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Little Big Man |  | Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 2712
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Unknown)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 139 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: PARD377214D
UPC: 097363772149
EAN: 0097363772149
ASIN: B00003CXB5
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
Release Date: April 29, 2003
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Product Description
In this sweeping epic that swings from high comedy to drama a 121 year old survivor of custers last stand narrates his colorful life story. He tells of everything from his adoption by cheyenne indians to his marriages & friendships with wild bill hickok. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/27/2004 Starring: Dustin Hoffman Jeff Corey Run time: 139 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Jack Crabb is the only white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn and the centenarian shares his story in this picaresque fable of the Old West. In Arthur Penn's adaptation of Thomas Berger's novel, Dustin Hoffman plays Jack from teen years into old age in a bravura performance. And 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, with a strong statement to make about America's treatment of Native Americans without sermonizing. A terrific cast includes Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, and Richard Mulligan. But this show is all Hoffman's. --Marshall Fine
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 Tragicomic Tour of the Old West December 30, 2009
C. Rocklein
A happy/sad movie slash history lesson in the guise of an old man recalling his younger days growing up in the old west. The scenes between Jack Crabb (Hoffman) and Gen Custer were my favorite. The actor who played Custer was hilarious and perfectly cast for the part. Actually all the acting and scenes in this movie were well-done. I thought it started out kind of slow at first but found I was getting right into it after a little while. This movie could probably be most appreciated by anyone familiar with the famous/infamous figures of the the American old west, and the movie is something of a marvel in that it seems to bring the old stories alive through the (tall?) tale of the narrator (Jack Crabb) who at one time or another seemed to have crossed paths with all of them. As a testament to the rape of Native American culture this film is very moving, as the on-screen recreation of genocide usually is. It is a humorous picture overall, though while cheerful, retains a tragi-comic edge throughout. Lots of off the cuff unintentional hilarity in lines like "We are even now - I paid you the life I owe you and the next time we meet I can kill you without becoming an evil person."
The scope is epic and the movie runs at 139 minutes. Besides the Jack Crabb/Custer scenes ("Muleskinner!"), also bigger than life is the tale of Jack's taking on 3 other wives at the request of his first ("I knew you were a good man."). I read the book before I saw the movie and the book was excellent. I was happy to find that the story also worked well as a film.
Can't wait for Blu-Ray December 27, 2009
GiveMeSubtitles (CA)
DVD will have to do until the Blu-Ray version comes out. I can't find a Blu-Ray release date at [...]. This is one of my favorite movies. I played the DVD on a Sony Blu-Ray player connected to a 52" Samsung 60 Hz LCD TV. I watch all movies with the subtitles on (my hearing is fine). This movie matched the spoken words pretty well but the letters are larger than most and in yellow. The whole movie is in English and the subtitles are not needed at all (I just don't like to miss any of the dialogue). The DVD does not contain any extra features (not even a trailer). The movie was enjoyable to watch with most scenes sharp and clear. There were only a few noticeably grainy scenes. The 7th Calvary marching tune mixture of "Garryowen" and "St. Patrick's Day" with it's heavy flute and snare drum is the best. Too bad I can't find this exact tune anywhere on the internet. I would recommend buying the DVD. Memorable quote: "As I watched her walk away, it come over me that the Great Spirit wanted me to go in that tepee."
Great movie December 26, 2009
L. HAYES (Reno, NV)
I ordered this so I could view one of my favorite old movies once in a while.
 Little Big Man Movie October 19, 2009
Linda Kirk (Frankfort, KY)
The disk was fine, but the case was crushed when I received it. The movie played fine.
 Replacin' Those VHS October 4, 2009
Earlie Work
"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.
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