Little Big Man PG

Either the most neglected hero in history or a liar of insane proportion!
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  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 27 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 21, 2000
  • Originally Released: 1970
  • Label: Paramount

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User Ratings: 17,400
A picaresque masterpiece about an inimitable American anti-hero whose wild adventures are delivered into our hearts and minds with the robust vitalities of comedy. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
May 9, 2003
Might it be a serious attempt to right some unretrievable wrong via gallows humor which avoids the polemics? This seems to be the course taken; the attempt at least can be respected in theory. Full Review
Variety
Jun 11, 2008
Rating: 8/10 -- One of Dustin Hoffman's best films, one of Arthur Penn's best films, and one of Hollywood's best films. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
May 3, 2003
[T]he film unfolds as a rambling, picaresque folk tale…...Even the saddest and most squalid moments come laced with humour.
Uncut
Aug 1, 2004
Rating: B+ -- Arthur Penn offers a new take of the culture clash between the White men and Native Americans in this revisionist. satirical, tone-shifting Western starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Sep 30, 2010
Rating: B -- Penn seems to have little feel for the Western genre, but despite that the amazing thing is that this mock epic Western came out as well as it did. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Apr 21, 2008
During that early part of the film Little Big Man is a raucously funny work as bit by irreverent bit it deflates the western legend as expounded in hundreds of western movies. Full Review
Cleveland Press
Nov 20, 2003

Description by OLDIES.com:

For Dustin Hoffman, acquiring the right voice was the biggest challenge he faced portraying a 121-year old man, not the daily five hour makeup regimen. He achieved the perfect sound through closely studying the speech patterns of several elderly men.

In this sweeping epic that swings from high comedy to drama, Dustin Hoffman gives a "virtuoso perfomance" (Hollywood Reporter) as the 121-year old sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Narrating his colorful life story, he tells about everything from his adoption by Cheyenne Indians to his marriages and friendship with Wild Bill Hickok. His tall tale indicates he just may be one of the biggest liars who roamed the West. Oscar-winner CHIEF DAN GEORGE, FAYE DUNAWAY, MARTIN BALSAM and RICHARD MULLIGAN co-star.

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LITTLE BIG MAN was significant when it was made because of its editing, which was still being explored in Hollywood at the time as a vehicle for innovative, simple storytelling.

Arthur Penn's film of Thomas Berger's bestselling novel demystifies the Old West with its funny, chaotic portrayal of 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 whites when he was 15. He then embarks on a string of failed attempts to find a place for himself in the world. These bring him into contact with (among many others) Wild Bill Hickok, the US Cavalry, a former preacher's wife-turned-prostitute, his own spunky frontierswoman sister, and General George Armstrong Custer during the Battle of Little Big Horn. The result is a funny, spiritual film with a humane view of the plight of Native Americans.

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  • Sales Rank: 10,275
  • UPC: 097363772149
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