Buffalo Bill & the Indians

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Buffalo Bill & the Indians ★★★ Sitting Bull's History Les son 1976 (PG)

A perennially underrated Robert Altman historical pastiche, portraying the famous Wild West character as a charlatan and shameless exemplar of encroaching imperialism. Great all-star cast amid Altman's signature miseenscene chaos. 135m/C VHS, DVD . Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, Joel Grey, Will Sampson, Harvey Keitel, Burt Lancaster, Kevin McCarthy; D: Robert Altman; W: Robert Altman, Alan Rudolph; M: Richard Baskin.

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