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Little Big Man
- Director: Arthur Penn
- Writer: Thomas Berger; Calder Willingham
- Producer: Gene Lasko; Stuart Millar
CGiii Comment
...and your heart will soar like a hawk.
Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
Here, it most certainly works.
Injecting the absurd, the comic into a serious story can be the downfall for many - Penn achieves this tricky balance to perfection.
The photography is astounding - it is quite incomprehensible as to why this film was practically ignored by the Academy - what do they know?
An utter joy.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Jack Crabb is 121 years old as the film begins. A collector of oral histories asks him about his past. He recounts being captured and raised by indians, becoming a gunslinger, marrying an indian, watching her killed by General George Armstrong Custer, and becoming a scout for him at Little Big Horn.
Cast & Characters
Dustin Hoffman as Jack Crabb;
Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Pendrake;
Chief Dan George as Old Lodge Skins;
Martin Balsam as Mr. Merriweather;
Richard Mulligan as Gen. George Armstrong Custer;
Jeff Corey as Wild Bill Hickok;
Aimee Eccles as Sunshine;
Kelly Jean Peters as Olga Crabb;
Carole Androsky as Caroline Crabb;
Robert Little Star as Little Horse;
Cal Bellini as Younger Bear;
Ruben Moreno as Shadow That Comes in Sight;
Steve Shemayne as Burns Red in the Sun;
William Hickey as Historian;
James Anderson as Sergeant