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Little Big Man [1970]
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In Arthur Penn's adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel Little Big Man, Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crabb, the only white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Giving a bravura performance, Hoffman plays Jack from teen years into old age in this picaresque fable of the Old West. Jack's story is a fantastic one: captured by Indians as a boy, reared as an Indian, shuttling back and forth between the white and Indian worlds. In the process, he befriends everyone from Wild Bill Hickock to George Armstrong Custer and is a gunslinger, a snake-oil salesman and an Army scout. This is a solid blend of comedy and tragedy, making a strong statement about America's treatment of Native Americans without sermonising. A terrific cast includes Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam and Richard Mulligan, but this show is all Hoffman's. --Marshall Fine
Before Forrest Gump, There was Little Big Man
Review date: 2007-06-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
Long before FORREST GUMP, there was LITTLE BIG MAN. Jack Crabb rubbed shoulders with some of the Wild West's most famous (and infamous) characters. Dustin Hoffman, as Crabb, is at his very best here. It helps that the movie is also beautifully written and directed. At once dramatic and funny and poignant, LITTLE BIG MAN is one of those rare movies you want all of your best friends to see. Do them (and yourself) a favor and track down a copy
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Reviews
Little Big Man
Review date: 2005-12-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
Little Big Man -- what a truly fantastic film - absolutely flawless Every character brilliantly cast, perfectly matched. Watching the film, hoping the narrative takes the direction in which it so intelligently does. you are never disappointed, a truly outstanding film. A Perfect indictment of the selfishness of the white settlers, too the native indigenous people; whom with their serene way of life, were in perfect harmony to the country in which they lived and belonged. I have watched this film many times, (often with my son and daughter) we enjoy the film very much. Wildly humorous in places and very poignant and moving in others (underlining this tragic episode of history.) A truly outstanding film. Flawless!
�A world without Human Beings, has no centre to it�
Review date: 2004-06-22 Rating: 10 out of 10
These are the words spoken, after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, by the outstanding Chief Dan George, playing tribal leader Old Lodge Skins. He is referring to the Cheyenne (Human Beings)and the destruction of its people and way of life, by the New American civilisation.
Hoffman is Jack Crabbe, the 121-year-old sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Little Big Man is the name given to him by his adoptive Cheyenne family. The film starts with the aged Jack being interviewed in a nursing home, where he begins to recount his amazing life story up to the point of that famous event. The narrative is episodic, detailing his first hand experiences of the Indian and white cultures and their deadly interaction.
This is a powerful and entertaining film, genuinely very funny and chokingly sad in all the right places. It is a more satisfying film than 'Dances With Wolves' and has the majesty and depth of a Native American 'Les Miserables'.
WARNING!!! If you are a General Custer fan, beware of Richard Mulligan's hysterically manic Basil Fawlty style interpretation of the legend - he's more barking than a pack of rabid coyotes.
This is a classic that deserves a place in your DVD library.
little big man
Review date: 2004-02-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
One of the best (and one of the first) movies done on the subject!
Definitely not the usual "cow boy and Indian" kind of movie.
Fans of John Wayne beware.
A truly breath taking moment.
It makes you realise how ignorance, intolerance and arrogance can lead to holocaust.
Dustin Hoffman is brilliant.
A must see movie!
Best 'alternative' Western ever!!
Review date: 2003-11-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
In the 50's and the 60's the screens were overloaded with classical Westerns. And although many of them were very well made - featuring real western icons of the silver screen like John Wayne, Gary Cooper and so many others - they were very classical in the sense of: "the only good 'injun' is a dead 'injun'".
Especially the 70's, but also later, brought us another type of western. A type were the native Americans were shown as the "noble savage" (think about such movies as "A Man called Horse" or "Dances with Wolves").
This alternative western probably has the right of it: neither side was extremely noble and either side could be savage. This picture shows us the west how it could have been, with people lusting for land and money, but also with people trying to survive.
In this way it is quite satyrical and Dustin Hoffman brings his performance of a west veteran to an incredible high. All in all probably the best western I've ever seen. Highly recommended.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Chief Dan George
Dustin Hoffman
Faye Dunaway
Richard Mulligan
Martin Balsam
Creators:
Dustin Hoffman (Primary Contributor)
Faye Dunaway (Primary Contributor)
Harry Stradling Jr. (Cinematographer)
Dede Allen (Editor)
Gene Lasko (Producer)
Stuart Millar (Producer)
Calder Willingham (Writer)
Thomas Berger (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437813237
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-06-07
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 134 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1970-12-23
Language: English (Original Language)