Dances with Wolves

1990
PG-13
3h 1m

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Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves (1990)

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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

916

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 7 Oscars
- 55 wins & 40 nominations total

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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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10/10

Way better than Avatar

I just can't for the life of me understand why this movie is rated below Avatar...

After having seen this movie again for the first time in years, and after having seen Avatar, it is my opinion that Dances with Wolves is in an entirely different league in terms of story telling. The main ingredients of the story between these two movies is fairly similar - however, the pace and finesse with which Dances with Wolves portrays the development of the relationship between John and the Indians is masterfully done. While Avatar has huge flaws in its story-telling including some scenes with very weak dialogue - it might have gotten away with it as the audience is perhaps distracted by the bombardment of impressive CGI effects!

If you thought Avatar was good and haven't seen Dances with Wolves in a while - I highly recommend it. An excellent move that I think deserves a much better review score - and also should definitely be on IMDBs top 250 list.