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Little Big Man
1970
Recounting how the West was won through the eyes of a white man raised as a Native American, Arthur Penn's 1970 adaptation of Thomas Berger's satirical novel was a comic yet stinging allegory about the bloody results of American imperialism. As a misguided 20th-century historian listens, 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) .. Read more
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George |
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| Director | Arthur Penn |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Little Big Man
Recounting how the West was won through the eyes of a white man raised as a Native American, Arthur Penn's 1970 adaptation of Thomas Berger's satirical novel was a comic yet stinging allegory about the bloody results of American imperialism. As a misguided 20th-century historian listens, 121-year-old Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman) narrates the story of being the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand. White orphan Crabb was adopted by the Cheyenne, renamed Little Big Man, and raised in the ways of the Human Beings by paternal mentor Old Lodge Skins (Chief Dan George), accepting non-conformity and living peacefully with nature. Violently thrust into the white world, Jack meets a righteous preacher (Thayer David) and his wife (Faye Dunaway), tries to be a gunfighter under the tutelage of Wild Bill Hickock (Jeff Corey), and gets married. Returned to the Cheyenne by chance, Jack prefers life as a Human Being. The carnage wreaked by the white man in the Washita massacre and the lethal fallout from the egomania of General George A. Custer (Richard Mulligan) at Little Big Horn, however, show Crabb the horrific implications of Old Lodge Skins' sage observation, There is an endless supply of White Men, but there has always been a limited number of Human Beings. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Chief Dan George, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey |
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| Director | Arthur Penn |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1970 To Rent: DVD: 07 Jun 2004 |
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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 ... read more »
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Marvellous, fantastic, funny ,sad, great veiwing dustin hoffman was wonderful in this part, what a star.
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Not Hoffman at his best...
I normally love movies with Dustin Hoffman. He tends to pick great roles that highlight his acting talents. But Little Big Man is not one of his great roles in ... read more »
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Unconvincing sentiment
'They don't make films like this anymore' - thank goodness! There is probably a good idea trying to get out, but too often this gets lost in ... read more »
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Director Penn hospitalised with pneumonia
- 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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Recounting how the West was won through the eyes of a white man raised as a Native American, Arthur Penn's 1970 adaptation of Thomas Berger's satirical novel was a comic yet stinging allegory about the bloody results of American imperialism. As a misguided 20th-century historian listens, 121-year-...
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