Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL! w/ Pipe Organ Score!
Fri, Jan 30
|Epsilon Spires
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of THE GENERAL! Experience Buster Keaton's timeless comedic genius and miraculous stunts executed with awe-inspiring precision with a live musical score performed by Jeff Rapsis on our historic Estey pipe organ!
Time & Location
Jan 30, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Our silent films with live soundtracks programming continues in 2026 with the 100th Anniversary of: THE GENERAL, the pioneering 1926 masterpiece by comedian extraordinaire, Buster Keaton. *This Event is Appropriate for All-Ages!
"The greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made."
-Orson Wells
Consistently ranked among the most influental films of all time, Buster Keaton's 1926 masterpiece, THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. An epic of silent comedy that includes an accurate historical recreation of a Civil War episode with hundreds of extras, dangerous stunt sequences, and an actual locomotive falling from a burning bridge into a gorge far below. It was inspired by a real event; the screenplay was based on the book "The Great Locomotive Chase,” written by William Pittenger, the engineer who was involved.
Tickets
THE GENERAL w/ Pipe Organ!
$25.00
Sliding-Scale Ticket
$
Total
$0.00