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Arthur Penn's film of Thomas Berger's bestselling novel demystifies the old west with it's funny, chaotic portrayal one man's experiences in its closing days. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a 121-year-old Indian living in a rest home, relates his incredible life experiences. According to Crabb's somewhat fanciful tales, he was .. Read more

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George
Director Arthur Penn
Genres Action/Adventure

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Little Big Man

Arthur Penn's film of Thomas Berger's bestselling novel demystifies the old west with it's funny, chaotic portrayal one man's experiences in its closing days. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a 121-year-old Indian living in a rest home, relates his incredible life experiences. According to Crabb's somewhat fanciful tales, he was raised by the Cheyenne from the age of 10 only to be seized by the whites at age 15, followed by a string of failed attempts to find a place for himself in the world. These attempts would bring Jack into contact with (among many others) Wild Bill Hickok, the U. S. Cavalry, a former preacher's wife turned prostitute, his own spunky sister-frontierswoman, and General George Armstrong Custer during the Battle of Little Big Horn. The result is a funny, spiritual film which puts forth a humane view of the plight of Native Americans. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Chief Dan George.

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey
Director Arthur Penn
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Collections 100 Wild Westerns
Genres Action/Adventure
Language English
Released DVD: 07 Jun 2004
Production year: 1970
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    The title is intended to cash in on the two stars' previous films — Robert Redford's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Michael J Pollard's Bonnie and Clyde, promising a peripatetic buddy-buddy yarn to delight and amuse. Redford is the blondly handsome racer who swaggers sexually in tight jeans, brazenly exploits his plug-ugly mechanic Pollard (who drools at him) and gets ex-drug addict Lauren Hutton pregnant. Beyond this is a depiction of America's counterculture of druggies, drop-outs and groupies ready for sex with the racers. Director Sidney J Furie had already made one other bike movie, The Leather Boys, which was Britain's answer to The Wild One.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    A number of episodes varying from stark tragedy to satirical farce are framed for no good reason by the star in heavy disguise; the intention is hard to guess but there are goodies along the way.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 9 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Very enjoyable tragi-comedy...

    ?Little Big Man? has dated a little, but did much at the time of its production to break the stereotype of Native Americans as savages. It conveys the complexities and contradictions surrounding the slaughter of a race of people, and the tragedy of these scenes often outweighs the comedy of the rest of the film. Dustin Hoffman is fine as the diminutive protagonist of this film but the best performances come from the supporting cast, with Richard Mulligan as the preening cock Custer and Chief Dan George as Old Lodge Skins.

    This picaresque epic is still a very enjoyable and moving film 34 years on.

      • Simon Alison from Surrey
      • Posted 07 Jul 2004 11:57

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Big Hand for Little Big Man

    If you're looking for a film that encompasses most of the American West Legends - you need look no further.

    Dustin Hoffman is at his very best as a 121 year old retelling incidents that include General Custer, Wild Bill Hickock and a brief glimpse of Buffalo Bill.

    Great story telling, beautifully filmed and some fine action make for a true classic of the American West.

      • zubzubuk from ESSEX
      • Posted 06 Dec 2004 18:26

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    • 19 Jul 2009

    Bonnie And Clyde director Arthur Penn has cancelled his appearance at the Maine International Film Festival after falling ill with pneumonia. Penn, 86, was to set receive an award at the event in Waterville on Wednesday (15Jul09). The director's son, Matthew, says Penn - whose other films include The Miracle Worker, Alice's Restaurant, The Left Handed Gun and Little Big Man - remained in doctors' care on Tuesday (14Jul09) in a New York hospital but is expected to recover. A special guest will... Read more

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