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Little Big Man
These are the events embodied in a novel written by Thomas Berger one day. The film reveals a man named Jack Crab, aged 121. This man still remembers the past meaning when he was raised by the Indians and fought with General Custer in a war.
1 April 1952, Houston, Texas, USA
29 March 1923, El Paso, Texas, USA
21 March 1951, Rockville Center, New York, USA
18 September 1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
29 May 1904, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
14 June 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 July 1921, Wetumpka, Alabama, USA
4 March 1927, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
August 30, 2003
This outraged reconfiguration of an all-American genre may be set in the Wild West, but it's also very much a bulletin of its time.
June 11, 2008
Might it be a serious attempt to right some unretrievable wrong via gallows humor which avoids the polemics? This seems to be the course taken; the attempt at least can be respected in theory.
May 09, 2003
truly magical movie that works well
September 30, 2010
Arthur Penn offers a new take of the culture clash between the White men and Native Americans in this revisionist. satirical, tone-shifting Western starring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway.
May 03, 2003
One of Dustin Hoffman's best films, one of Arthur Penn's best films, and one of Hollywood's best films.
August 26, 2003
Easily one of the most entertaining (and presently overlooked) Westerns of the early 1970s.
May 02, 2003
One of the great films of the early 70s.
April 21, 2008
Penn seems to have little feel for the Western genre, but despite that the amazing thing is that this mock epic Western came out as well as it did.
March 10, 2003
An American classic, Little Big Man seeks to rectify Western history with this engrossing account of the colorful life of 121-year-old Jack Crabb.
May 09, 2003
A picaresque masterpiece about an inimitable American anti-hero whose wild adventures are delivered into our hearts and minds with the robust vitalities of comedy.
October 23, 2004
An endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of a yarn.
