William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a 1976 revisionist Western film directed by Robert Altman and based on the 1968 play Indians by Arthur Kopit.
Jun 24, 1976 · Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson: Directed by Robert Altman. With Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Harvey Keitel. 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.
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman . One of the most famous and well-known figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend when he was only 23.
By 1885, beloved cavalryman Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman) has hired a publicist and producer to help shape and promote his traveling Wild West show, which presents historically inaccurate...
Nov 12, 2021 · Buffalo Bill's scalping of Yellow Hand has become a part of that mythology—a story that William F. Cody largely invented, just as he invented his own legend and the "Wild West."
Oct 30, 2002 · Fresh from the success of Nashville (1975), probably the best example of his multi-layered storytelling technique, Buffalo Bill and the Indians was filmed on location at Stoney Indian Reserve in Alberta, Canada and features a stunning array of talent: Paul Newman as the legendary Buffalo Bill, Joel Grey as his press agent, Burt Lancaster as Ned ...
Paul Newman gives one of his best comic performances in Robert Altman's underrated BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL'S HISTORY LESSON, an irreverent western satire that portrays American history as pure showbiz sham and "nothing more than disrespect for the dead," as Sitting Bull claims. Read More.
