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BootinUp

(47,165 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:02 PM Jan 2019

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Little Big Man 1970

Really enjoying it. Saw it mentioned around DU somewhere. Love Chief Dan George, his best scene below.

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Little Big Man 1970 (Original Post) BootinUp Jan 2019 OP

One of my top 5 movies underpants Jan 2019 #1

Dustin Hoffman is the man! Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #2

That's no lie! WSSlover Apr 2019 #7

Yup! mapol Sep 2019 #8

Have loved this movie for decades. A great one! LBM20 Jan 2019 #3

One of my all time favorites if not my all time favorite. defacto7 Jan 2019 #4

I think I saw that one at the theater. MuseRider Jan 2019 #5

Me, too. mapol Sep 2019 #9

Wonderfully Funny Under-appreciated Film Y-T Jan 2019 #6

Aha! It's a book? mapol Sep 2019 #10

Written by Thomas Berger in 1964. argyl Sep 2019 #11

I first saw it whenI was very young; maybe six or seven. Aristus Oct 2019 #12

My favorite Chief Dan George line SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #13

Loved this movie since I was a kid. Dagstead Bumwood Nov 2019 #14

underpants

(182,829 posts)

1. One of my top 5 movies

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:04 PM

Jan 2019

I watch it every year on my birthday

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

2. Dustin Hoffman is the man!

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:21 PM

Jan 2019

WSSlover

(95 posts)

7. That's no lie!

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 22, 2019, 06:09 PM

Apr 2019

Dustin Hoffman is a good actor! I, too saw Little Big Man, and liked it a great deal!

mapol

(91 posts)

8. Yup!

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 04:13 PM

Sep 2019

Dustin Hoffman is the man--and a damned good actor, at that.

He's done a wonderful job in every movie that he's played in, as well.

LBM20

(1,580 posts)

3. Have loved this movie for decades. A great one!

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2019, 03:25 PM

Jan 2019

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

4. One of my all time favorites if not my all time favorite.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2019, 05:43 PM

Jan 2019

I still have an old VHS version and I don't even have a player for it anymore.

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)

5. I think I saw that one at the theater.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:31 AM

Jan 2019

Love it. I think I even have it around here somewhere but probably a VHS. Hmmm, would love to see it again.

mapol

(91 posts)

9. Me, too.

Reply to MuseRider (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 04:15 PM

Sep 2019

I, too saw Little Big Man, at a now de-funct cinema north of Boston, back in the summer of 1971.

Y-T

(19 posts)

6. Wonderfully Funny Under-appreciated Film

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 10:50 AM

Jan 2019

Based on an excellent book.

mapol

(91 posts)

10. Aha! It's a book?

Reply to Y-T (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 23, 2019, 12:53 PM

Sep 2019

Do you know if the book is still in print? I'd love to get a copy of it if it is.

argyl

(3,064 posts)

11. Written by Thomas Berger in 1964.

Reply to mapol (Reply #10)

Sun Sep 29, 2019, 11:52 AM

Sep 2019

It's readily available on Amazon and is a wonderful read.
It may even be better than the movie. I've read reviews that compare the style to something Twain would write.

And I'd agree to that.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

12. I first saw it whenI was very young; maybe six or seven.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 04:57 PM

Oct 2019

(In retrospect, I can't believe my parents allowed me to watch it at that age, unless they intended what ended up happening - I saw immediately the horror and injustice of the Americans against the native peoples. I didn't grow up thinking Custer was a hero.)

I loved the film. Especially Chief Dan George. He was excellent.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

13. My favorite Chief Dan George line

Reply to Aristus (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 04:54 PM

Oct 2019

Was when he was discussing the "black white men." He said they were just as stupid as the other white men, but not quite as ugly.

Dagstead Bumwood

(3,642 posts)

14. Loved this movie since I was a kid.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 07:43 PM

Nov 2019

Dustin Hoffman was amazing, but my favorite remains Richard Mulligan's manic performance as Custer.

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