Sitting Bull

Starring:Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel, Joel Fluellen, Iron Eyes Cody, John Hamilton, Douglas Kennedy, William Tannen, William Hopper, Thomas Browne Henry, Ana Robinson Calles, FÃ©lix GonzÃ¡les, Al Wyatt Sr.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Studio: Simitar Ent.
Product Type: DVD

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A Lakota Leader
Sitting Bull Rules!!
Poor History

Biography - Sitting Bull: Chief of the Lakota Nation
Starring: Sitting Bull
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B000BF0CPM
Release Date: 2005-12-27

Description

One of the last great leaders of the Native American Resistance, Sitting Bull earned his place in history with his stunning victory in the Battle at Little Bighorn-but his life encompassed much more than one battle. BIOGRAPHY® journeys back to the fading days of the Old West for a comprehensive history of the Sioux medicine man. Hear period accounts that narrate his many battles with early settlers and learn how he revised the Native American strategy and created more effective fighters. Discover how he masterminded the victory at Custer's Last Stand and trace the tragic last days of his life, from his position in Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show" to his captivity and death. SITTING BULL: CHIEF OF THE LAKOTA NATION presents a moving and remarkable portrait of one of the last great Native American warriors. DVD Features: Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

Customer Reviews:

A Lakota Leader.......2006-05-07

This documentary taught me some important stuff. The Lakota called whites "longhairs": I would have thought they would think of them as "shorthairs" compared to their long braids. It turns out that Sitting Bull did not participate in Custer's Last Stand; he just foresaw it in a vision. The Lakota thought gold was useless; I thought gold's shininess appealed to all humans, thus its value, even in Ancient Egypt.
One big problem is that this documentary begins by focusing on Lakota culture and Red Elk and ends by describing a massacre that took place after Sitting Bull's assassination. Thus, little of this work focuses specifically on Sitting Bull.
The documentary says, "The Lakota were tolerant of alternative lifestyles" and then it describes acts of masochism (that one interviewee incorrectly calls sadism) during Sun Dances. However, in Walter L. Williams' "The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Cultures," an ancestor of Sitting Bull said she thinks he had a two-spirited, or transgendered, wife. Thus, Sitting Bull may have been what we would now call bisexual, yet the documentary never brings that up.
This A&E work must have been made at the same time as their work on Crazy Horse. Understandably, Crazy Horse avoided the Western practice of photography. However, since Sitting Bull didn't oppose it, we have all these varied, descriptive photos of him to this day. The same white interviewees in the Crazy Horse work were interviewed here, but the Native American interviewees were different people.

Sitting Bull Rules!!.......2003-11-17

Disregard that last review,Sitting Bull Rules in this A&E Biography.It's a must see!!

Poor History.......2001-09-14

This video biography is a departure from the normally well-done A & E series. It has very little to commend it, offering nothing new and making several grievous historical errors, especially in the closing narration. Poor history and even poorer biography.

Average customer rating:

i don't know about sitting,but this is bull !
interesting
historical and entertaining
historical and entertaining

Sitting Bull
Starring: Dale Robertson , Mary Murphy , J. Carrol Naish , John Litel , and Joel Fluellen
Director: Sidney Salkow
Manufacturer: St Clair Vision
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ASIN: B0001GH78G
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Customer Reviews:

i don't know about sitting,but this is bull !.......2006-06-15

amazing how a movie about sitting bull can have a white man as the star and the title man is really just a costar! as history this worthless and as adventure it does a little better,but not much!
the print here is very bad,with sound drops and some scenes are so washed out as to be unwatchable! i know you sould not expect a great copy at such a cheep price,but you should be able to watch it!!!!! skip it!

interesting.......2006-01-22

Just watched this on TCM. It is amazing that somebody made a movie where President Grant and Sitting Bull were going to sit down together between the two armies and discuss peace, but that Custer screwed the whole thing up on purpose by disobeying orders and attacking the indians while Grant was waiting to be taken to the meeting place. It is certainly sympathetic to the indians, and a bit ahead of its time in 1954 in this respect. Sitting Bull chides one of his braves not to scalp Custer because we do not scalp brave men who died in battle. I recommend that you watch "Little Big Man".

historical and entertaining.......2002-05-13

This was probably one of the better videos recounting the battle
of the little big horn. Only the men involved in this historical
event know for sure what happened, but this seems as close as
any video I've seen, compared to what has been written. Dale Robertson did a magnificent job in his role as the major who
tries to find justice for the indians. I haven't seen Robertson in many romantic roles such as this. Mary Murphy becomes Mrs. Robertson in real life for a short short time in 1956. I would recommend this video if you like westerns.

historical and entertaining.......2002-05-13

Classic American Indian Movies (Sitting Bull / Cry Blood, Apache / Battle Of Chief Pontiac)

Average customer rating:

Some good, some bad
nice transfer of these movies,and a good price
Classic is an apt term

Classic American Indian Movies (Sitting Bull / Cry Blood, Apache / Battle Of Chief Pontiac)
Starring: Andy Anza , Marie Gahva , Don Henley (II) , Carroll Kemp (II) , and Dan Kemp
Director: Jack Starrett
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008AOS1
Release Date: 2003-07-15

Description

3 Great Movies on 1 DVD. Star Power, Exciting Genre with Extras on each DVD.

Customer Reviews:

Some good, some bad.......2007-01-18

The third movie in this epic (Battle of Chief Pontiac) does not play. May I please exchange it for a fully functional copy? Otherwise, my husband loved it. Great for the grandkids to watch, too.

nice transfer of these movies,and a good price.......2006-06-15

the transfers of these movies are nice and that helps,but to call these movies classic is a big leap. still some good cowboy and indian movies!

Classic is an apt term.......2003-12-02

Of the three movies, Sitting Bull (starring Iron Eyes Cody) and Battles of Chief Pontiac (Movie is in Black & White but is appropriate for the setting and date,stars Lon Chaney, Jr. and Lex Barker)are the best. Even tho Cry Blood, Apache is a poor third, the set is well worth the money. The injustices done to the American Indian is clearly and, I think, fairly presented.

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

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YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . .
interesting
Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow
Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick
"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!"

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Starring: Paul Newman , Joel Grey , Kevin McCarthy , Harvey Keitel , and Allan F. Nicholls
Director: Robert Altman
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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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

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!

Customer Reviews:

YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . ........2007-04-21

When Altman is good he's great. Like in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Shortcuts, The Player and, oh yes, MASH. The Amazon review for BB et al should be read before ordering this. Like, flat-footed and obvious, I think they say. Beyond Altman, an akin movie of this time would be Little Big Man, which is sensational, not stupid.

interesting.......2007-02-16

I 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 see if we could pick her out. Unfortunatly we did not find her. o-well

Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow.......2006-12-01

Paul Newman stars as Buffalo Bill, the showman of the wild west, with his circus act of performers. Robert Altman is famous for movings that expose how easily people fall for myths and stories, and this is no exception. Bill and his crew are all larger than life, believing in the stories written about themselves. They decide to put Geronimo into their act, thinking that they can stir up their audience into a blood lust against the "evil Indians".

To their surprise, people actually respect the native Americans, and even the president comes out to meet Geronimo for himself. In the end it's only Geronimo that speaks honestly, and he is ignored. He leaves the white men to their problems.

There are a number of famous actors and actresses here - Joel Grey, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster, Geraldine Chaplin. Undoubtedly all signed on to make a movie that had social significance, especially with it coming out in 1976 - America's 200th year of independence. However, they are in essence satiring people who in fact were "heroes" in many ways. Buffalo Bill did in fact do some impressive things in his life. By all accounts Geronimo liked him and enjoyed being with him. For many of the city slickers, these shows were their only glimpse into what the wild west was all about, even in a general portrayal.

Also, the native americans are treated as being supernatural Gods. They get across rivers that are uncrossable, they set up lodgings where they should not be able to. There isn't any relating to them as people, as a culture. I would really have liked to see more of the cross-cultural issues - the different ways in which they related to women, to minorities, to performing in public.

Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick.......2006-07-02

Robert Altman's expertise at framing and then exposing the three dimensions of show business, of presentation and performance, place and status, ala Nashville, Gosford Park, A Praire Home Companion, The Player, The Company and Kansas City (to name a few), gets the interesting, ironical and historical treatment here.
In Paul Newman's Buffalo Bill Cody, legend of the wild west, and extraordinary showman, Altman gives the American man of myth, then chips away at him, all while the rival and counterpart Sitting Bull grows and deepens in merely standing still. Newman's performance is terrific, his eyes never betraying the truth of his limitations, though his histriotics along with those of his minions in his large show, work very well at entertaining and maintaining. Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy and Harvey Keitel all stand out as Newman's producing partner, press agent and flunky respectively. Their sycophancy echoes the Emperors New Clothes, and is set against Sitting Bull and his right hand man Halsey, who agree to join the wild west history show in order to tell the truth of the matter, ever stoic and unimpressed by the show.
With humor and his trademark layering of sound, dialogue and wit Altman gives us the lesson of what is real and unreal, fraudulent and true, the stuff of history books and shows, and the heart of the matters.

"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!".......2006-02-07

Altman has made some very good movies, and some very bad ones, often right next to each other. Viewing this film right after the highs of "Nashville" will surely lead to a serious Altman letdown. Historically, of course, coming out during the Bicentennial and right after that great film, expectations that were very high were mostly dashed, and this film quickly joined other Altman stinkers in the "not good" Altman film repository, right next to "H.E.A.L.T.H."

But time has been very kind to this Altman sleeper. I found Newman's performance exhilarating and comic, and Joel Grey hilarious and knowing. Like many of Altman's films, this one is about the mythmaking of contemporary pop history, and the "necessary illusions" required by the audience to buy into and celebrate these myths. Although the particular target here is western pop history, Altman's aims are much broader: the legacy of Native America abuse, the need of the audience to create and celebrate "hero myths," and the schematic critique of star-worshipping history, written by the "winners." Frank Kaquitts plays the critical role of truth-teller, and is understated and very funny as Sitting Bull, who joins Buffalo Bill's troupe with his interpreter, attempting to add some reality to Cody's wildly distorted (and wildly popular) western shows.

While the script of Altman and Alan Rudolph has some typical Altman flaws, fat, and excess, the benefit of time and careful reflection has served this little gem well.

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Horrible quality
What an abomination!

Sitting Bull
Starring: Iron Eyes Cody , Joel Fluellen , John Hamilton , William Hopper , and Douglas Kennedy
Director: Sidney Salkow
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Release Date: 2005-12-27

Customer Reviews:

Horrible quality.......2006-02-02

I was shocked the quality of this DVD was so bad. One wonders why a company would even attempt to market something so bad, unless it is merely to make a few extra bucks. Unfortunately, once bitten, twice shy. I would be very skeptical on purchasing any more DVD's from Alpha. Suffice it to say, they put more money into their catalog than the product featured in the catalog. My 8mm home movies from the early 80's were better quality.

What an abomination!.......2006-01-31

What a pity! This reviewer hadn't seen this film since it originally screened in movie theatres circa 1954. By today's standards, the story is stiff, dated, and with hefty doses of propaganda and stereotyping. The acting is not memorable. Nevertheless, the presentation had some merits as the scenery in the original film was quite good and some of the staging was interesting. Despite such flaws, this reviewer, who grew up in the Black Hills and was living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation when the film was made, was looking forward to having the DVD.

But discussing the merits of the film is superfluous, because the DVD presentation is so abominable: Sound is harsh. Picture color fidelity is nil: Greens appear as oranges; other color distortions are rampant across the spectrum of colors and across any given screen image. Aside from the color, to say that the image is grainy would be a gross understatement: As a friend remarked, viewing a regular film with 9 out of 10 pixels being nonfunctional on the HDTV would probably produce a similar result. Though the film was originally done in Cinemascope, it is impossible to avoid some form of distortion on an HDTV 16x9 screen: Either one must be satisfied with a picture area reminiscent of the size of a postage stamp in the middle of the screen, or else there is distortion in ALL OTHER MODES including ZOOM mode. Playing the DVD on an older system seems to fill out the 4x3 TV image, though at what cost this reviewer is unable to say, there obviously being major lost of picture area. But such matters are irrelevant because regardless of what system one tries to use, the cumulative DVD flaws are so bad that this reviewer, in disgust, simply could no longer watch it. It is amazing that such a piece of crap would be marketed.

The Great American Western (One-Eyed Jacks/The Over-the-Hill Gang/The Deadly Companions/The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again/Against a Crooked Sky/Battles ... Pontiac/Great Indian Wars/Sitting Bull)

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The Great American Western (One-Eyed Jacks/The Over-the-Hill Gang/The Deadly Companions/The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again/Against a Crooked Sky/Battles ... Pontiac/Great Indian Wars/Sitting Bull)
Starring: Great American Westerns
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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ASIN: B0000C0FIZ
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson [Region 2]

Average customer rating:

YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . .
interesting
Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow
Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick
"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!"

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson [Region 2]
Starring: Paul Newman , Joel Grey , Kevin McCarthy , Harvey Keitel , and Allan F. Nicholls
Director: Robert Altman
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Customer Reviews:

YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . ........2007-04-21

interesting.......2007-02-16

I 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 see if we could pick her out. Unfortunatly we did not find her. o-well

Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow.......2006-12-01

Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick.......2006-07-02

"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!".......2006-02-07

Average customer rating:

YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . .
interesting
Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow
Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick
"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!"

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Customer Reviews:

YOU CAN DO BETTER, ALTMAN-WISE . . ........2007-04-21

interesting.......2007-02-16

I 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 see if we could pick her out. Unfortunatly we did not find her. o-well

Intriguing Idea But A Bit Shallow.......2006-12-01

Terrific Newman Performance in Lesser Known Altman Flick.......2006-07-02

"Truth is Whatever Gets the Most Applause!".......2006-02-07

Average customer rating:

i don't know about sitting,but this is bull !
interesting
historical and entertaining
historical and entertaining

Sitting Bull
Starring: Dale Robertson , Mary Murphy , J. Carrol Naish , John Litel , and Joel Fluellen
Director: Sidney Salkow
Manufacturer: Simitar Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 6305290865
Release Date: 1999-02-09

Customer Reviews:

i don't know about sitting,but this is bull !.......2006-06-15

interesting.......2006-01-22

historical and entertaining.......2002-05-13