Friday, January 30, 2009

Little Big Man


Little Big Man


Starring Dustin Hoffman. The beginning of the movie, Dustin Hoffman playing as little big man and Jack, being a 121 yr old man, tells his life story that goes way back to the 1800's when the settlers were heading west to settle in to make a new life and the battle of Little Big Horn. The movie starts out when Little Big Man was a boy with his family. His family gets attacked by Pawnee Indians and both Jack and his sister, Caroline, gets taken by the Cheyenne Indians to be raised. Later, Caroline leaves because the Cheyenne thought that she was a boy not a girl. Jack then grows up, makes friends with the Cheyenne. Shadow adopts him, and Old Liveskin becomes his adopted grandfather, played by Chief Dan George. His grandfather tells him a story of Little Man, through a story of Little Man who was attacked by the Pawnee. Then, while he was at a Pawnee camp about to attack the Pawnee, he saves Younger Bear's life. Here, he gets his name as Little Big Man for his bravery.

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