Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George

Fictional biography of a 120-year-old white man, adopted by the Indians as a child, who witnessed General George A. Custer's megalomaniacal last stand at Little Big Horn in 1876.

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PG, 2 hrs. 19 min.

Directed by: Arthur Penn

Release Date: December 14, 1970

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DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003

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  • July 13, 2008
    Dustin Hoffman turns out a great but overlooked performance as a 121 year-old man who tells his life story. Little Big Man is a good movie but has a tone that changes way too much for its own good. It hits everything from black comedy to slapstick to heartbreaking. Just like with...( read more) the movie Little Big Man is a precursor to, Dances With Wolves, I felt completely ashamed to be white. The Bill Hicock scenes were too few but at the same time great. Chief Dan George was amazing and had some of the best lines ("does she show pleasant enthusiasm when you mount her?"), the gay Indian/Native American (whatever your pleasure) was great and Faye Dunaway was very entertaining for the few brief moments she was in this movie.
  • February 18, 2008
    one of the most unusual westerns ever made and one of my favorite films as a kid. starring dustin hoffman as a supposedly 121 yr old man, the only white survivor of the battle of the little big horn. ranging from black comedy to drama to slapstick humor and back, it's alot of f...( read more)un and has held up pretty well over 30 odd years. one of the first films to address the issue of native american rights as well
  • July 14, 2007
    Essentially a vehicle for Dustin Hoffman, this is the changing face of the west told from the point of view of an old man reminiscing about his life (although you're never quite sure how much of this tall tale is actually true!). Part comedy, part comment on the treatment of nati...( read more)ve americans, it's always entertaining and Hoffman is great as a man caught between two conflicting worlds.
  • June 14, 2006
    Dustin Hoffman is amazing in this movie. This is kind of like forest gump, only a few decades before it. In my opinion the best western ever.
  • January 20, 2008
    Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman and the great Chief Dan George is a timeless piece of film genius.A film quite ahead of it's time in it's telling the story of how the west was won from the perspective of the Native North Americans.Reflects the tragedy of the American Holoc...( read more)aust almost as well as the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.The film had a great book from which to work-Little Big Man and has elements of Dickensian humor throughout in displaying hypocracy,society in general and the shakiness of "history".A film that runs the gamut of emotions-skillfully blending comedy with tragedy long before it became a Hollywood fad.
  • November 13, 2009
    Hoffman rocks the western frontier in this "Gump like" tale. It takes you through Little Big Man's (Hoffman"s) life changing events, and trust me you'll love how this movie ties historically monumental events into his life. very fun but time consuming... 2hrs 19min
  • September 6, 2009
    This is a bit of a odd western. Stars Dustin Hoffman as a white man adopted by the Natives as a child and raised as one of their own. The story leads to the battle at Little Big Horn. The film has some very funny moments and great characters. Dustin Hoffman is quite good in this....( read more) Worth checking out if you enjoy westerns.
  • August 25, 2009
    Pretty good movie, Hoffman is great.
  • August 16, 2009
    A very good film. Western with the sense of humour
  • August 6, 2009
    Great movie! Little Big Man gets to view the white and the Indian worlds with equal contempt. Fascinating saga. Faye Dunaway steals the movie.

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

An endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of a yarn. full review

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