music, but the movie itself is the main thing, and the movie is brilliant. There are so many incredibly funny moments that just pass while the movie keeps gaining momentum. Like when he asks the girl to feed the fire and she feeds it one little twig at a time, carefully selecting each twig.
Anyone who says they don't like silent movies has never seen "The General"... I had the distinct and rare pleasure of seeing this live with the National Symphony Orchestra playing the full score. The conductor said it was hardest thing they had ever attempted... one hour and a quarter of nonstop playing! Wonderful.
that must have been incredibly cool.
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Hollywood couldn’t make this if they had 50 million dollars
Голливуд-купил человека...но,не душу Китона,Чаплина..
They would make it a trans movie….
Who is playing the piano? Love the music...it makes the movie!
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 у вас,,переводчик,, не корректно работает...перечитайте 🙋🏼♂️🇷🇺🧸🧸🧸
@@trainnerd3029 "trans movie"?, what's a trans movie?
Ah, what a great movie. Surprised me that such a masterpiece is shown for free!
The Texas is in the Cyclorama in Atlanta and the General is in the museum in Kennesaw/ Big Shanty. I did a motorcycle ride and followed the trail of the General and Texas all the way to the end in Ringgold Georgia where there is a stone marker beside the railroad that says, " This is where the General was abandoned." There were over 20 raiders that stole the General... It's a good history read!
This is a masterpiece. Great action and comedy, suspense and funny. This is quite entertaining. Not every modern movie reaches this level nowadays.
Very few do!
How lucky that this film is in the public domain and can be seen on RUclips. And this piano accompaniment is wonderful. Very well done. Keaton of course is spectacular, and Marion Mack is played as a pretty smart cookie, and she's beautiful too.
28:37 these are some of the most spectacular scenes in any era of film, the capture of so much going on in tu3 background while slightly focusing on the foreground is simply stunning
One of the best movies if not the best of Buster Keaton's works. The story is simple and the cinematography is simply stunning. The best scene was where the train falls off of the bridge. It's simply the greatest scene in the history of silent films. You should watch this, it just shows you how well-made movies used to be. Hollywood movies can't even come close to this masterpiece.
I could never get tired of watching Buster Keaton. THANKS
One of my most favorite train movies and a classic Buster Keaton masterpiece. They just don't make movies this good anymore, with comedy, romance, suspense and action scenes that are realistic as anything produced by computer today. Love watching it over again. Thanks many times over for the posting. Joe S
I remember watching this in class and it had the whole gang of us laughing throughout the movie. As a whole, it was a good time, and I would watch it again. I think that is the magic of this wonderful film and makes it a classic. The fact that, almost a century later, this comedy still holds up 😂
The look of shock on Marion Mack's face at 52:42 is genuine because Keaton did not warn her that she would be drenched with water. This was one reason why she switched from acting to writing soon afterwards.
Aparently the filming lasted around 6 months, which I do believe is a reason to quit acting, plus another reason for Marion to quit could have been 45:47 scene.
@@Piijo2K-hf3vk LOL - Buster may have been used to physical abuse, but I don't know about Marion...
@@loge10 Buster was used to stunt work from childhood. As a boy, he traveled the country performing Peck's Bad Boy, where his father pretended to beat the tar out of him every night. They often had to go into court to show that his father wasn't really abusing him. His stage name Buster came because he had the skill to cry loud and shed copious tears on cue.
@@emmitstewart1921 I understand that Keaton was a big train fan. he thought steam engines where great film stars
I love the scenes where Buster is seen stoking the steam engine's fire or breaking up fire wood to keep the steam pressure up
I grew up on William P. Perry's piano scores watching silent movies on public television. There's an innocence, simplicity, and joy behind the man's music; the perfect match for a gem like "The General." Thank you for posting.
You are welcome, Tom.
tomchris60 I also grew up watching this movie with this score, I watched it with my parents, and grandparents. Grandpa had Buster Keaton's 100 birthday VHS collection. The General was my favorite. It produced in me a great love for trains that I still have today.
To all the William Perry fans:
You might be interested in this other movie scored by him I uploaded: The Iron Horse by John Ford. ruclips.net/video/cn-kOwEHJTs/видео.html
I'm so happy to be able to see this version with this music again. Thanks!
You are welcome!
I perfectly know hard it is dub sountracks to videos because if you have seen a quality version of FOUR SONS with its movietone soundtrack reinstated, I did it myself years ago and that took me like ten days (I don't longer have it at hand because of issues with computers although other people have probably copied and put different sites). I have been resynchronizing and improving sound of commercials, mostly from Argentina for years. They take by far less time but it is a challenge. I would love to be able to dub the William Perry score for THE IRON HORSE to the DVD version, although I got it from a VHS version that I had to fix because it was not well prepared on the SLP speed and there are few flaws algo the way. Then, the movie will have to be speeded up to adjust to the music and then try to recreate the tints: I never liked what 20th Century-Fox did in their very expensive DVD set.
Afortunadamente en mi caso, la remasterización de The General es fiel a la película original y no contiene alteraciones en la velocidad. Con todavía más suerte la versión en DVD de la que he extraído la banda sonora de William P. Perry era de telecine entrelazado, o sea, tampoco se le había aplicado una modificación de la velocidad, que es lo que suele hacerse en las transferencias 24fps -> 25fps para la zona PAL (mi zona).
Así pues, bastó con recortar la versión remasterizada para que las escenas coincidiesen en orden y longitud (en la versión DVD muchos fotogramas están mezclados, pero identifiqué el primero y el último de cada escena y entonces edité el vídeo remasterizado de acuerdo con esto). Al colocar el audio del DVD encima ya coincidía en longitud y estaba sincronizado.
En el caso de The Iron Horse que explicas, me gustaría saber por qué quieres cambiar la velocidad del vídeo en vez de la del audio. Aunque quizás no he entendido del todo bien tu idea.
La causa del cambio de la velocidad viene de mi experiencia haciendo doblajes en publicidades. Generalmente se aceleraba la música para hacerla coincidir con lo filmado aunque en algunos casos (un aviso argentino del Ford Falcon) hice lo contrario para que la música sonara tal como se grabó. En el DVD de El Caballo de Hierro, habría que utilizar la versión americana que es la que coincide con la música de William Perry. La película quedó mucho más ralentizada que la versión de Paul Killiam y también le sacaron los tintes que había restaurado Karl Malkames. Yo te la puedo ofrecer en descarga directa... la rescaté de un video originalmente grabado por la editora en SLP con mal sonido, pero que pude rescatar del todo. La sincronización de sonido se hace a ojo y oreja... generalmente acelero la velocidad de proyección para que se ajuste a la música y queda bien. Si se acelera la música queda mal porque se cambia la tonalidad y en algún momento también el tempo. Un laburo de estos, si uno tiene paciencia y tiempo, se puede lograr en diez días. Me pidieron también que haga un doblaje alguna vez de la música de William Perry para LA QUIMERA DEL ORO. pero no me gusta demasiado la versión de Criterion ya que podrían haber realizado también una recreación de los títulos originales.
Love seeing The General. Buster at his finest. The original score held me captive.
Sheeeeesh even before burning the bridge, you could see it sagging under the weight of the first locomotive!
One of the best movies ever made, along with Chaplin and Lloyd. I'm a bit of a Harold Lloyd fanboy, but Buster is awesome.
Harold faked his stunts (like Safety Last).
And jacques tati
This film is amazing. The stunts and the cinematography are incredible
YES!! Been trying to find this version for years ever since seeing it with this score on A&E way back in the 80s as a kid. Loved it then and especially love now more than ever. The piano score fits so perfectly IMO versus the other myriad scores that have attached to this film. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into making this a reality.
Thank you very much. You are welcome!
@@magiblot1 I'm actually after the specific version that used instrumental versions of 'Riding through Georgia' and 'Dixie' myself, as motifs.
That was the version I saw on TV, long ago.
Buster Keaton.
What a man.
He could do it all.
And did!
Wrote. Directed. Produced. Acted. Comedy. Drama. Stunts.
The Great Stone Face.
The Greatest of All Time.
And a great guy.
RIP, darling Buster, and thanx so very much for the magic and memories. .
The principle plot flaw is the idea that recruiters wouldn't tell Johnny Gray why he'd been exempted from service, or that after a year of war his girlfriend wouldn't know about the reason either.
Amei esse filme do início ao fim. Que produção belíssima, uma obra prima do cinema mudo. Obrigada por partilhar conosco. Valeu mesmo.
Still funny and entertaining almost 100 years later.
Hoo boy!
Such great talents: the wonders of Buster Keaton and the classic music of William Perry. Thanks for posting!
You are welcome!
William Perry's scores are legendary. Like everyone else, I first saw this on THE SILENT YEARS with Perry's music. THE GOLD RUSH is probably Perry's finest (I have a beautiful 16mm print with his score). Great job marrying the score to the restoration. I was considering doing the same but now I'll do my Max Steiner score instead! Thanks for a great job and upload!
When you think about it, this is basically Fury Road.
No, basically Fury Road is this movie.
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I'm so happy to see this lovely score available alongside a new digital transfer of "The General." I can only guess at the many hours you invested to bring this about.
Thank-you so much for your generosity and labour. God Bless you.
Indeed, it took me long to finish it. But in the end, I can see people like you enjoying it. I appreciate your thanks very much.
@@magiblot1 I seen the film countless times and I´m going to watched again today with my two nephews of 7 and 12. I had a projector and during the summer we watch films on the garden, we live in southern Spain were summer nights can be up to 30º Celsius, not all summer night. It is a delight when one of them says to me: "Can we see a Keaton movie?"
Me alegro mucho de escuchar tu historia. Espero que lo hayáis disfrutado.
Amazing work. It is clear you are a genuine and passionate lover of history and cinema. This deserves to have 130,000,000 views instead of 130,000.
I first signed out this movie as a child at the age of 7 with projector ,,, an un-believeable production which i just love to this very day ,,, Much Love and Special Thanks for sharing with us all
Amazing restoration and screening.
Thanks Dankula for introducing us to this masterpiece
This film is closer in time to the actual Civil War than we are to its being just released in 1926/7.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put the original score with this high-quality recording. I confess I don't understand the steps you described to complete the project, but I can tell it was an undertaking. Really improved the experience for the viewer.
So who was playing the piano?
Muchas gracias por el trabajazo realizado para ofrecernos esta joya del cine en su mejor versión!👏👏👏👏👏👏
@magiblot1 You did an absolutely incredible job! Very well done, and one of the most enjoyable movies I've seen in many a long year. Bravo!
Quite a painstaking process you describe!
Thanks for providing this for the public benefit!
Thank you! Description fixed ☺.
Just the sheer physicality of that lead role. Buster is nearly always running (and down train tracks - try that on for size), climbing/jumping, carrying something, throwing something high up onto the train over and over, running back and forth along the top of a train. falling down a hill - just in CONSTANT motion. How exhausted he must have been at the end of a single day of shooting, let alone when shooting ended, is unimaginable.
Viewed it last time (on big screen) almost 25 yr ago. Wow!
I think that his "deadpan" look made his acting better. Actors in silent movies tended to over act, he just seems natural and believable.
MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE TROUBLE YOU WENT TO TO UPLOAD THIS EXCELLENT PICTURE QUALITY MOVIE.
You are welcome!
8:44 and that's how the south lost the war.
Busterd!
You have to understand that when this was filmed it was during a period of pro South nostalgia much of it pushed by President Wilson. The attitude of much of the popular culture was “Hey maybe the South were the good guys after all.”
Holy shit the clarity is unreal.
طال عمىك
Шикарно. Представляю, какое впечатление этот фильм производил тогда👏
1:05:28 The scene where the engine went down with the bridge, on fire is classic..
My Dad talked about watching the old silent movies and someone would be playing a piano in the theater along with the movie.
As a kid he would help sometimes turning the hand crank on the movie projector to give the guy who ran it a break when his arm got tired.
He talked fondly of those times into his late 90s.
Thank you for putting in all the hard work to make this come together. I haven’t seen it in years, Ans by far this is one of Buster Kenton’s masterpieces. (Especially with all of his stunt work and throttle time.)
Captivating from end to end.
Increíble todo el trabajo que hiciste. Gracias por eso.
¡De nada!
Classic Flicc! Good job by remastering video quality!
Sin duda una obra de arte, desde que tenía 5 años la veía y aún me sorprende la excelente actuación. Me encanta, saludos de México.
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Thank you for all your splendid work, Magiblot1!
You are welcome!
Oh! Such a Gems of a Gem, no word is appropriate to Express this movie story ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Muy buena película!
Felicidades por el trabajo realizado para subirlo.
Great film. Thanks for uploading. Watching from European Union, Lithuania.
Cheers from Spain!
Ah! Someone from the Union, not the confederacy that Lithuania used to be a part of.
Gracias por todo el trabajo que te tomaste
De nada amigo.
¡Genio! Muchas gracias por tomarte el trabajo :-D
¡De nada, a disfrutar!
One of my favorite actors in one of his best films.❤❤❤👍
Gracias por subir la película con excelente calidad y además, con subtítulos. :)
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Maravillosa película, gran aporte, muchas gracias por subirla.
¡De nada!
Les recomiendo las listas de películas que tengo creadas en mi canal.
Keaton did not like caption cards, or intertitles as they are called, so the movie is all acted out. English is not necessary to watch the movie, also good for the hearing impaired, so everybody can enjoy it if you can see.
I just started watching silent movies last year when the pandemic was keeping us all at home. This is the very first time I have seen a Buster Keaton movie. I think this should be considered an action movie instead of a comedy. I saw a few things that made me smile but nothing really that made me laugh but there was definitely a lot of action in this movie and I would absolutely watch it again. If anyone reading this has any suggestions for other Buster Keaton movies that I should check out, please let me know!!! There is nothing that can compare to watching a movie from the past but I would really love to see silent films make a comeback and see some of today's actors and actresses star in them.
Er, a …. war movie? War movies are full of action. It’s a very charming movie. It’s light entertainment, heavy on the charm. It’s classy, moving, amusing, all the same! Funny? Yes, quite so. The General, starring Buster Keaton, is for your entertainment and approval!
If you're looking for comedy, I would recommend his "Scherlock Jr." I also really enjoy his "The cameraman," which has some more touching elements.
@@mikhailadamov6453 I am watching The Goat right now but I have Sherlock Jr in my cue. Haven't heard of The Cameraman though so thank you for the suggestion!! One Week was pretty good. Have you seen that? They didn't need a bunch of high tech snazzy stuff to make movies back then. I think that is partly why I love silent/classic films.
@@xbrandi12345x I 100% agree. I don't consider "One week" to be one of Keaton's best works, but it is really very good.
I'm a little late to the party, but "The Blacksmith" was always my fave from Keaton. I believe it's available here on RUclips - albeit not with the original score.
Amazing work, dude!
I'm thrilled with the movie.
One or two years ago I was having fun with a synthesizer. I played a variety of tunes that came to mind. And I composed a song in the style of the times of the war of the North and the South.
I've never seen this movie before, I've never heard this music before. I was amazed when I heard the music in this movie. This is an almost exact repetition of my essay. A complete match in the first phrase and small discrepancies later. I know for sure, I wrote it myself. Could I really guess the style so accurately?
Yes, my song turned out to be simpler. The composer changes the theme and tonality according to the events. I'm not his competitor. But I was still pleased to hear it.
(For information: I am a Russian from Moscow).
Thanks for this
just spectacular, well done
I'm so thankful you made this and wanted to share it! You're truly awesome my dude!
He didn't "make" anything
i had the chance to see this at a total refurbished theater in my city, along with a theater pipe organ,,,, it was wonderful. beautiful large theater,
Thanks for all the work you put into this! What an excellent score - too bad the composer didn't have the full version of the film available to him!
You are welcome!
Thank you so much for putting the time and effort in to uploading this film in such high quality! I LOVE The General and I think Buster Keaton is one of the best actors and filmmakers to ever exist! THANK YOU!!!
You are welcome!
Un maravilloso trabajo. Mil gracias por tomarte el tiempo de realizarlo y de compartirlo. Siempre sentí que ÉSTA era la música ideal para "The General"; no puedo verla con otras bandas sonoras. Y como docente, me enorgullece poder mostrar a mis cursos estas secuencias de acción tan dinámicas y entretenidas, incluso después de casi 100 años después. Entre la música y la alta calidad del video, es un lujo. Saludos :-D
Moooooooooo!
thanks for the full movie🥰
I am feeling so better after my stressful day ☀Thank you. I feel he is the best actor 🌻🎩
PERFECTION!!! ☺
Masterpiece.
It is very dangerous tricks. Today such film will be 90% CGI
My late father was born in 1925 when the film was made in 1926 he was one year old.
Beautiful movie through which I visited in 1926.
The movie was filmed in 1926, but the story it represents takes place in the 1860's, during the American Civil War.
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Yes dear I know that they created the time of 1860 but in fact it was 1926 era.
Thanks for this movie
Thank you.
I know nothing about all of the detailed computer work you had to engulf yourself in in order to make this work, but well done and thank you for it -have luvd keaton since went to a buster keaton film festival in New York in the mid 80s at the thaila on 96th, with real piano player playing along to the movie, been huge Keaton fan ever since, thank you
You are welcome.
This is a masterpiece movie ❤ 97year ago
Sr. Magiblot1 no se como expresarle mi gratitud porque personalmente creo que esta versión, es decir la que incluye sólo piano es la mejor, obviamente es mi punto de vista, tan sólo deseo expresar mi más sentido reconocimiento a tal arduo trabajo hecho con tanto cariño, y que no sólo es bonito, sino que magnífico, muchas gracias, personas como usted hacen de este mundo un lugar mejor, más culto, más abierto, más rico.
P.D.: Un fuerte abrazo, y si viene por la provincia de Barcelona, unas cervezas corren de mi cuenta.
Quack quack!?
A very beautiful story
So funny and brilliant. Stunts are amazing. Great cinematography. Buster Keaton was awesome.
Maravilha esse filme. Super criativo.
Impossible to beli.eve it's film of 1926.
Great to watch.👏👏👏👍👍
Watch some of his stunts in other videos, he did some that are absolutely amazing, he was the best stuntman ever.
God damn Buster Keaton was just the best
Thank you for all the complex work that you put into this. The result is outstanding, visually and musically. My hobby is also working on classic films and getting them to a better visual quality and applying new music. In my case I utilize film production music from various notable composers, and have just completed a new score for 'Sherlock Jr.'
I saw a series of silent films presented on television on KPBS in the late 60s. One of them was “The General.” And I was hooked. I think I was 12 or 13. 😀
Man that was great
Es increíble, una verdadera joya! Muchísimas gracias por haberte tomado todo este trabajo. Es difícil entender que estamos viendo una película de casi 100 años con esta calidad. Además, es raro ver una pelicula antigua que se vea tan fluída, sabes si originalmente fue grabado con la cantidad de fotogramas por segundo a la que estamos aconstumbrados, o si se utilizó alguna técnica en la remasterización para lograrlo?
¡Hola Julián! Gracias por el comentario.
No es tan sorprendente, ya que la calidad de los carretes de cine es muy superior a los medios domésticos (TV, VHS, DVD) en los que estas películas se han distribuido durante tantos años. Pero para hacer remasterizaciones de esta calidad hacen falta, por lo menos, un buen equipo de digitalización y que los carretes estén en buen estado de conservación. Podemos asumir que ambos requisitos se cumplieron con esta película y de aquí el buen resultado. Sabiendo esto y habiendo visto de cerca dos versiones diferentes (DVD y BluRay), estoy convencido de que los fotogramas también son originales.
SENSACIONAL. A 7a arte nua e crua, original, pura, dando uma lição no cinema moderno, que, mesmo com toda tecnologia e efeitos especiais, nem sempre agrada. Merece Oscar "in memoriam".
Awesome
❤ Excellent 👏👏🤗
Unforgettable Buster Keaton !
Maravillosa película..
You rock OP!
Great movie!