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It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances with Wolves, by Michael Blake, that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and who meets a group of Lakota.
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- $22 million
John J. Dunbar (1828-1918), also known as Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka Ób Wačhí ("Dances with Wolves"), was a US Army First Lieutenant who served in the American Civil War before defecting to the Sioux Indians while posted to Fort Sedgwick, Colorado. After a failed suicide attempt at the 1863 Battle of St...
John Dunbar (1804–1857) was a missionary who tried to Christianize the Pawnee Indians of Nebraska during the 1830s–1840s.
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- The film was adapted from a novel by Michael Blake. The project began as an unsold script, which the actor and budding director encouraged Blake to rethink as a book, purchased and published in 1988.
- The film was shot on location in South Dakota, from July to November 1989. Prominent castmembers included Graham Greene, a member of the First Nations of Canada, as Kicking Bird, Tantoo Cardinal, of Canada’s Metis people, as Black Shawl, and Native American actors including Rodney A. Grant (Wind in His Hair), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Chief Ten Bears), and Wes Studi (as a Pawnee tribesman).
- To register the discomfort of Kicking Bird’s poor posture, Graham put slippery bologna slices in his shoes. On the Canadian comedy program, The Red Green Show, Graham’s character was asked what he felt about Dances with Wolves, to which he responded, “the native guy was OK.
- Annie Costner plays Stands With a Fist as a child. She is the daughter of Kevin and his first wife, Cindy.
Oct 25, 2023 · Learn how the 1990 Western epic by Kevin Costner depicts the tragic fate of the Sioux and other Native Americans on the American frontier. Find out why John Dunbar, a Union officer, abandons his post, befriends the Sioux, and joins their way of life.
- Stephen M. Colbert
- Sr. Features Writer
A Civil War soldier befriends a Sioux tribe and falls in love with a white woman raised by them. He faces a dilemma when the army advances on their land and threatens their way of life.
Nov 21, 1990 · John Dunbar is a Civil War hero who befriends a Sioux tribe in the 19th century frontier. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1990 adventure drama western.
