Dances with Wolves (1990)

Regisseur:

Kevin Costner

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Michael Blake (novel)
Michael Blake (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

21. November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Western

Werbezeile:

Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered.

Plot:

Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

Plot Keywords:

Directed By Star | Directorial Debut | Male Rear Nudity | 1860s | Flashback Sequence

Filmpreise:

Won 7 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 20 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

magnificent

Besetzung

Kevin Costner	...	Lt. John J. Dunbar
Mary McDonnell	...	Stands With A Fist
Graham Greene	...	Kicking Bird
Rodney A. Grant	...	Wind In His Hair
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	Ten Bears (as Floyd Red Crow Westerman)
Tantoo Cardinal	...	Black Shawl
Robert Pastorelli	...	Timmons
Charles Rocket	...	Lieutenant Elgin
Maury Chaykin	...	Major Fambrough
Jimmy Herman	...	Stone Calf
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse	...	Smiles A Lot
Michael Spears	...	Otter
Jason R. Lone Hill	...	Worm
Tony Pierce	...	Spivey
Doris Leader Charge	...	Pretty Shield

Alternativ:

Der mit dem Wolf tanzt (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

180 Min | USA:224 Min (extended version) | USA:236 Min (director's cut)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Sioux | Pawnee

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

Badlands National Park, Interior, South Dakota, USA

Firma:

Tig Productions

Dies und das:

Just as Timmons bids farewell to Lieutenant Dunbar at Fort Sedgwick, he commands the two lead horses (of four horses in total) to a start with a "Jake n' Jim!" Jake Eberts and Jim Wilson are the names of the film's Executive Producer and Producer, respectively.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Lt Dunbar first encounters Stands with a Fist grieving over her dead husband, the length of her hair varies from scene to scene.

Dialogzitate:

John Dunbar: The strangeness of this life cannot be measured: in trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Kokkino domatio, To: To stoihima: Part 2 (#1.7)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Fire Dance

magnificent

I like to watch lots of films, pretty much any film in fact, therefore I can tell you i have seen a fair few duds. I have also seen some spectacularly brilliant films. Dances With Wolves is one of them. For me to have the patience to watch a film more than a couple of times then the film needs to make me want to watch it over and over. Let me tell you I have seen this film more than a few times. I think you know when a film is special to you when you watch it and you keep thinking to yourself "oh this scene coming up is great", if you can say that continually whilst watching a film then you know you are watching a great film.

As for the film itself, cinematography has never been bettered, Costners acting is OK but it his presence rather than his acting that has brought gravitas to his movies, you certainly cant argue with his directing, which along with Orson Wells, Tarantino and a few select others must rank alongside as one of the best directorial debuts. The supporting cast is excellent especially Graeme Greene who is the wonderful Kicking Bird and of course Rodney A Grant.

I shamefully dont know too much about the history of the Indian population in America, so I dont know whether the events or portrayals in the film are accurate, however artistic license is surely allowed when making what is first and foremost a piece of entertainment. Being British I have seen many an American film with British stereotypes, not once have I been offended or appalled, as I see them as interpretations, God knows British filmmakers are just as guilty of such generalisations when it comes to "foreign" characters.

Marvel at the wonderful film-making in this film not political inaccuracies after all this is a story, and a damn fine one at that, remember King Kong didnt really climb up the Empire State Building and you dont here gorillas complaining about being misrepresented. This is a point of view expressed in a great film.

Personally films dont get much better than this.