1)Chief
Dan George: "The human beings, my son -- they believe everything is alive,
not only man and animals, but also water, earth, stone, and also the things from
them. That is the way things are... But the white man -- they believe everything
is dead -- stone, earth, animals, and people, even their own people. If things
keep trying to live, white man will rub them out... That is the difference."
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2)Little
Big Man: "You go down there if you got the nerve." Wav
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3)Little
Big Man: "But why do you want to die, Grandfather?"
Chief
Dan George: "Because there is no other way to deal with the white man, my
son. Whatever else you can say about them, it must be admitted... you cannot get
rid of them... There is an endless supply of white men, but there always has been
a limited number of human beings... We won today... We won't win tomorrow."
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4)Richard
Mulligan: "What do you think I should do, Muleskinner?" Wav
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5)Faye
Dunaway: "Do you know I often had wicked thoughts about you? Several times
I almost gave in to temptation. Do you know that once I tiptoed into your room
and stood over you for the longest time? It was the most awful temptation to wake
you up... I wish that I had... It would've been deliciously wicked."
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Memorable
quotes:
1)Little
Big Man: Do you hate them? Do you hate the White man now? Old
Lodge Skins: Do you see this fine thing? Do you admire the humanity of
it? Because the human beings, my son, they believe everything is alive. Not only
man and animals. But also water, earth, stone. And also the things from them...
like that hair. The man from whom this hair came, he's bald on the other side,
because I now own his scalp! That is the way things are. But the white man, they
believe EVERYTHING is dead. Stone, earth, animals. And people! Even their own
people! If things keep trying to live, white man will rub them out. That is the
difference.
2)Little
Big Man: You're not going to hang me. General Custer:
Your miserable life is not worth the reversal of a Custer decision.
3)Old
Lodge Skins: Don't worry my son, you will be back with us, I dreamed it
last night. I saw you with your wives Little Big Man:
Wives, Grandfather? Old Lodge Skins: Yes, there were
three... or four, it was hard to tell. It was very dark in your teepee and they
were under buffalo rugs as you crawled among them. Anyway, it was a great copulation.
4)Grandfather:
Am I still in this world? Little Big Man: Yes, Grandfather.
Grandfather: [groans] I was afraid of that. Well,
sometimes the magic works, sometimes it does not.
5)General
Custer: What do you think I should do, Muleskinner? Should I go down there
or withdraw? Jack Crabb: General, you go down there,
there are thousands of Indians down there, and when they get done with you, there
won't be nothin' left but a greasy spot. You go down there if you got the nerve.
General Custer: Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, Muleskinner? You
want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth
is, you really don't want me to go down there.
6)Old
Lodge Skins: There is an endless supply of white men. There has always
been a limited number of human beings.
7)Old
Lodge Skins: Today is a good day to die.
Review:Little
Big Man tells the story of Jack Crabb, a man who lived his life amongst white
settlers and the Indians, yet was always on the fringes. The film is very funny,
yet at times fairly depressing and quite moving. Dustin Hoffman (Lenny)
is brilliant as Jack Crabb. Remarkably, he portrays him as a 18 year old and a
121 year old. The film is also a success due to it's many colorful character actors,
Faye Dunaway (Barfly), Martin Balsam (Breakfast
at Tiffany's, Psycho), and Chief Dan
George (who steals the show) just to name a few. Of course Crabb is throwing a
tall tale at us, but it never fails to entertain and there are some lessons to
take home that are valuable as well. -Review by Aaron Caldwell
