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Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner's 1990 epic Dances with Wolves
(DVD) won a bundle of Oscars for a moving, engrossing story of a white soldier who
single handedly mans a post in the 1870 Dakotas, and becomes a part of the Lakota Sioux community who live nearby.
The film Dances with Wolves
may not be a masterpiece, but it is far more than the sum of good intentions.
The characters are strong, the development of relationships is both ambitious and careful, the love story between Costner and Mary McDonnell's character is captivating.
Only the third-act portrait of white intruders as morons feels overbearing, but even that leads to a terribly moving conclusion.
Costner's direction is assured, the balance of action and intimacy is
perfect -- what more could anyone want outside of an unqualified masterpiece?
--Tom Keogh, Amazon
Dances with Wolves
Film Description
Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone.
He is assigned to an abandoned fort, where a Sioux tribe is his only neighbor.
Overcoming the language barrier and their mutual fear and distrust, Dunbar and the proud Indians gradually become friends.
Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Kevin
Costner.
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