Little Big Man (1970)

Little Big Man: Directed by Arthur Penn. With Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam. Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.

“This is one of those movies you have to see if you like great films.This is a long movie but it is so good youu0026#39;ll never want it to end.I rated this movie a 10 but only cause the scale doesnu0026#39;t go any higher.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the story of Jack Crabb who begins the movie as a 121 year old man in a nursing home recounting his life.And what a life it was.He bounces back and forth in the Old west between the world of the white man and the world of the Native American.Crabb sees and does just about everything possible in both worlds.The joy and sadness and fun he has along the way makes for one helluva movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDustin Hoffman is brilliant in this film.It may be his best performance ever yet it is somehow overlooked when many people think of his movies.It is a tour de force for Hoffman who plays an Indian and gunslinger and drunkard and muleskinner and many other things in this movie. Chief Dan George is nothing short of amazing in this movie.But yet one critic said he wasnu0026#39;t acting,he was just an Indian playing an Indian.Bah! Richard Mulligan was so perfect as General George Custer in this movie that he is who I see whenever I hear the name of Custer mentioned.Faye Dunaway and Martin Balsam create memorable characters too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie makes one of the strongest statements Iu0026#39;ve ever seen about the treatment of the Native Americans yet you probably wonu0026#39;t even realize it at the time.This is a movie that youu0026#39;ll replay in your head and then it hits you that there was even more there than met the eye.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe humor,tragedy and lush characters will stay with you long after you see this movie.This movie is based on the fine book by Thomas Berger and is very faithful to it.I recommend the book wholeheartedly, too.”