Little Big Man Now

The film was among the first to feature a diverse range of Native characters, including gay Indians and those with mental health struggles, rather than just "noble warriors".

The movie is based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger , a satirical picaresque that helped establish the "Revisionist Western" genre in literature. Little Big Man

Rather than a martyr, General Custer is portrayed as a vainglorious, "raving lunatic," a shocking reversal of the historical narrative at the time. The Technical Feat The film was among the first to feature

To play the ancient Jack Crabb, Dustin Hoffman wore a prosthetic mask that took five hours a day to apply. To achieve the rasping, aged voice, Hoffman reportedly spent hours screaming in his dressing room before filming to "trash" his vocal cords. The Technical Feat To play the ancient Jack

Released during the height of the Vietnam War, the film is widely viewed as a protest piece.