Dances With Wolves
Adventure, Western
MGM / UA  (1990) 181 mins PG-13

7.9 (57,989 votes)
Winner Of Seven Academy Awards Including Best Picture 1990

Sent to protect a U.S. outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching U.S. Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice - one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation....

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Cast and Crew
Kevin Costner  ......  Lt. John J. Dunbar
Mary McDonnell  ......  Stands With A Fist
Graham Greene  ......  Kicking Bird
Rodney A. Grant  ......  Wind In His Hair
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman  ......  Ten Bears
Tantoo Cardinal  ......  Black Shawl
Director  .....  Kevin Costner
Producer  .....  Jim Wilson; Kevin Costner; Bonnie Arnold
Writer  .....  Michael Blake
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: At first, John Dunbar's flag is ripped like a forked tongue, but then is not ripped later on. It goes back to ripped near the end of the film. (more)

Trivia:
Cinematographer Dean Semler's daughter was a horse wrangler on the film. She broke both of her wrists when the horse she was riding was suddenly spooked and threw her. (more)

Filming Locations:
Badlands National Park, Interior, South Dakota, USA (more)

Quotes:
John Dunbar: As I heard my Sioux name called out over and over, I know who I really was (more)

Awards:
Won 7 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 20 nominations (more)