Little Big Man (DVD, 2000)

This has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it when it came out. I think Dustin Hoffman is an exceptional actor and did a remarkable job in this film as he has done in his numerous portrayals. I think this is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. Faye Dunaway is fairly hot and beautiful in her role, as she was in her younger years. The story line incorporates humor into a historical venue, although somewhat skewed to suit the plot.

I am 54 years young. Remember this movie was released December of 1970. . The movie stripped bare (for the first time to a large audience) the myth that America did what it could, honorably to live on this hallowed ground. The movie takes a white man who was raised by Indians and then, recovered by "white folk" raised by white folk. . and, he ultimately returns to be with the indians. It's not generally known that Benjamin Franklin and the Indians of his time did the SAME EXCHANGE VOLUNTARILY with some 20 young boys. Bostonians "took in" 20 young indians and raised them for five years and the Indians did the same with 20 young white boys. . When these young men became of age, the young Indian men decided they'd rather "go home" to their Indian tribes. The young white boys decided to STAY with the indians. . all of them.
This movie moves at a very exciting pace and covers over a hundred years (as told by the old man/Dustin Hoffman). Mr. Hoffman excels at tremendously diverse roles and ages as do the supporting cast, including so many character actors. It's a keeper for the library to be passed on to future generations 5 STAR PLUS

Andy Rigoli

One of the most beautifully filmed movies ever. Arthur Penn's Little Big Man is a lesson in man's inhumanity to man, mixing historical events and characters with fictional ones.I first saw this film in Junior High School, about 1978 and we actually watched it during history class over three days. It was a 16 mm print shown on the classic Bell and Howell school projector.

I was moved from the beginning to the end. It is indeed a western, and yet that's not all there is to this story. If people dismiss this movie as 'just another western', they are missing out on one of the finest films ever made.

I applaud the use of REAL Native American actors in little Big Man. There were so many Hollywood films and TV shows with Native Americans often portrayed by white actors of Jewish, Italian and German heritage.

The US. Government soldiers were murderers and are often portrayed as buffoons. Rightly so. The policies of the U.S. government were so twisted, sick and murderous, I hate to say it, but Custer and his gang deserved what they got at Little Big Horn. What stupidity. Custer is played as a clueless power hungry madman by the wonderful comic character actor, Richard Mulligan.

The use of the 'gay' Indian was genius. The Native Americans accept people of 'two spirits'. They are looked upon as valued members of the tribal family, not shunned and disowned for who they are.

The Native Americans were here first, and we stole their land and broke every treaty we ever made with them. The white man gave them alcohol which turned many into horrible alcoholics. That condition affects many natives on the reservations to this day. Depression, Poverty, Hopelessness. Having your land taken from you at gunpoint, and your people slaughtered. We'd be depressed, too if they had done it to us! I highly recommend this film as a historical western/comedy/tragedy.

Don't dismiss it. It's worth seeing. And owning.

One of the best movies ever filmed. This movie tells how the white man stole the land from the people already here. Very sad.

This is an old movie but one that's a classic. No over the top special effects, or car chase scenes. Just a great story with great acting.

Very good movie with a different slant on the imminent domain theory. Dramatic and at times very funny. I was especially taken with the Indian grandfather.

This movie is both serious and funny...an unbelievable mix until you experience it yourself. I first saw it in the 1970's when i was a young teen, and it made an impact of me. It shows the lifestyle and plight of Native Americans, with the comedy of a young man riding between two cultures. Amazing it's a PG 13, but other than violence (soldiers vs Indians) it is tame compared to any of today's movies.

I have friends with thousands of DVD movies. They buy whatever comes along. I have around 20 including Rock and Simon & Garfunkel concerts. Just what I consider classics, and This is one of the great classic films of all time. I am going to repeat this same review with the other two I bought at the same time: Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, M*A*S*H (the movie) and Little Big Man. In all cases the service and attention was flawless. I am totally satisfied.
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An all time favorite, as long as the wind blows, grass grows, and the sky is blue. A wonderfully sarcastic view of the other side of the wild west story.

Dustin Hoffman made this one of the best flicks ever, for me. He plays someone who, caught between two warring cultures, gains insights that no one from either side could have about the "bigger picture." This was the film that first awakened me to the very awful human toll of the "Indian Wars" on Plains tribes. Unlike "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," produced many years later, it's done as a satire rather than as a sweeping docudrama; also unlike that later production, there's real laughter in presentation of different absurdities in the hypocrisy of those who judged themselves superior to "the Red Man."

Anyone with family members or friends who survived the Holocaust will recognize similarities between the lot of the Cheyenne in 19th-Century America and that of non-Aryans in the Third Reich. In some ways, I would compare "Little Big Man" to "Life Is Beautiful," which also made a horrific subject tolerable through effective use of comedy and simple stories about relatively ordinary people.

While Dustin Hoffman made me laugh, Chief Dan George made me _think_ and has kept me thinking in the years since I first saw "Little Big Man." His character captures all of the noble people I've known who maintain their dignity under the worst possible circumstances... the individuals whose wisdom and decency ulitimately transcend the power of those who would (and too often do) erase them.

In short, this is a movie that will make any caring human being laugh but that will also produce tears. It changed my life.

I LOVED THE MOVIE,LOOKED ALL OVER FOR IT,FOUND IT ON EBAY AND GOT IT.THE PRICE WAS GOOD AND THE SHIPPING WAS RIGHT.IT WAS SHIPED FAST AND I AM INJOYING IT.

Aside from the make-up and acting geunius that allowed Dustin Hoffman to age over 60 years and still be believable, the movie examines not only American history, but individual human behavior with a loving microscope. Full of wisdom, joy, evil, and yes...sadness. Outstanding movie.

Excellent movie to watch........................................................................................................................

I could write paragraphs about this movie, and still not capture what a truly great experience watching this epic is! It's a great mix of story, with tongue in cheek history, thats probably closer to true than any of us would like to admit. The victors write the history books, and so it is that our barbaric treatment of a great people, with a civilization in many ways was leaps and bounds above our own, was swept under the carpet, finally to be presented in this movie. Hoffman was super in this role, probably his best ever. The screenplay was fabulous, the cinematography excellent. This is without a doubt, one of the greatest films ever made. I highly recommend you watch, and purchase this movie, as you will want to see it over and over again!
The Wildman

I thought that this movie was well made good actors and actress good plot good finish THE END----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

One of Hoffman's best. Love chief Dan George as well and this is one I will watch over and over. Tom Berger's the best writer we have and this movie is the best representation of his work.

This is, in my opinion is the epitomy of Western Movies. This is Dustin Hoffman at his best. This is one of my favorite movies.

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Comedy.... Action.... Drama.... War... and Romance is another great combination in a film top with serious issues. "Little Big Man" starts you off in 1970, with a reporter interviewing Mr. Crabb (Dustin Hoffman, in one of his great performances), the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, a wrinkled visage who is 121 years old at the time of the interview. In the course of his tall tale about the taming of the west, he recounts his career as a Cheyenne Indian, a bible thumper, a snake-oil salesman, a gunfighter, a drunk, and just about everything else one could be in those days. Since he was a white man raised by the Cheyenne, and spoke both languages fluently, he moved back and forth between the two worlds.

His story is great when it is being funny. I laughed at the sight of Dustin Hoffman dressed as a gunfighter. He really was the fastest gun in the West, and also the surest shot. Only one little thing kept him from achieving gunfighter immortality. He didn't like shooting at any living things.

Thankfully this was produced before the forces of political correctness could bowdlerize it. Today this would be watered down to avoid the epithets and stereotypes that add color and authenticity to this wonderful film. It is a obvious precursor to `Dances With Wolves', but also to a movie where the influence is less patent like `Forrest Gump' where famous persons are infused into a historical comic-drama. Numerous interesting characters infuse the picture: the epicene (though lustful) sister, the wise, yet pixilated Indian grandfather (played brilliantly by Chief Dan George), the unconscionable General Custer, the libertine Mrs. Pendrake (Faye Dunaway) and of course Dustin Hoffman's own character.

A funny and sad study of a wild time in history mixed with modern sentiments. A tall tale that resonates with truth.

~ Why I like Little Big Man ~

It has been a long time since I saw that movie. It was filled with action, adventure and romance, with a bit of humor thrown in. Mainly, however, it brought to light the plight of the Native American - the first inhabitants of North America, though that is currently under dispute.

It is a refreshingly light and easy going tale, narrated by none other than Dustin Hoffman himself. I would recommend it to anyone because it is timeless. It brings a breath of fresh air to your noir movies of today. See it!

Marcelino8 (Jim Kirby)

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DVD was delivered as promised. It took a little longer than I expected, but did arrive in good condition.

This is a movie that you can watch many times and always notice something new. Although it is full of humor, it still makes one one think about the life of the american indians and their struggle to keep their way of life. Little Big man has always been a family favorite and I wanted a copy of my own.

This movie is form my pass, they don't make movies like this any more. The update sounds and wide streen is great, this make the pass and the now work well together. I would tell you to try movies from your pass.