Every day, Allociné recommends a film to (re) see on TV. Tonight: Dustin Hoffman is unrecognizable in this western from the 70s.
If you want to see Dustin Hoffman The aged features and graying hair, go for the Arte channel. In Little Big Man, the one who plays Bernie Furniker in my stepfather and we slip into the shoes of a centenary.
Released in theaters in 1971 and directed by Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), Little Big Man The story of Jack Crabb follows, the only survivor of the massacre of Little Big Horn, a battle between 647 men of the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the American army to a coalition of Cheyennes and Sioux.
He tells his story to a journalist: adopted as a child by a family of Cheyennes, his tribe is massacred by the whites while he is a teenager and he is then collected by a pastor and his wife. But the young man, nicknamed Little Big Man for his immense courage, is shared between his Indian origins and his new people.
In the casting of this western, there is a Dustin Hoffman unrecognizable in the title role, as well as Faye Dunaway (who played Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde), or Martin Balsam (12 angry men). A five -star cast for a memorable film.
Dustin Hoffman in one of his greatest roles
With Little Big Man, Dustin Hoffman Strong strongly by embodying a teenager, sometimes a 121 -year -old old man. It is perfect throughout its metamorphoses. And the least we can say is that his performance caused a sensation, since he was appointed to the Bafta Awards as best actor.
It is one of the first major roles of the American actor in the cinema, after his revelation in the winner and his noticed performance in Macadam Cowboy. And although he did not win a reward, he still became one of the most popular figures of his generation. And that is priceless!
The spectators of Allociné have also attributed to Little Big Man The excellent note of 4.2 out of 5. And among the many comments published, many Internet users who welcome the performance of Dustin Hoffman :
“Dustin Hoffman is magnificent in this incredible epic where it survives the impossible“(Antony Z.)
“The game of Dustin Hoffman There is many, the actor managing to be quickly attached to the difficulties, and to find the right dosage between lightness and gravity, in front of atrocious situations“(Reverse)
“This big little man is Jack Crabb, both an adventurer and an opportunistic baratineur eating all the racks, interpreted with brilliance by Dustin Hoffman finding one of his most striking roles” (Santu2b)
“Dustin Hoffman Perhaps embodies the role of his life here. The gaze and the metamorphoses of the little big man are memorable and forever mark the history of cinema ” (Cinephiles44)
Hat the artist, therefore!
Tonight on 6ter at 9:10 p.m.
