Dances with wolves / Tig Productions ; directed by Kevin Costner ; produced by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner ; screenplay by Michael Blake.

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Story of a Civil War hero (Costner) who travels west where he is assigned to an abandoned fort. His nearest neighbors are members of a Sioux tribe, and they gradually become friends. He marries a tribe woman (McDonnell) and ultimately must make a decision about the tribe and their life when he reali...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Dances with wolves (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Tig Productions
Orion Pictures
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Orion Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Costner, Kevin (Actor, Director, Producer)
McDonnell, Mary (Actor)
Greene, Graham, 1952- (Actor)
Grant, Rodney A.
Wilson, Jim (James A.) (Producer)
Barry, John, 1933-2011
Eberts, Jake
Blake, Michael, 1945-2015
Language:English
Dakota
Language and/or Writing System:
Some Lakota language and some English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Orion Home Video : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [1998], ©1998.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Western films.
Dakota people > South Dakota > Drama.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Epics.
Historical re-creations.
Westerns.
Drama.
Dakota Indians.
Indians of North America.
Great Plains.
South Dakota.
Genre:
Drama.
Epics.
Historical re-creations.
Westerns.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Story of a Civil War hero (Costner) who travels west where he is assigned to an abandoned fort. His nearest neighbors are members of a Sioux tribe, and they gradually become friends. He marries a tribe woman (McDonnell) and ultimately must make a decision about the tribe and their life when he realizes what their fate will be at the hands of the white man.
Note:Based upon the novel by Michael Blake.
"An Orion Pictures release."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990.
Presented in 2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio. Enhanced for (16x9) HDTV.
Features audio commentary by producers Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF8 D0003986 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Awards:Winner of 7 Academy Awards: Best picture; Best director; Best screenplay; Best cinematography; Best film editing; Best sound; Best score-John Barry.
Credits:Executive producer, Jake Eberts; director of photography, Dean Semler; editor, Neil Travis; music, John Barry.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, THX, Dolby digital 5.1.
Cast:
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant.