Great adaption of a great book

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2000)

This is such a wonderful, strict and honest adaption of Hooker's book I'm surprised that Altman stayed away from literary adaptions for such a long time after he made this. I wish Duke had been a major part of the series, as well as Spearchucker. This is a much more liberal, real world than the series. It horrifies me when a series fan is so disdainful of the film.Why they don't like it, I'll never understand. Robert Duvall as Major Burns is the all-time perfect casting!