Dances With Wolves, 7 Academy Awards, Now On Netflix [View all]
- Clip, 'Wind In His Hair' director's cut. 1990, Kevin Costner, multiple awards.
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed, & produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book 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, & of his dealings with a group of Lakota. Costner developed the film with an initial budget of $15 Mill. Much of the dialogue is spoken in Lakota with English subtitles. It was shot from July to Nov. 1989 in South Dakota & Wyoming.
The film earned favorable reviews from critics & audiences, who praised Costner's directing, the performances, screenplay, & production values. It was a box-office hit, grossing $424.2 Mill worldwide, making it the 4th-highest-grossing film of 1990. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards at the 63rd Academy Awards & won 7, including Best Picture, Best Director for Costner, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, & Best Sound Mixing. The film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Drama.
DWW is credited as a leading influence for the revitalization of the Western genre of filmmaking in Hollywood. In 2007, Dances with Wolves was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"...
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- Dances With Wolves, Clip 'Suicide Attempt,' Civil War conflict scene.