"Dances with Wolves (novel) Dances with Wolves is a 1988 novel written by Michael Blake. It was written as a possible source for a screenplay, and was later adapted by the author, and was produced as a film of the same name in 1990 by Kevin Costner, although there were many differences between the novel and film. The novel is set during the American Civil War. The protagonist of the novel, Lt. John Dunbar, is a white man who ends up in the wilderness and comes to live with a tribe of Comanche, eventually taking on the name Dances with"
"Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed and produced by Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name 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 of his dealings with a group of Lakota Indians. Costner developed the film with an initial budget of $15 million. ""Dances with Wolves"" had high production values. Much of the dialogue is spoken in Lakota with English subtitles. It was"
"claim that he did not work on the creation of the four-hour cut at all. Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed and produced by Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name 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 of his dealings with a group of Lakota Indians. Costner developed the film with an initial budget of $15 million. ""Dances with Wolves"" had high"
"Music (lost to the score of ""Cyrano de Bergerac""). Dances with Wolves (soundtrack) Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film ""Dances with Wolves"" produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. John Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score and the 1992 Grammy Award for ""Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television."" Barry was also nominated for the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of ""The Sheltering"
"Dances with Wolves (soundtrack) Dances with Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film ""Dances with Wolves"" produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. John Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score and the 1992 Grammy Award for ""Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television."" Barry was also nominated for the 1991 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (lost to the score of ""The Sheltering Sky"") and the 1992 BAFTA Award for Best Film"
"Jim Wilson (producer) Jim Wilson is a film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1990 for ""Dances with Wolves"", which he shared with fellow producer Kevin Costner. In 1990, Wilson produced ""Dances with Wolves"". It was adapted by Michael Blake, based on his novel. It was the highest-grossing Western film of all time, $424.2 million worldwide, and won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Score, and Best Film Editing. Following the success of ""Dances with Wolves"", Wilson produced another hit, ""The Bodyguard"" in 1992, starring Kevin Costner"
"Wolves. In the film this is changed to a band of Lakota Sioux. The novel and film later came under criticism for their similarity to Elliot Silverstein's ""A Man Called Horse"". Dances with Wolves (novel) Dances with Wolves is a 1988 novel written by Michael Blake. It was written as a possible source for a screenplay, and was later adapted by the author, and was produced as a film of the same name in 1990 by Kevin Costner, although there were many differences between the novel and film. The novel is set during the American Civil War. The protagonist of"
"were nominated for the award for the second part as well. Travis won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors Eddie for the film ""Dances with Wolves"" (directed by Kevin Costner-1990). Travis had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors, and received the Career Achievement Award in 2010. In 2010, Travis was interviewed about his career by Karen Herman for the Archive of American Television. The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis. Neil Travis Herbert Neil Travis (October 12, 1936 – March 28, 2012) was an American film and television"
"Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, aka Nathan Chasing Horse and Nathan Chases His Horse (born April 28, 1976) is a Native American actor. Formerly from the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Nation, he has spent most of his adult life in California, and now lives in Las Vegas, NV. Chasing His Horse played the part of ""Smiles A Lot"" (Lakota: ""Iȟá s’a"") in Kevin Costner's movie ""Dances with Wolves"". He appeared in three TNT telefilms with First Nations actor Eric Schweig: ""The Broken Chain"", ""Into the West"" and ""Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"". On July 6,"
"Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Emmy Award. Costner has played Eliot Ness in ""The Untouchables"", Crash Davis in ""Bull Durham"", Ray Kinsella in ""Field of Dreams"", Lt. John J. Dunbar in ""Dances with Wolves"", for which he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, Jim Garrison in ""JFK"", Robin Hood in """", Frank Farmer in ""The Bodyguard"", Roy McAvoy in ""Tin Cup"", Jonathan Kent in the DC Extended Universe,"
"twelve Academy Award nominations and won seven, including Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Michael Blake), Best Director (Kevin Costner), and Best Picture of the Year. In 2007, the Library of Congress selected ""Dances with Wolves"" for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Native American activist and actor Russell Means was less kind about some aspects of the film's technical accuracy. In 2009, he said ""Remember ""Lawrence of Arabia""? That was Lawrence of the Plains. The odd thing about making that movie is that they had a woman teaching the actors the Lakota language, but Lakota has a male-gendered language"
"Max Beyond Thunderdome"" (1985). Semler was also a cinematographer for the acclaimed Australian miniseries ""Bodyline"" (1984). In the late 1980s, Semler was the cinematographer for several popular films, such as ""Cocktail"" (1988) and ""Young Guns"" (1988). In 1990, Semler was hired as cinematographer for Kevin Costner's ""Dances with Wolves"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Semler lensed the comedy ""City Slickers"" (1991) and the action film ""Last Action Hero"" (1993) in the early 1990s. In 1995, Semler again worked with Costner on his film ""Waterworld"". In the 2000s, Semler was the cinematographer for a range of"
"An east–west street in Washington, D.C. near American University is also named in his honor, as is another on Chicago's near north side, with a CTA station named after the street. Grand Army of the Republic Post #4 in Keene, New Hampshire; Post #12 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Post #17 in Santa Ana, California; and Post #37 in York, Pennsylvania are all named after him. Also, a junior high-school (John Sedgwick Junior High ""Home of the Generals"") in Port Orchard, Washington, was named after him. In the 1990 film ""Dances with Wolves"", Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) stays at a fictional"
"in the media department. During this time, he did some narration work for Native Counseling Services, ACCESS radio, and the National Film Board. A small part in a CBC Television pilot program called ""John Cat"", based on a W. P. Kinsella book, sparked Herman’s interest in acting, and he decided to leave his position at Native Counseling Services to pursue a career in the performing arts. In April 1989, a Los Angeles casting agent chose him for a part in ""Dances With Wolves"". His role in the film was a Sioux warrior named Stone Calf. He went on to perform"
"an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""A grand, sweeping epic with inarguably noble intentions and arresting cinematography, but one whose center, arguably, is not as weighty as it should be."" Metacritic gave the film a score of 72 out of 100 based on 20 critical reviews, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare ""A+"" grade. Because of the film's popularity and lasting impact on the image of Native Americans, the Sioux Nation adopted Costner as an honorary member. At the 63rd Academy Awards ceremony in 1991, ""Dances with Wolves"" earned"
"him for ""Fandango"", when Costner was a little-known actor. Reynolds later advised Costner behind the scenes for the epic western ""Dances with Wolves"" (1990), in particular with the buffalo hunting scenes, on which Reynolds was also an uncredited second unit director. Costner would again be his leading man in """" (1991), on which Costner was an uncredited second unit director. Costner then produced Reynolds' 1994 film ""Rapa-Nui"". Costner brought on Reynolds to direct the post-apocalyptic film ""Waterworld"" (1995). Mid-way through filming, production problems led to conflict between them. It was reported Reynolds walked away near the end of post-production, leaving"
"""Amazing Stories"". Full-blown movie star status for Costner arrived in 1987, when he starred as federal agent Eliot Ness in ""The Untouchables"" and in the leading role of the thriller ""No Way Out"". He solidified his A-list status in the baseball-themed films ""Bull Durham"" (1988) and ""Field of Dreams"" (1989). In 1990, he partnered with producer Jim Wilson to form the production company Tig Productions. Tig's first film was the epic ""Dances with Wolves"" which Costner directed and starred in. This film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven, including two for him personally (Best Picture and Best"
"– Terry Peak and Deer Mountain. The Midnight Star was a casino in Deadwood owned by American film actor Kevin Costner. The casino opened in the spring of 1991, after Costner had directed and starred in the 1990 Academy Award-winning film ""Dances With Wolves"", which was filmed mainly in South Dakota. International versions of many of his films' posters lined the walls. The casino closed in August 2017. Deadwood's climate varies considerably from the rest of the state and surrounding areas. While most of the state receives less than of precipitation per year, annual precipitation amounts in the Lead—Deadwood area"
"Rodney A. Grant Rodney Arnold Grant (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as ""Wind In His Hair"" (Lakota: ""Pȟehíŋ Otȟáte"") in the 1990 film ""Dances with Wolves"". Grant, a Native American, was raised on the Omaha Reservation in Macy, Nebraska. After his biological parents abandoned him, his grandparents raised him from six months of age, until 1982. Besides ""Dances with Wolves"", he has also appeared in films such as ""Ghosts of Mars"", ""Wild Wild West"", """", """", ""Wagons East!"", ""The Substitute"", ""War Party"", and ""Powwow Highway"". He portrayed ""Chingachgook"" in the"
"""Dances with Wolves"" as an example of a movie: the involvement of Kevin Costner as the bankable star guaranteed that the movie was made. Writer Melissa Robbie concurs, stating that some movies are high-concept (they have what Epstein terms ""hooks""), but others are simply star vehicles for bankable stars. ""The Hollywood Reporter"" has published several results of polls for Hollywood's top ten most bankable stars, the most recent three being one in 1999, one in 2002 and the last one in 2006. The 2002 survey polled ""114 executives at both major studios and independent companies, financiers and various industry players"
"Tri-Star Pictures. 1990 was just as dismal for Orion as the year prior, with such failures as ""The Hot Spot"" and ""State of Grace"". The only bright spot that year was Kevin Costner's western epic ""Dances with Wolves"". It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and grossed $400 million worldwide. A few months later, Orion garnered another winner with ""The Silence of the Lambs"", but these two films could not make up for years of losses. Only Kluge's continued infusions of cash were enough to keep the company afloat, but soon he had enough. After failing to sell Orion"
"is that a film like ""Dances With Wolves"" cannot be bigoted or overly white-centric if it at least shows [characters such as] Kicking Bird and Chief Ten Bears as special and exceptional. This, even though the whole story is about a white guy who saves the day."" Writer Richard Grenier was strongly critical of the film. Grenier accused Costner of misrepresenting the Sioux as peaceful, claiming that the film's ""portrait of the Sioux, the most bloodthirsty of all Plains Native tribes and neither pacifists nor environmentalists, is false in every respect"". In addition to becoming the first Western film to"
"the Mariner in ""Waterworld"" and Elliot Anderson in ""Black or White"". In television, Costner won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his role as Devil Anse Hatfield in ""Hatfields & McCoys"" (2012). Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, and grew up in Compton, California. He is the youngest of three boys, the middle of whom died"
"New Mexico University in Portales. In the late 1970s he moved to Los Angeles; during the 1980s only one of his screenplays was produced, called ""Stacy’s Knights"". The movie starred Kevin Costner, who later encouraged him to continue to write, and introduced him to key figures in the Hollywood Industry. ""Dances with Wolves"" was the result; Kevin Costner then asked him to write a screenplay for the film based on the novel. He went on to do humanitarian work, and continued to write. Michael Blake has three brothers, James A. Webb, David Webb and Dan Webb, former principal of John"
"take the role. Before accepting the role, Costner conducted extensive research on Garrison, including meeting the man and his enemies. Two months after finally signing on to play Garrison in January 1991, his film ""Dances with Wolves"" won seven Academy Awards and so his presence greatly enhanced ""JFK""s bankability in the studio's eyes. Tommy Lee Jones was originally considered for another role that was ultimately cut from the film and Stone then decided to cast him as Shaw. In preparation for the film, Jones interviewed Garrison on three different occasions and talked to others who had worked with Shaw and"
"Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Mixing. The film also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film 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"". In 1863, First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar is wounded in battle at St. David's Field in Tennessee. Choosing death in battle over amputation of his leg,"
"receive a widespread release, grossing less than US$100,000. However, through television and video, ""Fandango"" grew in popularity and, in July 2010, fans held a 25th anniversary celebration at the filming locations. Suzy Amis and Sam Robards followed their characters' fates and married in 1986. Reynolds and Costner would later go on to work together on two more films, """" (1991) and ""Waterworld"" (1995). Reynolds was Costner's uncredited second unit director and set advisor for the western epic and Costner directorial debut ""Dances with Wolves"" (1990). Reynolds and Costner collaborated once again on the History Channel mini-series ""Hatfields & McCoys"" (2012)."
"of ""Execution of Justice"", ""The Heidi Chronicles"", and ""Summer and Smoke"". After more than 21 years of theater and television work, McDonnell made her film breakthrough in 1990 as Stands With A Fist, the daughter of American settlers raised by Sioux Indians, in Kevin Costner's ""Dances with Wolves"". Portraying the adopted daughter of Graham Greene's character Kicking Bird, McDonnell, then 37, was only ten months younger than Greene and less than two years younger than Tantoo Cardinal, who played Black Shawl, her adoptive mother. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. McDonnell's role"
"an episode of the BBC's medical drama series ""Doctors"". Walter Sparrow Walter Leonard Sparrow (22 January 1927 – 31 May 2000) was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film """" starring Kevin Costner. Born in Eltham, London in 1927, Sparrow began his career as a stand-up comic before moving to acting with a period with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His first film role was in 1964, in ""Dr. Terror's House of Horrors"", with Christopher Lee. Subsequent films, interspersed between countless TV appearances, included the 1969 sex fantasy ""Zeta One"", ""Young"
"Wolves (2014 film) Wolves is a 2014 Canadian action horror film directed by David Hayter. The film is narrated by Cayden (Lucas Till), an average teenaged boy approaching the end of high school. During a football game, a rival player headbutts Cayden, causing the latter to become enraged and attack the player with superhuman strength. Cayden later hurts his girlfriend, Lisa (Kaityn Leeb), when the passion of making out causes him to unwillingly transform into a werewolf. Cayden wakes up covered in blood, surrounded by the dismembered bodies of his parents and flees. Cayden becomes a drifter, trying to keep"
"Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, where he received an associate of arts degree. Reevis' first movie appearance was with his brother, Tim Reevis, as a stunt rider in the 1987 film ""War Party"". Reevis' first acting role was in 1988 in the Universal Studios film ""Twins"", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. Following Twins, he was cast in a nonspeaking role as a Sioux Warrior in the 1990 Kevin Costner film, ""Dances with Wolves"". Reevis was next cast as Chato, an Apache scout, in """" with fellow-Native actor Wes Studi. In 1995, Reevis played Yellow Wolf in ""Last of the"
"""...the native guy (himself as 'Kicking Bird') was OK. Should have gotten the Oscar. But the rest of it was a yawn! (The Red Green Show 1995 Season 5 Episode 1) Greene also made a cameo in an episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. In the sketch, Jacques Cartier (Don Ferguson) has to go through customs, whose officer is played by Greene. When Cartier asks Greene if he was in that movie Dances with Wolves, Greene replies ""yes"". Cartier asks his name and Greene says ""Kevin Costner"". He appeared in """" as Harry Clearwater, Charlie Swan's old friend. He appeared"
"the Bad and the Ugly"" and ""Once Upon a Time in the West"". Other movie credits include Uberti's Colt Walker featured in John Wayne's 1969 ""True Grit"", as well as the same model in Clint Eastwood's ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"" (1979). All firearms in the 1990 Western ""Dances with Wolves"" starring Kevin Costner were Ubertis, while a number of Uberti rifles and pistols have also been used in the 1993 film ""Tombstone"" featuring Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell. Today, Uberti caters to collectors, cowboy action shooters, civil war skirmishers as well as working ranchers, hunters and other outdoorsmen who need"