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Little Big Man (1970)
Released By: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Penn
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Chief Dan George, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Jeff Corey, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan
Published ID: 1070
UPC: 097368719446, 097363772125,
Plot: 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
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Little Big Man Movie
Added 10/19/2009

The disk was fine, but the case was crushed when I received it. The movie played fine.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Replacin' Those VHS
Added 10/4/2009

"I shall avert my eyes at the necessary moment!" Mrs. Pendrake to Jack Crabb.

I work with someone who sounds like Faye Dunaway so she got to borrow it before a lot of folks.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
The Greatest Movie EVER!
Added 6/17/2009

This movie is my all time favorite! It covers all the emotions and is hilarious at times. The acting is great. The scenery is beautiful. The storyline is interesting. What else could you want?
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Forrest Gump of the 70s
Added 3/2/2009

I've loved this movie since I first saw it when I was a tween. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic. The span of history is interesting (but not intended to be historical). And the landscapes and scenery are beautiful.

Upon watching it again in my older years, I think it was the "Forrest Gump" of the 70s. Like Forrest Gump, it was not meant to be historical, accurate, and a true-life saga.

I do agree that some of it seems "cheesy" now. But, our grandchildren are going to think the same thing about Forrest Gump when they see it a few years from now.

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Very interesting view of Old West
Added 2/13/2009

Very interesting twist of the story of George Armstrong Custer and the battle of the Little Big Horn told through the eyes of 130 year old supposed survivor and interesting things that happened to him along the way. Classic....sad and funny at the same time.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Little Big Man Movie
Added 10/19/2009

The disk was fine, but the case was crushed when I received it. The movie played fine.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Replacin' Those VHS
Added 10/4/2009

"I shall avert my eyes at the necessary moment!" Mrs. Pendrake to Jack Crabb.

I work with someone who sounds like Faye Dunaway so she got to borrow it before a lot of folks.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
The Greatest Movie EVER!
Added 6/17/2009

This movie is my all time favorite! It covers all the emotions and is hilarious at times. The acting is great. The scenery is beautiful. The storyline is interesting. What else could you want?
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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