Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
starring: Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel, Allan F. Nicholls
directed by: Robert Altman
directed by: Robert Altman
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buffalo
EAN: 9780792849544
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079284954X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 08, 2001
Running Time: 123 minutes
Sales Rank: 38676
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 1976
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Editorial Review:
Description:
From director Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, The Player) comes an uproarious, high-spirited look at 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, the legendary Western adventurer. With a fine cast that includes Paul Newman, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster, Joel Grey and Geraldine Chaplin, Buffalo Bill and the Indians is a hilarious yet poignant comedy that shows the Old West as you've never seen it before! Although Buffalo Bill (Newman) has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts), for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command performancefor none other than the President of the United States!
Amazon.com:
Robert Altman was often ahead of his time--once at the cost of being behind himself. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, a snorting exposé of the U.S. predilection for buying into heroic myths, opened on July 4, 1976. Clearly the film was positioned as the ultimate bicentennial event, Altman-style. But Altman had already delivered that a year earlier: the splendiferous, deeply disenchanted yet exhilarating Nashville. Both Nashville and Buffalo Bill are films about America-as-show business, hucksterism, and the rare miracle of performance. But everything Altman got so thrillingly right in Nashville, which teems with life and mystery and widescreen dynamism, came out flatfooted and obvious in Buffalo Bill, a cramped, smirky inside joke that ends up being on the joker.
The setting is the base camp for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, where the blustering Indian fighter of legend is gearing up for his latest national tour. Apart from sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Geraldine Chaplin) and her great friend, the Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts), the show is populated by phonies and opportunists. Biggest phony of all is Cody (Paul Newman), whose fame has been based more on the penny-dreadful scribblings of Ned Buntline (Burt Lancaster) than on any real accomplishments; even his long blond tresses are fake. Altman and cowriter Alan Rudolph (working from a play by Arthur Kopit) thump their insights about the Establishment's feet of clay as if they were breaking-news bulletins instead of countercultural clichés. Only the occasional ineffably mysterious Altman zoom shot offers relief. --Richard T. Jameson
Average Rating: 
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- ANOTHER CRAPPY '70's FILM DISMISSING AMERICAN LEGENDSFailure to give this a ZERO STAR Rating this gets one...It seems it is more popular to bash
the ... Read More
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- YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . .When Altman is good he's great. Like in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Shortcuts, The Player and, oh yes, MASH. ... Read More
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- interestingI was filmed in my home town and a very good friend of mine was a extra in the movie and we looked at it to ... Read More
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- Intriguing Idea But A Bit ShallowPaul Newman stars as Buffalo Bill, the showman of the wild west, with his circus act of performers. Robert Altman ... Read More
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- Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman FlickRobert Altman's expertise at framing and then exposing the three dimensions of show business, of presentation and ... Read More
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