Dances with Wolves

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1990

3h 1m

PG-13

English

Adventure, Drama, Western

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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.

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Dances with Wolves

PG-13

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1990

3h 1m

English

Adventure, Drama, Western

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Cast

Lieutenant Dunbar

Stands With A Fist

Kicking Bird

Wind In His Hair

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Ten Bears

Black Shawl

Timmons

Lieutenant Elgin

Major Fambrough

Stone Calf

Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse

Smiles A Lot

Otter

Worm

Spivey

Pretty Shield

Sergeant Pepper

Sergeant Bauer

Edwards

Major

General Tide

Christine

Christine's Mother

Big Warrior

Escort Warrior

Sioux #1 / Warrior #1

Directed By: Kevin Costner

Written By: Michael Blake (Screenplay)

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nmahoney416 says...

5 years ago

There was very little dancing and only one wolf. But seriously, this is great. A little long and slow, I watched the extended cut. Kevin Costner and Graham Greene are both good. Still a little upset this beat Goodfellas for best picture.

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Draackje says...

12 years ago

Loved it. Beautiful shots of the American prairie and its animals. The story is slow at times, but there are so many great scenes that it's worth it. The story is done many times (pocahontas and avatar come to mind), but this is an excellent effort, where I genuinely hated the army guys and got really intrigued by the Indian way of life. Of course there should've been more nuances (not every Indian should be a good guy, not every American should be violence-obsessed), and the movie should've been shorter, but overall it's a great movie, with many many great shots!

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Rcarter25 says...

6 years ago

I Just Finished This Amazing FILM WOW I wish they would of cut it shorter 3 Hours and 55 Minutes is TOO LONG now I enjoyed The Clever Writing and Theme For This Movie However Wats Scored it a 9/10.. The Films Pacing was just too much to bear.. But this definitely a Masterpiece.. I don't use that Term Loosely.. Probably Kevin Costner Greatest Performance as a Lead WOW

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Mr. Sackamano says...

3 years ago

Šung'manitu Tanka O Waci!!! Do you not see that you are my friend!!!

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Gimly

4 years ago

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 atten More

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FinFan

10/10 4 years ago

I've seen _Dances with Wolves_ for the first time in cinema before it got all the accolades. I didn't knew much about it and wasn't even aware of the nominations. To put it frank, the main reason I went into it was it had the longest running time of all the movies. The most bang for the More

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Steve Butterworth

6 years ago

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.

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CinemaSerf

4 months ago

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 More

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