Buffalo Bill et les Indiens

Original title: Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

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6.1/10

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Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, and Frank Kaquitts in Buffalo Bill et les Indiens (1976)

A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.

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Satire Comedy Drama Western

A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The film was entered into competition at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival in 1976, and won the top prize, the festival's Golden Bear. However, Robert Altman declined the award in protest over the re-cutting of the film at the hands of Executive Producer Dino De Laurentiis.

Goofs
Sitting Bull joined Cody's show in 1885. The performing arena shows several Wyoming state flags, but Wyoming wasn't granted statehood until 1890, and that flag wasn't adopted until 1917.

Quotes
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: My daddy was killed tryin' to keep slavery outta Kansas.
Oswald Dart: How'd he do that, sir?
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Well, my daddy hated slavery with such a passion, that rather than let the coloreds get in to becomin' slaves, he just fought to keep 'em all out of the state.

Crazy credits
Robert Altman's Absolutely Unique and Heroic Enterprise of Inimitable Lustrel

Connections
Featured in Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993)

Soundtracks
Qui sola vergin rosa
Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
From his opera "Martha"
Performed by Evelyn Lear

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Featured review

8/10

Satirical and Smart

Don't see this film if you don't like sarcasm! It's not as much about the history behind Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show as it is about making fun of the racist attitudes present in many Western films. There are also some good laughs available when Annie Oakley shoots and her "target" flinches with anxiety.

The satire also explores the way Bill runs his show, or the way any CEO might run a company, and whether truth or entertainment is more important to the crowd. The truth Sitting Bull wishes to bring to the people is much less important to Bill than are his ticket sales. The juxtaposition of Sitting Bull's meekness and the way Bill portrays him in the show as a murderous, ruthless warrior is really brilliant.