Rating: PG
Genre: Western
Release Date: 05/08/2001
SubTitles: Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 123 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM

"Truth is whatever gets the loudest applause." Debunking western myths even more than he did in McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Robert Altman's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) sardonically explores the gap between western history and legend in show biz-obsessed America. Megalomaniac "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Paul Newman) assumes the legend created for him by writer Ned Buntline (Burt Lancaster), aided and abetted by his producer (Joel Grey) and his publicist (Kevin McCarthy), perpetuating myths of white triumph over savage "Injuns" in his Wild West show, as audiences cheer him on and buy his merchandise. But when Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts) joins the troupe with his interpreter (Will Sampson), his request for authenticity threatens to throw a wrench into the proceedings. Regardless of how Bill may feel about the facts, he must bow to the preferences of the paying public.

~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Paul Newman - William F. Cody
Joel Grey - Nate Salibury
Kevin McCarthy - Maj. John Burke
Harvey Keitel - Ed Goodman
Allan Nicholls - Prentiss Ingraham
Geraldine Chaplin - Annie Oakley
John Considine - Frank Butler
Will Sampson - William Halsey
Burt Lancaster - Ned Buntline
Robert DoQui - Oswald Dart
Mike E. Kaplan - Jules Keen
Bert Remsen - Crutch
Denver Pyle - McLaughlin
Noelle Rogers - Lucille DuCharme
Evelyn Lear - Nina Cavalini
Pat McCormick - Grover Cleveland
Shelley Duvall - Mrs. Cleveland

Production:
Robert Altman - Director
Robert Altman - Producer
Richard Baskin - Composer
Peter Appleton Dennis M. Hill - Editor
Robert Altman Alan Rudolph - Screen Writer
Jack Maxsted - Art Director
Bob Eggenweiler - Associate Producer
Paul Lohmann - Cinematographer
Anthony Powell - Costume Designer
David Susskind - Executive Producer
Tommy Thompson - First Assistant Director
Monty Westmore - Makeup
Tony Masters - Production Designer
Chris McLaughlin - Sound/Sound Designer
Jim Webb - Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Portman - Sound/Sound Designer
Arthur Kopit - Play Author

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    Warren Beatty / R / 1971
There's No Business Like Show Business
    Ethel Merman / NR / 1954
Bronco Billy
    Clint Eastwood / PG / 1980

1976 Berlin International Film Festival