Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The greatest buffaloer of them all!
A revisionist Western comedy that uses theatrical artifice and historical irony to deconstruct American mythology and the commodification of the frontier.
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
Essence
Ensemble
Paul Newman
The Star (William F. Cody)
Joel Grey
The Producer (Nate Salisbury)
Kevin McCarthy
The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)
Harvey Keitel
The Relative (Ed Goodman)
Allan F. Nicholls
The Journalist (Prentiss Ingraham)
Geraldine Chaplin
The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
John Considine
The Sure Shot's Manager (Frank Butler)
Robert DoQui
The Wrangler (Oswald Dart)
Mike Kaplan
The Treasurer (Jules Keen)
Bert Remsen
The Bartender (Crutch)
Bonnie Leaders
The Mezzo-Contralto (Margaret)
Noelle Rogers
The Lyric-Coloratura (Lucille DuCharme)
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