Little Big Man

1970
16
2 Std. 19 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Adventure Epic Epic Satire Tragedy Western Epic Adventure Comedy Drama Western

Jack Crabb blickt im hohen Alter auf sein Leben zurück und erzählt, wie er bei den Ureinwohnern Amerikas aufwuchs und mit General Custer kämpfte.Jack Crabb blickt im hohen Alter auf sein Leben zurück und erzählt, wie er bei den Ureinwohnern Amerikas aufwuchs und mit General Custer kämpfte.Jack Crabb blickt im hohen Alter auf sein Leben zurück und erzählt, wie er bei den Ureinwohnern Amerikas aufwuchs und mit General Custer kämpfte.

Regie
- Arthur Penn
Drehbuch
- Thomas Berger
- Calder Willingham
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

38.644

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Arthur Penn
Drehbuch
- Thomas Berger
- Calder Willingham
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 5 Gewinne & 11 Nominierungen insgesamt

Fotos156

+ 149

Mehr wie diese

7,6

7,4

7,3

7,4

8,0

7,8

7,7

7,6

7,8

Der Wildeste unter tausend

7,4

Tootsie

6,5

John und Mary

Handlung

Ändern

WUSSTEST DU SCHON:

Ändern

Wissenswertes
The role of Old Lodge Skins was initially offered to Marlon Brando, who turned it down. Other sources claim Arthur Penn's first choice for the role was Sir Laurence Olivier. When that didn't work out, Richard Boone was slated for the role. When Boone backed out at the last minute, Chief Dan George was given the part and earned an Oscar nomination.

Patzer
The wires forcing a horse to fall are visible in the final battle scene, just before Custer exclaims "Fools! They're shooting their own horses!"

Zitate
Old Lodge Skins: There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings.

Verbindungen
Featured in Rauchende Colts: The Drummer (1972)

Soundtracks
Bringing In the Sheaves
(1880) (uncredited)
Music by George A. Minor (1880)
Hymn by Knowles Shaw (1874)
Sung a cappella by Faye Dunaway

Benutzerrezensionen151

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

10/10

A magnificent film

This is one of those movies you have to see if you like great films.This is a long movie but it is so good you'll never want it to end.I rated this movie a 10 but only cause the scale doesn't go any higher.

This is the story of Jack Crabb who begins the movie as a 121 year old man in a nursing home recounting his life.And what a life it was.He bounces back and forth in the Old west between the world of the white man and the world of the Native American.Crabb sees and does just about everything possible in both worlds.The joy and sadness and fun he has along the way makes for one helluva movie.

Dustin Hoffman is brilliant in this film.It may be his best performance ever yet it is somehow overlooked when many people think of his movies.It is a tour de force for Hoffman who plays an Indian and gunslinger and drunkard and muleskinner and many other things in this movie. Chief Dan George is nothing short of amazing in this movie.But yet one critic said he wasn't acting,he was just an Indian playing an Indian.Bah! Richard Mulligan was so perfect as General George Custer in this movie that he is who I see whenever I hear the name of Custer mentioned.Faye Dunaway and Martin Balsam create memorable characters too.

This movie makes one of the strongest statements I've ever seen about the treatment of the Native Americans yet you probably won't even realize it at the time.This is a movie that you'll replay in your head and then it hits you that there was even more there than met the eye.

The humor,tragedy and lush characters will stay with you long after you see this movie.This movie is based on the fine book by Thomas Berger and is very faithful to it.I recommend the book wholeheartedly, too.