A remarkable adaptation of the Thomas Berger novel, Penn's epic recasting of American history blends dark satire with ribald comedy to crack open the myths of the "taming" of the Western frontier. Dustin Hoffman's hilarious and heart-wrenching portrait of the stumbling anti-hero, Jack Crabb, brings a poignant vulnerability to Berger's story of the "little man" swept along by the forces of history. Often cited as one the finest of the revisionist Westerns, Little Big Man's potent outrage over the cruel massacre of Native Americans echoed loudly during the Vietnam War.