Steamboat Bill, Jr. USED BFI John Travolta gives one of

John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances

his dreams mingling with scenes of childhood

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Steamboat Bill, Jr. USED BFI John Travolta gives one ofThe last of the independent features made in the prime of Buster Keaton s career, STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. is a large scale follow up to The General, substituting a Mississippi paddlewheel for the locomotive, and replacing the spectacle of the Civil War with a catastrophic hurricane. Keaton stars as William Canfield, Jr., a Boston collegian who returns to his deep southern roots to reunite with his father, a crusty riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence) who