Product Details

• Actors: Marion Ross
• Directors: Rocky Collins, Matthew Collins (III)
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002BO0BW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,858 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The Battle of Little Big Horn, known as ''Custer's Last Stand,'' has been one of the most frequently depicted moments in American history—and one of the least understood, still shrouded in myth.

The battle has inspired over 1,000 different paintings and works of art, calendar displays, comic books and cereal boxes. The golden-haired general and his doomed 7th Cavalry have been wiped out by Indians in more than 40 films. Yet the battle that left no white survivors also left two very different accounts of Little Big Horn: one white; one Native. Using journals, oral accounts and Indian ledger drawings as well as archival and feature films, a Native American novelist, James Welch (Winter in the Blood, The Indian Lawyer) and a white filmmaker, Paul Stekler (Eyes on the Prize) combine talents to examine this watershed moment from two views: from that of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow who lived on the Great Plains for generations; and from that of the white settlers who pushed west across the continent. Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American writer Scott Momaday narrates.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Last Stand - excellent work/great balance, August 10, 2007

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Lyle Sankey "history buff" (MO) - See all my reviews
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It's refreshing to see a balanced review of histories most famous event. A very well done production dealing with an understandably guarded people. If you've watched the film read the book "Killing Custer". It gives amazing additional insights into the history of the native american people as well as insider views on the making of the film, success and challenges along the way.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big Disappointment..., April 8, 2010

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Michael L. Nunnally "scout" (Memphis, TN.) - See all my reviews
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A 60 minute DVD about the "Last Stand" should include more than fifteen minutes on the famous battle. The problem here is that the viewer has to sit through over fifty minutes on the how and why problems of frontier America which led to the famous battle. If I buy a documentary on the Battle of the Little Big Horn I want it to be about the battle of the LBH and not have a social and political agenda which is prevalent among PBS documentaries. Save your money and find a copy of "Custer's Last Trooper." Much more interesting.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars American Experience: Last stand at Little Big Horn, January 27, 2010

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Roger L. Day - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn (DVD)

I was a little disappointed in the video. I had read the book Killing Custer and wanted this video to suppliment the book. Without reading the book, or others on the same subject, this video alone does not offer much.