Yesterday at 5:00 p.m. – by Simon Gonzalez
This Monday, May 5 from 8:55 p.m., Arte rebroadcasts the film Little Big Man With Dustin Hoffman. Whoever plays the role of the actor’s adoptive father in the feature film is an authentic Indian from British Columbia.
New cult film on Arte. This Monday, May 5 from 8:55 p.m., the Franco-German chain rebroadcasts the film Little Big Man With Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Arthur Penn and released in 1970, the American feature film had met success in dark rooms during its dining room. He tells the story of Jack Crabb, the last survivor of the battle of Little Big Horn, who saw the defeat of General Custer as a wound that has never closed. At 121, he told a hectic life to a journalist. He draws from his childhood memories to tell what he experienced. In 1859, then 10 years old, Jack left with his family to conquer the West. But their convoy is attacked by the Pawnees and his parents die in excruciating suffering. The little jack is then collected by a tribe of cheyennes who nicknamed him Little Big Man. When he grows, the adolescent finds Christian values in the house of a pastor. Will then start a real dilemma in Jack’s head where his journey will be marked out by the two companies he has known so far …
Little Big Man : Dustin Hoffman impresses
Carried by an impressive Dustin Hoffman, Little Big Man has become a cult film because it accurately tells the hidden side of the conquest of the West where the law of the strongest has triumphed. Thanks to this film, Dustin Hoffman then chained roles in the cinema by turning in Papillon in 1973 or in Lenny In 1974. These two films also had a great success in dark theaters.
Little Big Man : The adoptive father of Dustin Hoffman in the film is an authentic Indian
The particularity of Little Big Man holds in the fact that the chief Dan George, who plays The role of the adoptive father of Dustin Hoffman, is an authentic Indian from British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in Canada. Born in 1899, Te-Wah-No changed his identity to be able to go to school and gradually becomes an actor. For his performance in Arthur Penn’s film, Dan George is appointed in the best supporting role to Oscars and Golden Globes. Until his death in 1981, the actor was very active concerning the defense of the Indian people, decimated during the bloody conquest of the West.
