Who is dances with wolves

There is also a minute version which cuts out the 3 minute Intermission at around min featuring John Barry music. User reviews Review. Top review.

Not in top ? What the heck are people thinking! There are way too many Costner bashers on the internet. This was a revolutionary motion picture at its time, never has a story about the American indians ever been told with such emotion and grace.

What a sham. For the record Costner is not that bad of an actor. FAQ 9. Is this based on any real facts? Did any European person live with natives as one of them? Is it true that around that time the Sioux tribe was finished? Are the buffalo extinct? Why did Major Fambrough act so strangely? Details Edit.

Release date November 21, United States. United States United Kingdom. Official Facebook Official site. English Sioux Pawnee. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 3 hours 1 minute. Related news. All right, a couple of problems right off the bat. This story is absolutely nothing new, I've seen it before. Hollywood's inability to tell a fleshed out well-developed story revolving around race is surprising.

It's always the innocent tribe and the greedy white man wanting to take over. There's no real explanation to this, only because they look different they are natural enemies. I'm sure actual historical accounts of this had a deeper meaning, but like other films that do this, it's just "They look different, so we don't like them". Second, Costner isn't bad, but his character isn't really that interesting.

I'll get to the positives later, but he just seems sort of bland and a big chunk of the movie is just hearing him write in his diary with not so memorable lines. The third thing I want to bring up is that the film is much too long. And it's rare that I say that because it's just how movies work. It takes a while for the plot, scenery, and characters to fully come into place while also being entertaining.

But is there really any need to make this 3 hours long? It's a pretty simple story with most of the characters not having that much intrigue, it could have been at least a little shorter. On top of that, it really had nothing to do with the Civil War, which to me was a disappointment.

Now onto the positive aspects, one character that is interesting is Stands With a Fist. The film should really be about her, she's the one with a tragic back story of losing her family and being raised by the tribe. And her existing in the Sioux world creates more drama between the two opposing sides. She's more interesting than the typical pretty girl love interest that is usually in these movies. Next, when the story does revolve around the survival of the Sioux tribe, it gets to be interesting.

The scene in particular when they hunt the buffalo is fun to watch, and the insight to a lot of the other cultural rituals they have can look great too. Another notable scene is where Dunbar, or Dances with Wolves, dances around the fire earning him his nickname as the wolf Twosocks comes up. That's one symbolism I got into was his relationship with the wolf, which did point back to the rivalry that the film was about in symbolizing how best to handle the enemy.

But those scenes were still entertaining. It's not great, it's not terrible, it's just okay. I just really wanted to like this film more than I did, and for me it was kind of a mixed bag.

Jackson W Super Reviewer. Jul 22, Costner's post Wolves reputation has harmed the historical treatment of this film me thinks. It seemed ground breaking at the time but perhaps it was just a better version of Little Big Man. Nonetheless, I think there will be a revival of appreciation a few years hence.

John B Super Reviewer. Mar 26, Breathtaking shots of the old western frontier, impeccable production design, brilliantly-directed battle scenes and a touching narrative centered on the joining of a lonesome Civil War soldier with a Sioux tribe make "Dances with Wolves" and its staggering four hour running time worth watching. Kevin Costner does just as well in front of the camera as he does behind it, giving his best performance as Lieutenant John Dunbar.

Stephen E Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. Go back. More trailers. Dexter: New Blood: Season 1. The Shrink Next Door: Season 1. No Score Yet. Yellowstone: Season 4. Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Season 1. Gentefied: Season 2.

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Costner, who did most of his own horseback riding, nearly broke his back in a fall. Kevin Costner in a scene from the film 'Dances With Wolves', Blake based Stands With a Fist on Cynthia Ann Parker, who was kidnapped and adopted by the Comanche at age 10, in , and lived with them until when the Texas Rangers recaptured her. Her story was the basis of another Western classic, The Searchers A coach was brought in to teach castmembers unfamiliar with the language, like Greene, to speak Lakota.

Capping the film is its lush symphonic score, composed by John Barry. Costner would have three more hits after Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and JFK in and the sensationally successful The Bodyguard —then suffer a decade-long cold streak snapped by another, more modestly popular and traditional Western he directed and starred in, Open Range Inarritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Tours of the South Dakota locations are available, so you can experience Dances with Wolves as living history.

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