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Little Big Man

WesternComedyAdventureDrama

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer. From TMDB

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  • Sean Walters @seanwrite.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2026

    Blues singer and guitarist John Hammond Jr. has died at 83. He won a Grammy in 1985, did the soundtrack for the film LITTLE BIG MAN and had fans such as Duane Allman & Rory Gallagher. Hammond and John Lee Hooker live on The Tonight Show in 1992. #RIPJohnHammondJr m.youtube.com/watch?v=7BgG...

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    Thomas Berger (with scenes from the Arthur Penn film adaptation of the Berger novel "Little Big Man") - BOTD

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  • Anna Twigg @annatwigg.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Re-watching Little Big Man... Damn, it's such a great film. Somehow even better than I remember...

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Thomas Berger (with scenes from the Arthur Penn film adaptation of the Berger novel "Little Big Man") - BOTD

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  • Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    1/ Anecdote from Matthew Modine during the Q&A after a showing of Vision Quest. He was inspired to become an actor by watching Little Big Man at a Drive-in Theater owned by his family, growing up in Utah. It was the first time he saw Native Americans portrayed in a movie as human beings . . .

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  • Raaf @raafwolf.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    Do not forget this man. The movie “Little Big Man” 1970. Chief Dan George.

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  • Bryan Thomas @munkiman.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    Remembering film director Arthur Hiller Penn, born September 27, 1922, Philadelphia, PA (d. September 28, 2010, one day after turning 88). A major film director, he's best known for films like Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Little Big Man (1970), and my personal fave, Night Moves (1975). More: alt text

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  • Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    I don't care much for Arthur Penn's film adaptation, but Berger's novel Little Big Man is on the short list of the best Westerns ever written

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  • Boricuabc2 @boricuabc2.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    Any fans of the movie “LITTLE BIG MAN” with Dustin Hoffman. Just started to watch it now. LOVE THIS MOVIE. AND ALSO HATE IT for what we did to AMerican Indians.

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2024

    Thomas Berger (with scenes from the Arthur Penn film adaptation of the Berger novel "Little Big Man") - BOTD

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  • Allan "Pealed Grapes" Mott @houseofglib.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    If you haven't seen LITTLE BIG MAN, you really should. Chief George's performance is genuinely moving and the film itself tells the story of the west in a way that is both honest, satiric, and truly horrifying. Seeing it so young made it difficult for me to accept the films that came before it.

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  • Shlepcar @shlepcar.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    #JulyMovieChallenge Day 20: Native American in a movie Little Big Man (1970) dir. Arthur Penn

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  • Aaron Chapman @theaaronchapman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    In Port Moody this morning to meet Peter Smith—a longtime Canadian film veteran whose Asst Camera credits go back to Little Big Man, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller—a film I have a rather personal connection to. I spoke with him about the late #Vancouver photog Toby Rankin Great to chat. Thank you Peter.

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  • O.G. Hippiechick @oghippiechick.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    My 11 year old self LOVED this film, and Dustin Hoffman! Film: Little Big Man (1970) Director: Arthur Penn #filmsky

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  • Coop @linjurz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2025

    This is absolutely 💯 true. That's what I would say. 'Little Big Man' is a 1970 American revisionist Western film that exposed the villainous practices of the United States Cavalry. It was controversial as a Western movie that went against the norm to apotheosize the white cowboy as being heroic.

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  • Liberal Buddhist @liberalbuddhist.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    One great western a day in September. Provide an image. Explain if you want. Movie: Little Big Man Director: Arthur Penn #WesternMovieChallenge #Filmsky #WesternSky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge Day 28 Little Big Man (1970)

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  • Michael's Movie Group @michaelcinemagroup.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2026

    I’m a big Mike Nichols fan too, but I saw this film at a big screen revival house and it blew me away; I’m still baffled that it seems so forgotten. Catch-22 and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man got totally ignored by the Oscars in favor of schlock like Love Story and Airport

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  • Enchantra Sand📚🌻 @enchantrasand.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Choose 30 books that you’ve read that have been adapted for film and/or television. #Booksky #BookChallenge 27/30 📚💙 🖊️📚💙 #Books #Reading Little Big Man by Thomas Berger first pub 1964 Film: 1970 d. by Arthur Penn with Dustin Hoffman

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  • 🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    Quinault and the new @criterion.bsky.social release of Lenny. Dad, a big Lenny Bruce fan, took me to Bob Fosse's film upon its original release. I liked it, despite little knowledge of director or subject, though Dustin Hoffman was definitely a lure, for me, after The Graduate and Little Big Man.

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    27 September 1922 – 2010 Arthur Penn, 88, US filmmaker. The Left Handed Gun (1958) * The Miracle Worker (1959 Tony Award + film OscarNom) The Chase * Bonnie and Clyde + Alice's Restaurant (both OscarNom) Little Big Man * Night Moves * The Missouri Breaks * Dead of Winter * Law and Order (Producer)

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  • Bernard @bjcormier.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2025

    Chief Dan George, was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and was also a multi-talented actor, musician, poet & author. His acting career peaked when he portrayed Old Lodge Skins in the 1970 film, Little Big Man, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. #CanadaTrivia

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  • Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Films by year - and NOW we're talking! The 1970s: 1970 Little Big Man 1971 Harold and Maude 1972 Deliverance 1973 Westworld 1974 Young Frankenstein 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1976 The Omen 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1978 Big Wednesday 1979 The Muppet Movie

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  • Gerard h Ultacháin @gerardhultachain.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2026

    The film Little Big Man (1970), Washita Massacre (1868) scene. Another example of people thinking they've got a god given right to other people's land and homes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_v...

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  • Nomad KG @kgnomad.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2025

    Loved him on Soap & Empty Nest. Richard was also great in his role as General George Armstrong Custer in Little Big Man. Very underrated movie IMO🍿

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  • Jewish Space Laser Technician @bigtparker.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    I still can't believe people fall for these charlatans. We need more Westerns featuring traveling snake oil peddlers and how they were often tarred and feathered when whole towns became ill from ingesting their wares. My fav one is in "Little Big Man." That film should be required viewing.

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  • Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    I don't care much for Arthur Penn's film adaptation, but Berger's novel Little Big Man is on the short list of the best Westerns ever written

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  • DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    In 1970 the movie Little Big Man included a Cherokee character described as a "heemaneh", a sort of third-gender type person. Hoffman's character says the Cherokee didn't force men to become warriors if they didn't have the temperament for it. Nobody protested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_J...

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  • La Ood 🏜️ @lmc55g95.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2024

    #Lyngo, who has thought about this for many years, says it's a toss up between #SeanPenn (Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Bad Boys) and #DustinHoffman (from Little Big Man to Midnight Cowboy to Tootsie) #film

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  • a hideous thing @ahideousthing.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    Little BIG Man: Little Bug Man would be a very different movie.

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  • BreeDanielsWins @breedanielswins.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2026

    Wow, have to agree about Little Big Man. Read Catch-22 but never saw the film. Can't believe it doesn't have a cult following as I recall positive film reviews. Will watch. Box office favors films like Airport, Love Story, Jaws, The Poseidon Adventure, etc. Some films are too cerebral.

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  • Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    JonathanRomney’s TV film picks in Observer - Mon: LITTLE BIG MAN (1970) 5 Action TV 1.05pm; Wed: BEAST (2017) Film4 10.50pm; Fri: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1931) Film4 11am; Sat: LA CHIMERA (2023) BBC Four 9.20pm

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  • Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    Always love a Little Big Man mention, still such a wonky and imperfect movie but also 1970s as hell (I think it might be the first mention of two-spirit people in a big movie?)

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  • Zane's Video @zanesimon.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    LITTLE BIG MAN is the best version of a movie that should have stayed a book. boxd.it/9dAaoN

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  • UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    As a kid watching Little Horse in the film Little Big Man, where he said "they call him hemaneh, but we have no word for what he is". I immediately recognised that 'he' was trans. One of the few examples I'd ever seen of a trans woman in media in the 70s.

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  • Bean N. Curling @beancurling.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    To be more politically correct, the movie Little Big Man is being called Person from now on.

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  • Michael McElrath @1mcelrath1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    I rarely watch the same movie 5 times, but Little Big Man is one that would always entertain me and I’ve watched it well over 5 times.

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  • millerfilm @millerfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Wow! The greatest make-up artist in the history of film, Dick Smith, did the ant effects for "Them!" I never knew that. Smith is most famous for aging actors like Brando in "The Godfather" and Dustin Hoffman in "Little Big Man." And, of course, the effects for "The Exorcist." #TCMParty #Them!

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  • may-be-milo.bsky.social @may-be-milo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Wonderful movie — right up there with Little Big Man — also starring Dustin Hoffman 😊

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  • Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @pewtergod.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Oh yeah, I loved Little Big Man. And she was really outstanding in it. And Three Days Of The Condor. Heck, I should put on a Faye Dunaway movie tonight.

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  • CitizensKnow @citizensknow.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    That's from the movie, 'Little Big Man' with Dustin Hoffman, I'm pretty sure. Good movie.

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  • F8-Ball @f8ball.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    I grew up on the Navajo rez. The Dine' thought this movie was ridiculously hilarious. Little Big Man though, that movie was beloved. They'd show it at the Chapter House, a couple times a year. Always PACKED!

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  • Michael's Movie Group @michaelcinemagroup.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Good choice. I absolutely love Little Big Man, what an amazing film it is with its radical shift from comedy to devastating tragedy

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  • Gwynplaine @gwynplaine2024.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2026

    From the excellent film "Little Big Man"; When Jack asks Old Lodge Skins if he hates white men now, the chief replies- "Because the human beings (meaning his people), my son, they believe everything is alive. Not only man and animals. But also water, earth, stone. And also the things from them...

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  • muskraker.bsky.social @muskraker.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    I believe that is Richard Mulligan, who portrayed the genocidal lunatic in "The Little Big Man". Certainly one of the biggest villains in a Hollywood movie. The Battle of Washita River, where Black Kettle was murdered is depicted in the film, although historically inaccurate.

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  • TubaPeter Sez Send More Paramedics @tubapeter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2026

    it's so easy to say "this movie has its heart in the right place, but..." or "i like this movie's politics, but..." Like LITTLE BIG MAN (1974): great politics, Dustin Hoffman's "holy fool" becomes grating. Easy-peasy!

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  • carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    150 years ago today Custer and over 200 of his men were wiped out at Little Big Horn. the movie Little Big Man (1970) is a ridiculous tall tale, that tells the story of this battle better than any "true" treatment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dF...

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  • bpurpleb99.bsky.social @bpurpleb99.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    A quote from Little Big Man....am I right? Great movie.

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  • Michael @michael6010.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    Little Big Man is a very good movie. It's very funny and also very touching in its portal of the horrendous treatment of the Native Americans during this time period in our countries history. It does try to show them in a humanistic sense and give them the depth of culture that they had. 😎🤔😢

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  • AMacGPhilly @amacgphilly.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2026

    ABBA KOVNER stirs in his grave. 100-man STAND YOUR GROUND MILITIAS are watching the film "LITTLE BIG MAN" and rewind at the "CUSTER'S LAST STAND" scene.

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  • FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2026

    We kick off a new series - Forgotten Film Moguls - with Cinema Center Films, when American television network CBS decided to enter the world of feature film production. The result, Little Big Man, The Boys in the Band, Le Mans, Blue Water White Death, among other films of the late '60s and '70s

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  • Joseph Warren @gothicalchemist.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    It reminds me of the character in the movie Little Big Man who each time he appeared had lost another body part.

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  • Ray Bannatyne @mrfoo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    In the film Little Big Man: Whenever Chief Dan George said "human beings" I was hearing "human Beans"!

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  • Bill Bailey @chroniclebill.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    Until They're Stopped. Remember, WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOT THE UNITED STATES OF TRUMP Today is a good day to die, is a great line from the movie "Little Big Man" When, and if, I face those FASCIST bastards that is what I will say right to their face. We will find out by the end

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  • 3 Sides🪶⬛️🍁⬛️🖇️ @3sides.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    The dead will keep their medals? In that case, EVERY Indigenous person that was massacred deserves a medal.🪶 There's a scene in the film, Little Big Man of the Sand Creek Massacre as depicted from historical records. It's a horrific account of "men" such as this regime shows the worst of humanity!

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  • M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    Friends: Is there a name for stories built around a character turning up at multiple historical events, like "Forrest Gump" and "Little Big Man"? It's a form of roman á clef, but more specific. #literature #film

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  • oldpaul.bsky.social @oldpaul.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    See “Little Big Man” movie character Younger Bear.

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  • MarvinTheParanoidAndroid @marvintheandriod.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    The Horse in the song related to freedom (metaphor). In the movie Little Big Man Hoffmann 1970. Little Horse the character was trans a Hemaneh. Christian 'values' saw the Hemaneh as shameful and against their God. Religion is fucking weird. ictnews.org/opinion/an-i...

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  • Charmi O'Connor @charmio.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    Agree! We can just fast forward in a movie beyond where "spicy" takes place. Or as in Little Big Man, "I shall avert my eyes." But that doesn't work while reading a book.

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  • teacherx.bsky.social @teacherx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    I watched 'Little Big Man' movie and was shocked to see Col. Custer acting like a fool. It reminded me so much of Trump's insanity.#Custer

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  • Richard Russell #🟦 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦 #IStandWithUkraine @elwood-r.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    I love Young Frankenstein, but my favorite movie is Little Big Man.

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Jack Crabb
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Richard Mulligan
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