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Crazy Horse [VHS]

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A wonderfull movie! Attention to detail, for example some of the statements made by Crazy Horse and Custer, period costume and battles. It is interesting to note that Custer had cut his hair before the battle of the Little Big Horn, which appears to be the only movie to portray this accurately. Custer dies somewhere during the battle and not in the 'classic' back to back end of the battle senario as is popularly portrayed in the 'hero' literature.

Red Cloud and Spotted Tail are portrayed in a rather negative light. I am not convinced that this is accurate. Sitting Bull hardly gets a mention although it is a fact that he was the major role player at the time.

I will watch this film again and again

This is a really great movie and by far the truest of all movies that I've seen for the Custer battle. Crazy Horse is my hero and I still study a great deal of him and the Lakota/Sioux tribe.
I have watched this movie many times and always enjoy watching it, I have also read the book by Sandoz of Crazy Horse. They both are very similar to all the battles, life and trials of Crazy Horse. I wish I could of rode along side of Crazy Horse during these battles.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone who wants the clearest knowledge of what really happened. I have finally found this movie with Amazon.com's help, and I am a proud owner to own this movie even though the price of it was a little much.
I think it is highly worth every cent, and I hope everyone that buy's this movie and or has seen it enjoys this movie as much as I have myself.
History is a virtue and this event was inevitable, What happen to Custer, he deserved! And it wasn't in anyway fair what happen to Crazy Horse, but history has played it's part here and can't be replaced. I respect that this film was made carefully, especially at the time Custer was shot the first and second time killing him, because no one knows for sure whom it was that killed Custer, but Crazy Horse was blamed, and Crazy Horse paid the price for Custer's death along with the USA's Calvery. Like I said, they deserved what they got and thats the way life goes.
Michael Greyeyes as well as Wes Studi played excellent roles for Crazy Horse and Red Cloud, Along with all the other characters that played their parts as Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, Black Shall, Black Buffalo Woman, Little Big Man, as well as Custer too.
Great movie and a must see !!
~ Robert ~

I would recommend this movie to anyone who's interested in Native American History. This is much more interesting than the basic biography format, which is much to rigid. This movie depicts the humane side which portrays Crazy Horse not only as a Sioux Warrior, but as a man of great intellect, thought, and wisdom. Although, his life was short and tragic, he remains forever, a legend immortalized.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who's interested in Native American History. This is much more interesting than the basic biography format, which is much to rigid. This movie depicts the humane side which portrays Crazy Horse not only as a Sioux Warrior, but as a man of great intellect, thought, and wisdom. Although, his life was short and tragic, he remains forever, a legend immortalized.

They could have made much more of it. The standard stuff focusing a lot on the battles, Fetterman, Little Big Horn. It portrayed Chief Red Cloud as a kind of villan, not true whats however. It also put Chief Sitting Bull in the shades. No, not authentic at all.

I would suggest that people who are interested read the quasi biografy Crazy Horse, The Strange Man Of The Oglalas by Mari Sandoz and The Killing Of Chief Crazy Horse by Robert A. Clark.

I loved this movie. It was exciting and realistic. Michael Greyeyes is an excellent actor and does a great job in this movie.

Michael Greyeyes was a great actor. He protray Crazy Horse realy will , in how he act and feel about loseing everything they known of the land and the way of life.

What an absolutely amazing movie. An extremely powerful portrayl of the great Native American warrior Crazy Horse. An incredible story brought to life by equally incredible actors. The proper words to describe this movie escape me.

The vision quest of Crazy Horse as a young man shows us that the culture of these plains Indians wasn't primitive. In the 300 years since the Spanish brought horses to the new world,
they had changed and adapted their hunting culture to the horse.
That Indians ever won a battle with American regular troops
who had modern weapons and military training,
shows that the Indian generals like Crazy Horse could learn and adapt.
I think that this side of American history needs to be told and retold
as it points to the treaty breaking political nature of our culture
that in many ways mimiced the British Empire in India
in the double dealings with the people of the lands taken.
The slaughter of the Indians and the shipping of the young to schools
shattered these cultures completely.
It is pretty much a cultural eminent domain story...

If you have a Native American film collection, this is essential. Only criticism is that Crazy Horse is an English translation of the Lakota name (better would be Horses Have Spirit). There is a much older film with Victor Mature (1950s) which is more distorted, and, of course, has whites playing lead native characters. Bravo to Michael Greyeyes's performance, other actors, and writers.