James Pickering
Airman
reddragon said:I also thought Gary Cole did a wonderful job as George Armstrong Custer and David Strathairn was very good as Capt. William F. Benteen in Son of the Morning Star (the Indian Wars count too, don't they)
I agree -- especially David Strathairn. I am/was a member of The Custer Battlefield Museum Association -- we hold our annual meeting at the Little Big Horn (LBH) battlefield site each June 25th anniversary. Several of our members were extras in the film. Although some of the members are somewhat critical of this movie, I believe the consensus is that it is a faithful depiction of Custer and the LBH campaign -- I certainly think so. IMO an excfellent movie that is quite historically correct.
Custer Battlefield Museum Association: http://www.cbhma.org/