[SkateDC] Buster Keaton's "The General" Showing at Silver on Sunday at 3pm [Off Topic]

[George Marinkovich]

Opportunity to see one of the greatest film comedies ever made the way it should be seen -- in a theater with live music.

Sunday, May 27, 3:30pm
 Buster Keaton's The General at the Silver Theater (Silver Spring, MD) with live music by Ray Brubaker.

   
   #18 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
 THE GENERAL  
Live music by Ray Brubacher  
Keaton's most beloved comedic masterpiece was a critical and box office failure upon release. Proud confederate railroad engineer Keaton tries to join the army to make his girlfriend proud. When they reject him, deeming his profession a valuable southern asset, she rejects him too. When Northern spies steal his locomotive--and along with it his girl--Keaton springs into daring action. Deadpan, pitch-perfect comedic timing and Keaton's incredible physical talent result in one of the greatest silent-era comedies. 
DIR/SCR Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton; PROD Buster Keaton and Joseph M. Schenck. US, 1927, b&w, 75 min. NOT RATED  
 http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/2007/v4i3/keaton.aspx#gener

Tickets $9.25  General Admission

FREE Parking Sunday at the Wayne Avenue Garage

Reivews:
http://www.filmsite.org/gene.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/

http://www.afi.com/silver/new/about/directions.aspx
DIRECTIONS

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road - at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue - in the heart of the new downtown Silver Spring. 
By Car: The AFI Silver Theatre is less than two miles south of Beltway exit 30 (Colesville Road) and exit 31 (Georgia Avenue) . The theatre is also convenient to the Bethesda area via East- West Highway, and a short drive from downtown Washington via 16th Street, NW. 
By Metro: The AFI Silver Theatre is located on Colesville Road, just two blocks north of Metro's Red Line station in Silver Spring.  
By Ride-On Bus: The Silver Spring station is served by Ride-On routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 28.  
By Metrobus: The Silver Spring station is served by Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, JH1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, S4, Y8, Z5.
PARKING
NOW OPEN: The Wayne Avenue parking garage is now open with convenient and easy access to Downtown Silver Spring. The Wayne Avenue garage is located between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street. The Wayne Avenue garage offers FREE PARKING after 6:00 p.m. On weekdays and all day on weekends. 
Enjoy,
George

 
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