Dances with Wolves 1990

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 181 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Kevin Costner

Score: 8 / 10

Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances with Wolves, by Michael Blake, that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and who meets a group of Lakota.

Plot

In 1863, 1st Lieutenant John J. Dunbar—serving with the Union Army—is wounded in battle at St. David's Field in Tennessee. The surgeon intends to amputate Dunbar's leg. Choosing death in battle instead, Dunbar steals a horse and rides out in front of Confederate lines, who repeatedly fire at him and miss. The Union Army takes advantage of the distraction to mount a successful attack. For his bravery, Dunbar is given medical care that saves his leg and is awarded "Cisco", the horse he rode during his suicide attempt, along with his choice of posting. Dunbar requests a transfer to the American frontier so he can see it before it disappears.

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author	Michael Blake
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Silver nugget for the best foreign film
contentLocation	South Dakota
director	Kevin Costner
editor	Neil Travis
genre	drama historical western
keywords	63rd academy awards \'\'a man called horse\'\ abandon academy awards adopt albert whitehat american frontier american indian american indian film festival arapaho avatar awards for \'\'dances with wolves\'\ badlands national park ballantine books belle fourche river black hills blackfoot blu-ray capture category:1990 western category:american western category:films based on western category:films scored by john barry category:revisionist western cheyenne christian missionary cinemascore civil war veteran clothe comanche confederate confederate states of america cynthia ann parker dances with wolves david sirota dog soldier doris leader charge edit end entertainment weekly eskimo feature film film film adaptation film festival filmed on location first lieutenant floyd westerman fort hays fort robinson fort sedgwick gold bar golden globe heaven\'s gate historical drama historical society home video iconic stone blockhouse indian agent indian raid indian tribe indian war island pictures island records jake eberts john dunbar kansas pacific railway kidnap kill lakota lakota language laugh lawrence of arabia library of congress list of accolades received by dances with wolves married massacre canyon mentally ill metacritic migrate mourn national film registry national park national trust native american native tribe nebraska nelson entertainment noble savage north america novel oglala lakota original score orion home video pawnee pawnee people pawnee tribe peter buffett philip sheridan quanah parker railroad worker raising money rapid city rat read record red scorpion reject rescue mission rotten tomatoes run run of the arrow russell means salon salvador carrasco search second chance serve sheridan\'s silver bar sioux sioux tribe sioux–pawnee relations speak spec script speculative script stacy\'s knights suicide attempt survival film teach tennessee the national the white dawn theatrical release time limit triple u buffalo ranch unfinished union army wagon master war veterans wash west white ethnic white savior white savior film white savior narrative in film wound write wyoming young girl
musicBy	John Barry
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Jim Wilson Kevin Costner
publisher	Orion Pictures
recordedAt	Kansas
theme	epic ghost war