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Little Big Man [1970] | ![Little Big Man [1970]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51613AG28NL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3864
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437813237
ASIN: B00005RFGZ
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1970
Release Date: June 7, 2004
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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
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a clever movie December 26, 2008
marc twain (bradford uk)
dustin hoffman is fantastic more than any other of his films
but the story is interesting as for once the indian are not the badies as in most of the western production and it tell an historic reality of millions of indians by a so called civilized people
it tell true things like about the way indian deal with madness feeling etc anyway it s a spendid movie that melt knoledge adventure romance and humour so when it s over you can t tell if the tears on your chick are from sorrow, hunger or laughter
Before Forrest Gump, There was Little Big Man June 23, 2007
Jay (Mauritius)
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
Little Big Man December 22, 2005
Steveclark (soham)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
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!
ưA world without Human Beings, has no centre to itư June 22, 2004
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
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 February 6, 2004
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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!
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