Little Big Man

Little Big Man

Director: Arthur Penn Cast: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
, Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George
, Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Arthur Penn
Little Big Man

Little Big Man

Director: Arthur Penn Cast: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
, Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George
, Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam
Arthur Penn

DVD (Wide Screen)

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Overview

"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."""

Product Details

Release Date: 04/29/2003
UPC: 0097363772149
Original Release: 1970
Rating: PG-13
Source: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:19:00
Sales rank: 11,113

Special Features

Closed Caption;Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 tvs ; English subtitles ; Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround ; English Stereo Surround ; French Mono

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Dustin Hoffman Jack Crabb
Faye Dunaway Mrs. Pendrake
Chief Dan George Old Lodge Skins
Martin Balsam Mr. Merriweather
Richard Mulligan General Custer
Jeff Corey Wild Bill Hickok
Aimee Eccles Sunshine(as Amy Eccles),Actor
Kelly Jean Peters Olga,Actor
Carole Androsky Caroline(as Carol Androsky)
Robert Little Star Little Horse
Cal Bellini Younger Bear
Steve Shemayne Burns Red in the Sun
William Hickey Historian
Jesse Vint Lieutenant(as Jess Vint)
Alan Oppenheimer Major
Thayer David Rev. Pendrake
Philip Kenneally Mr. Kane,Mr. Kane
Jack Bannon Captain
Ray Dimas Young Jack Crabb
Alan Howard Adolescent Jack Crabb
Alan Howard Adolescent Jack Crabb

Technical Credits
Arthur Penn Director,Producer
Stuart Millar Producer
Gene Lasko Producer
Richard Portman Sound/Sound Designer
Bud Alper Sound/Sound Designer
Al Overton Jr. Sound/Sound Designer
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