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Little Big Man

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This 1970's Arther Penn effort captures the spirit of Thomas Berger's wonderful novel. Production values are high except for the woefully undershot Little Big Horn sequence, which despite heroic editing is a confused mess, totally out of sync with the rest of the film. Dustin Hoffman is wonderful here, as are the supporting players, particulary Chief Dan George (who was equally good in "Harry and Tonto"). The DVD is a huge improvement over the laserdisc and even gives us faux 5.1 sound.

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I'm a big fan of Penn's films especially.... - TWB 21:14:54 02/13/04 (2)
The Miracle Worker and Bonnie and Clyde.
- Don't forget his wonderful "Alice's Restaurant".... - danj 00:33:00 02/19/04 (0)
  Penn took Arlo's song and gave it structure while still maintaining its spirit. Arlo had lots of screen presence and Penn's direction was just right.
  It's a very good film.
- Re: I'm a big fan of Penn's films especially.... - rico 07:27:23 02/14/04 (0)
  Me too.
One of my favorite westerns - Troy 09:39:20 02/13/04 (1)
The entire movie had a oddly humorous tongue-in-cheek tone yet it was still rather gritty rough the way so many early 70s movies were.
I really enjoyed the depiction of the indians. They were cast in a very civilized light, yet it wasn't all overly-reverent as in stiffs like "Dances with Wolves". It was an entirely different tone than in any other movie. Yes, I think a lot of it had to do with George. The guy wad a great deadpan delivery. He was great in "Outlaw Josey Wales" too.
I read the book while I was camping in the northern plains. Very entertaining.
- Re: One of my favorite westerns - rico 09:43:17 02/13/04 (0)
  Penn and his colleagues definately caught the spirit of the book, which I have read twice.

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