Dances with Wolves

1990
PG-13
3h 1m

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8.0/10

299K

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A lieutenant assigned to a remote Civil War outpost starts questioning his purpose after making contact with a neighboring Sioux settlement.A lieutenant assigned to a remote Civil War outpost starts questioning his purpose after making contact with a neighboring Sioux settlement.A lieutenant assigned to a remote Civil War outpost starts questioning his purpose after making contact with a neighboring Sioux settlement.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

299K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

831

114

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 7 Oscars
- 55 wins & 40 nominations total

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Dances With Wolves: 20th Anniversary Edition

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Trivia
Because of the film's enormous success and sympathetic treatment of the Native Americans, the Lakota Nation adopted Kevin Costner as an honorary member.

Goofs
Electric power lines are visible during the buffalo hunt.

Quotes
Wind In His Hair: [in Lakota; subtitled] Dances with Wolves! I am Wind In His Hair. Do you see that I am your friend? Can you see that you will always be my friend?

Alternate versions
The 236-minute "extended version" or "Director's Cut" has been released on home video, altering the movie as such:
38 x new scene
15 x extended scene
12 x alternative footage
5 x alternative text
1 x new text
3 x postponed scene
3 x altered arrangement of scenes
3 x shortened scene.
There is also a 233-minute version which cuts out the 3 minute Intermission at around 133 min featuring John Barry music.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Jacob's Ladder/Waiting for the Light/Tune in Tomorrow.../Vincent & Theo (1990)

Soundtracks
Fire Dance
By Peter Buffett

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Hard to believe

It's hard for me to believe this movie is not in the top 250 on IMBD all time list. Without question my favorite movie. We live in a strange world when Pulp Fiction ranks #18, and Dances with Wolves just misses the top 250. Maybe people thought the movie was too long. I thought it was too short if anything. I wish they would have gone on forever. What an incredible story. The way Costner continued to get closer and closer to the Indians way masterfuly done.