Dances with Wolves
Directed by	Kevin Costner
Produced by	Jim Wilson Kevin Costner
Written by	Michael Blake
Starring	Kevin Costner Mary McDonnell Graham Greene Rodney Grant
Music by	John Barry
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date(s)	November 9, 1990
Running time	181 Min (Theatrical) 236 Min Director's Cut
Country	USA
Language	English, Lakota
Budget	US$19,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue	US$184,208,848[1]
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Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic film which tells the story of a United States cavalry officer from the Civil War who travels into the Dakota Territory, near a Sioux tribe.^[1] Developed by director/star Kevin Costner over 5 years, the film (released 21 November 1990) has high production values^[1] and won 7 Academy Awards (1990) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama^[2] (see below: Awards). Much of the dialogue is in the Lakota language with English subtitles, unusual for a film at the time of its release. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1253x1810, 321 KB) Licensing This image is of a movie poster or title card, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... There are a number of notable people named Jim Wilson. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Michael Blake is an American author, best known for his film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Mary McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American film, stage, and television actress. ... Graham Greene Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor. ... Rodney A. Grant (born March 9, 1959 on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota) is an American Indian actor from Macy, Nebraska. ... John Barry. ... Dean Semler is an Australian cinematographer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... A directors cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video or video games, that is supposed to represent the directors own approved edit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Lakota (also Lakhota, Teton, Teton Sioux) is the largest of the three languages of the Sioux, of the Siouan family. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The epic film is a film genre typically featuring expensive production values and dramatic themes. ... French Republican Guard - May 8, 2005 celebrations Cavalry (from French cavalerie) were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat. ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ... An Emil Hoas Production For the helicopter H-13 Sioux, see Bell 47 Wahktageli (Coward Warrior), a Yankton Sex chief (Karl Bodmer) Funeral scaffold of a Sioux chief (Karl Bodmer) Horse racing of the Sioux Indians (Karl Bodmer) The Sioux (IPA ) are a Native American people. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama has been awarded annually since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ... Lakota (also Lakhota, Teton, Teton Sioux) is the largest of the three languages of the Sioux, of the Siouan family. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Taglines

• Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.^[2]
• Lieutenant John Dunbar is about to discover the frontier...within himself.

Production

Originally written as a spec screenplay by Michael Blake, it went unsold in the mid 1980s. It was Kevin Costner who, in early 1986 (when he was relatively unknown), encouraged Blake to turn the screenplay into a novel, to improve its chances of being made into a movie. The novel manuscript of Dances with Wolves was rejected by numerous publishers but finally published in paperback in 1988. As a novel, the rights were purchased by Costner, with an eye to his directing it. Therefore, Blake's "adaptation" of the novel existed before the novel itself. A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Michael Blake is an American author, best known for his film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

Filming lasted from July 18 to November 23, 1989. Most of the movie was filmed on location in South Dakota, but a few scenes were filmed in Wyoming. Filming locations included the Badlands National Park, the Black Hills, the Sage Creek Wilderness Area, and the Belle Fourche River area. The buffalo hunt scenes were filmed at the Triple U Buffalo Ranch near Pierre, South Dakota.^[3] July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Area  Ranked 17th  - Total 77,163 sq mi (199,905 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 380 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, preserves 242,756 acres (982 km²) of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. ... The Black Hills The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, USA. Set off from the main body of the Rocky Mountains, the region is somewhat of a geological anomaly—accurately described as... The Belle Fourche River The Belle Fourche River (prounced bel FYOOSH) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 290 mi (467 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. ... Location in South Dakota Coordinates: County Hughes County Founded 1880 Government  - Mayor Dennis Eisnach Area  - City 33. ...

Because of budget overruns and production delays, and the general perception, after the fiasco of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, that Westerns weren't commercially viable, Costner's picture was dubbed "Kevin's Gate" by Hollywood wags and pundits during the months prior to its release. Michael Cimino (born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an American film director. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Synopsis

The film opens during a lull in a battle of the US Civil War. Union Army Officer Lieutenant John J. Dunbar has learned that his injured leg is to be amputated. Seeing the plight of fellow soldiers with amputated legs, Dunbar decides to attempt suicide by riding a horse across the line of fire, between the opposing Union and Confederate positions. His action has the unexpected effect of rallying his comrades, who then storm the Confederate positions. After the ensuing battle, Dunbar is named a hero by his commanding officer, and his leg is saved by the general's surgeon. He is offered his choice of next posting, and Cisco, the horse who carried him. Image File history File links Danceswithwolves2. ... Image File history File links Danceswithwolves2. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... In this map:  Union states prohibiting slavery  Union territories  Border states on the Union side which allowed slavery  Kansas, which entered and fought with the Union as a free state after the Bleeding Kansas crisis  The Confederacy  Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories During the American Civil War, the Union... This chart represents the U.S. Army officer rank insignia. ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ... Suicide (Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally taking ones own life. ... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Religion... The commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ... This chart represents the U.S. Army officer rank insignia. ... A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by and/or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. ...

Dunbar requests a transfer to the western frontier. After meeting with an insane superior (Maury Chaykin) he is paired with a commoner named Timmons (Robert Pastorelli) who would take him to his post. He arrives with fresh post supplies at the desolate Fort Sedgwick, and finds it deserted except for a lone wolf, whom Dunbar befriends and dubs Two Socks, on account of the coloring of his front legs. Dunbar sets himself to clean up and set in order the deserted post, while waiting for reinforcements to arrive. The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American Old West, circa 1888. ... Maury Chaykin (born July 27, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Canadian actor. ... Robert Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor from New Brunswick, New Jersey. ... Major General John Sedgwick John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. ... A Lone Wolf is a wolf that lives by itself rather than in a pack. ...

Dunbar eventually encounters the local Sioux-Lakota American Indian tribe. (In the book, Dunbar interacts with the Comanche.) Some Sioux youths hear that Dunbar is at the old fort and attempt to capture Cisco in order to become heroes. Dunbar's horse escapes by pulling off the rider holding on his bridle and returns to the post. This happens again later when several adult members of the tribe try to take the horse but the man holding the horse's reins is again pulled off and the horse escapes. Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... Olmec script These glyphs written in Epi-Olmec script, the earliest examples of writing in the Americas, give a calendar date of 7. ... http://www. ... For other uses, see Comanche (disambiguation). ...

Dunbar now believes that his wait was for nothing and decides to go to the Sioux village to talk but discovers an injured European American woman named Stands With A Fist, who is wearing Indian clothing, and speaking only the Lakota language. Dunbar returns the woman to the tribe for treatment. Initially the Sioux are suspicious and wary, but begin to accept Dunbar after they visit the fort and begin simple communication. Eventually a dialogue is opened when the medicine man, Kicking Bird, asks Stands With A Fist to translate between himself and Dunbar. European American is a term for an American of European descent, who are usually referred as White or Caucasian. ... Lakota (also Lakhota, Teton, Teton Sioux) is the largest of the three languages of the Sioux, of the Siouan family. ... Medicine man is an English term used to describe Native American religious figures; such individuals are analogous to shamans. ...

Dunbar finds himself more and more drawn to the lifestyle and customs of his Indian neighbors. He becomes a hero among the Sioux, and is accepted as an honorary member of the tribe after he helps the Sioux to locate a large migrating herd of buffalo, which they are dependent as a source of nourishment, supplies, and clothing. Dunbar also helps defend the settlement against a Pawnee raiding party, providing the Sioux warriors with surplus rifles and ammunition from the fort. He eventually is accepted as a full member of the tribe, and is named Shu-mani-tu-tonka O' Wa-chi (the eponymous "Dances with Wolves"), after the scouts witnessed him frolicking with Two Socks, the wolf that follows Dunbar. He then marries Stands With A Fist and spends more time communing with the tribe than manning his post at Fort Sedgwick. Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... The Pawnee (also Paneassa, Pari, Pariki) are a Native American tribe that historically lived along the Platte, Loup and Republican Rivers in present-day Nebraska. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ...

Dunbar's idyll ends when he must tell Kicking Bird that white men will continue to invade their land in numbers like the stars. They tell Chief Ten Bears, who decides it is time to move the village to its winter camp. As the final packing finishes, Dunbar realizes that his journal, left behind at the deserted fort, is a blueprint for finding the Sioux and knowing far too much about their ways. He returns to retrieve it, but finds Fort Sedgewick is re-occupied by reinforcing Army troops, who arrest and beat him as a deserter. Afterwards he is escorted by Army Officers and troopers away from Sedgwick when a rescue party attacks the column of men. He is rescued by Wind In His Hair and others warriors from the tribe, as well as Smiles A Lot who later finds Dunbar's journal floating away in a stream. After returning to the winter camp Dunbar realizes that as a deserter and fugitive, if he stays with the Sioux he will continue to draw the unwelcome attention of the Army, and endanger the welfare of the tribe. Dunbar decides that he must leave the tribe, saying he must speak to those who would listen. His new wife accompanies him. An idyll is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocrituss short pastoral poems, the Idylls. ... For other uses of Desertion, see Abandonment. ... Look up fugitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

As Dunbar/Dances With Wolves and Stands With A Fist leave the camp they hear Wind In His Hair cry out that Dances with Wolves will always be his friend. A short time later a column of cavalry and Indian scouts arrive to find the camp site empty.

Cast

It stars Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Wes Studi, Felix Heathcombe, Robert Pastorelli and Charles Rocket. It has been released in both a 181-minute theatrical version and a 236-minute Special Edition version for television and video. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ... Mary McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American film, stage, and television actress. ... Graham Greene Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor. ... Rodney A. Grant (born March 9, 1959 on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota) is an American Indian actor from Macy, Nebraska. ... Max Gail & Floyd Red Crow Westerman on set of the feature film Tillamook Treasure Floyd Red Crow Westerman, born in 1936, is a Dakota musician, activist and actor born on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Sioux reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota. ... Tantoo Cardinal Tantoo Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actor of Cree (Métis) descent. ... Wesley Wes Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American actor of Cherokee Indian descent. ... Robert Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor from New Brunswick, New Jersey. ... Charles Rocket, born Charles Adams Claverie (August 24, 1949 – October 7, 2005), was an American film and television actor, most notable for his tenure as a cast member on Saturday Night Live as well as for his appearances as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film Dumb & Dumber and Adam...

Awards

Won:

• Academy Award for Best Picture — Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
• Academy Award for Directing — Kevin Costner
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay — Michael Blake
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography — Dean Semler
• Academy Award for Film Editing — Neil Travis
• Academy Award for Sound — Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, and Gregory H. Watkins
• Academy Award for Original Music Score — John Barry
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama — Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner

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• Academy Award for Best Actor — Kevin Costner
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor — Graham Greene
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress — Mary McDonnell
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction — Jeffrey Beecroft and Lisa Dean
• Academy Award for Costume Design — Elsa Zamparelli

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Versions

Dances with Wolves has been released to DVD on five occasions. The first on 17 November 1998 on a single disc. The second on 16 February 1999 as a two disc set with a DTS Soundtrack. The third was released on 20 May 2003 as a two disc set (Special Extended Edition). The fourth was released on 25 May 2004 as a single disc in full frame. There is a "planned" three disc set with a 236 minute version on two discs and special features on the third, including a lengthy making-of documentary.^{[citation needed]} 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... DTS Coherent Acoustics is the full name for the audio format standard usually known as just DTS. It is covered in U.S. Patent 5,956,674. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Stub ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ...

1998 Release (1 disc)

Disc 1: Movie

• Format: anamorphic, closed-captioned, color, THX, wide screen, NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Run Time: 181 minutes
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

1999 Release (1 disc) (DTS)

Disc 1 & 2: Movie

• Format: anamorphic, closed-captioned, color, wide screen, NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Run Time: 181 minutes
• Audio Tracks: English (DTS), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Commentary by: director Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson

2003 Release (2 discs) (Special Extended Edition)

Disc 1 & 2: Movie

• Format: anamorphic, closed-captioned, color, THX, wide screen, NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Run Time: 236 minutes
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Commentary by: Kevin Costner and producer Jim Wilson, director of photography Dean Semler and editor Neil Travis
• New extended version with never-before-seen additional scenes (236 minutes)
• New "The Creation of an Epic" retrospective documentary
• Original making-of featurette
• Original music video
• New Dances photo montage with introduction by Ben Glass
• New Poster gallery

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2004 Release (1 disc)

Disc 1: Movie

• Format: closed-captioned, color, NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Run Time: 181 minutes
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

2007 Release (3 discs)

Disc 1 & 2: Movie
Disc 3: Special Features

• Run Time: 236 minutes
• Audio Tracks: English/Lakota
• Director's commentary
• New "The Creation of an Epic" retrospective documentary
• Original making-of featurette
• Original music video
• New Dances photo montage with introduction by Ben Glass
• New Poster gallery

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Soundtrack

For more information: Dances with Wolves (soundtrack).

John Barry composed the Award-winning score, which became a very popular film score. Pope John Paul II once referred to it as among his favorite pieces of music. It was issued in 1990 initially and again in 1995 with bonus tracks and in 2004 with the score "in its entirety." Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Dances with Wolves starring Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. ... John Barry. ... Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II or Pope John Paul II (The Great) (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ‚ II) born   [] (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland...

Trivia

• Dances with Wolves became the highest grossing Western film of all time, with nearly $184 million in U.S. box office sales [1].

• The film was often praised for its different portrayal of Native Americans, because it went beyond the typical Hollywood portrayal of either the 'noble' or the 'blood-thirsty savage'. For his effort, Costner was made an honorary member of the real-life Sioux people.[2]

• The language spoken in the film is a fairly accurate, if simplified, version of the actual Lakota language. Lakota Sioux language instructor Doris Leader Charge (1931-2001) was the on-set Lakota dialogue coach and also portrayed Pretty Shield, wife of Chief Ten Bears, portrayed by Floyd Red Crow Westerman.

• Because Lakota contains both masculine and feminine forms of speech, the filmmakers decided to simplify the language by using the feminine form for all Lakota speech in the film. Native speakers of Lakota were reportedly highly amused by hearing warriors and other men in the film speak as if they were women.

• Two of the domesticated buffalo used in the film were borrowed from Neil Young.

• Mary McDonnell was extremely nervous about shooting her love scenes with Kevin Costner.

• Despite portraying the adopted daughter of Graham Greene's character Kicking Bird, Mary McDonnell, then 37, was actually two months older than Greene, and less than two years younger than Tantoo Cardinal, the actress playing her adoptive mother.

• Lt. John Dunbar's career trajectory, including his Indian Wars posting as reward for accidental heroism in the US Civil War, is nearly identical to Captain Wilton Parmenter's (Ken Berry) in the 1960s TV show "F Troop". Both enjoyed unusually chummy relationships with the local tribes.

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Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Dances with Wolves: Overview" (plot/stars/gross, related films), allmovie, 2007, webpage: amovie12092.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Dances with Wolves" (overview), IMDb, 2007, webpage: IMDb-99348.
3. ^ http://southdakota.midwestmovies.com/DancesWithWolves Southdakota.midwestmovies.com

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References

• Blake, Michael. Dances with Wolves, Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-00075-3.
• Desobrie, Jean. "Rencontre avec des films remarquables" (Film Analysis - In French), Roger. ISBN 2-903880-03-4.

External links

• Michael Blake's official web site.
• Dances with Wolves at the Internet Movie Database