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"Truth is whatever gets the loudest applause." Debunking western myths, Robert Altman's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson sardonically cxplores the gap between western hisory and legend in show biz-obsessed America. Megalomaniac "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Paul Newman) assumes the legend created for him by writer Ned Buntline (Burt Lancaster), aided and abetted by hi sproducer (Joel Grey) and his publicist (Kevin McCarthy), perpetuating myths of white triumph over savage....
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