The General (1927) is an imaginative masterpiece generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies, the best train film ever made, and Keaton's own favorite. However, Keaton's greatest picture received both poor reviews by critics, who considered it tedious, and disappointing, weak box-office results when initially released in the late 20's. It led to Keaton's loss of independence as a film-maker and a restrictive deal with MGM and would take many decades to take it's rightful place as one of the greatest pieces of film art.
Today The General is regarded as an extraordinary, ground-breaking classic. The film has variously been called the best work of a cinematic genius, the silent screen's best, and the first film comedy of epic proportions.

Tema
To Visit Marion
Setubal Love Call
Chase 1
Chase 2
Finally a Hero

Keaton biographer Tom Dardis wrote of Buster Keaton in The General. "Many of Keaton's critics have commented on the stunningly convincing look of The General, often comparing it with the Civil War photographs of Matthew Brady. In the 50 years since it was made, The General has become a piece of American folklore." Filled with hilarious sight gags and perfectly timed stunt work, the chase comedy was written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, and filmed with a huge budget for its time. It is memorable for its strong story-line of a single, brave, but foolish Southern Confederate train engineer doggedly in pursuit of his passionately-loved locomotive ("The General") AND the woman he loves. His stoic, unflappable reactions to fateful calamities, his ingenious and resourceful uses of machines and various objects (water tanks, a large piece of timber, a cowcatcher, a rolling artillery cannon on wheels, and unattached railroad cars), and the unpredictable forces of Nature, provide much of the plot. Based on a true Civil War story of the daring raid/seizure of a Confederate train by Union raiders, the tale is told from the point of view of a Southern engineer.
Tim Dirks
From http://www.filmsite.org/gene.html

The Gregg Moore Ensemble enjoys the
kind, generous and capable support of
the Ink People Center for the Arts

What a beautiful way to bring the community together
Tina Marier, Orleans

You were how many? Only six? You sounded like a whole orchestra!
Jane Lapiner, Human NatureTheatre, Petrolia
winner of Prize of Hope, 2010

Gregg Moore - born & raised on the north coast of California arrived in Europe in 1975 playing music for theatre. Based for 20 years in Amsterdam, Holland playing jazz, experimental, blues, folk, reggae and pop music as well as much music for theatre and dance. He formed the eclectic music group Available Jelly, played with the Willem Breuker Kollektief for 6 years, was music director for Footsbarn Theatre and for the alternative brass band Fanfare v.d. EersteliefdesNacht for 10 years. Moving to Portugal in 1994 he taught at various music and theatre schools, performed and recorded with Jorge Palma, Laurent Filipe, Nuno Rebelo, Ena Pa 2000 and organized many multi-media celebrations of local folk culture. He has organized the brass groups A Banda Nova, Fanfarra Mand´je, Eborae Metallae and first formed ‘Os Macacos das Ruas de Évora’ in 1995 as an opportunity for students to learn alternative forms of music performance. Returning to the north coast of California in 2004 he has taught at the Northcoast Performing Arts Academy, is regularly on the staff of Camp Winnarainbow and Lark Camp, composed music for the theatre of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Dell Arte, Humboldt State University and the cinema of Circus Remedy. He is actively involved in promoting community music and has proposed Community Music as a viable course of study at the university level.