Little Big Man (film)
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| Directed by | Arthur Penn |
| Produced by | Stuart Millar |
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Thomas Berger (novel) Calder Willingham |
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Dustin Hoffman Faye Dunaway Chief Dan George Martin Balsam Richard Mulligan Cal Bellini |
| Music by | John Hammond |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Edited by | Dede Allen |
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| Distributed by | National General Pictures (1970 theatrical), Paramount Home Media (VHS, DVD and Blu-ray) |
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139 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $31,559,552 (domestic) |
Little Big Man is a 1970 American western comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the novel Little Big Man by Thomas Berger. It is about a white male child raised by the Cheyenne nation during the 19th century. The film is largely concerned with contrasting the lives of American pioneers and Native Americans throughout the progression of the boy's life.
The movie stars Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey and Richard Mulligan. It is considered a Western, with Native Americans receiving a more sympathetic treatment and the United States Cavalry depicted as villains.
Despite its satirical approach, the film has tragic elements and a clear social conscience about prejudice and injustice. Little Big Man is considered an example of anti-establishment films of the period, protesting America's involvement in the Vietnam War by portraying the U.S. military negatively.
In 2014, Little Big Man was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
In the present day (1970), 121-year-old Jack Crabb, the oldest living man in the world and residing in a hospice, recounts his plentiful life story to a curious historian. Among other things, Crabb claims to have had been a captive of the Cheyenne, a gunslinger, an associate of Wild Bill Hickok, a scout for General George Armstrong Custer, and the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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