Dances with Wolves

Watch: Dances with Wolves

PG-13

10/19/19903h 1m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered. ~

Overview:

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

Director:

Kevin Costner

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$22,000,000.00

Revenue:

$424,208,848.00

Key words:

friendship
mutiny
countryside
based on novel or book
unsociability
wolf
culture clash
self-discovery
freedom
desertion
language barrier
dakota
buffalo
native american
kansas, usa
sioux
tennessee
snow
pawnee tribe
19th century
lakota
bison
somber
early america
provocative
dramatic
intense
foreboding
harsh
powerful

Cast

Kevin Costner

~ as ~

Lieutenant Dunbar

Mary McDonnell

~ as ~

Stands With A Fist

Graham Greene

~ as ~

Kicking Bird

Rodney A. Grant

~ as ~

Wind In His Hair

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

~ as ~

Ten Bears

Tantoo Cardinal

~ as ~

Black Shawl

Robert Pastorelli

~ as ~

Timmons

Charles Rocket

~ as ~

Lieutenant Elgin

Maury Chaykin

~ as ~

Major Fambrough

Jimmy Herman

~ as ~

Stone Calf

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Reviews (3)

SB
Steve Butterworth
Written 8 year(s) ago
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One of my all-time favorite movies. I can't begin to remember how many times I've seen it. And I'll watch it again. Kevin Costner gives a compelling performance, but so does the entire cast. One gets a great sense of who the Lakota were and are. Respect.
Gimly
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
I watched the extended version of this film, and I just have to say, any film that can run for FOUR HOURS and not come out the other end as a boring pile of garbage, is worthy of some pretty serious praise. That said, Dances with Wolves is not really in my wheelhouse, and although it held my attention I can't see myself probably ever watching it again. Costner knows what he's about, and that's great, but a four-hour film about American history with strong romance elements is never going to blow me away.

Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
There are two actor of recent years that I really struggle with. One is Tom Hanks, the other is Kevin Costner. His monotonic narrative as he conveys this story via his journal makes this otherwise breathtakingly beautiful story frequently a real plod. He is "Lt. Dunbar" who after a very close shave with the Confederate troops during the US Civil War is posted to a far outpost where he finds himself living a solitary existence with only a wolf ("Two Socks") for company. That is until a passing warrior gets a glimpse of him at his bath and runs a mile. What now ensues is a gently paced story depicting his developing relationship with his neighbouring Sioux tribe. This film features a memorable John Barry score to accompany some fine cinematography, and the efforts from Graham Greene ("Kicking Bird") and a slew of other native American actors is excellent. It's just Kevin. He was the power being the production, and certainly had some skill directing it - but his acting... It is so soporific. He simply doesn't convey well the senses of loneliness, fear and joy that his character experiences as he gradually becomes subsumed into a new - sometimes rather brutal - identity. The story demonstrates and exposes the prevailing attitudes of both cultures towards the other, of their suspicions and mistrust - and were the "Dunbar" role to have been portrayed by a more heavyweight screen presence, then we could have had a memorable movie rather than just a long one. It is still good, though - just could have been doing with more oomph from the star.