| | | Winner of 7 Academy Awards®!
Features: DVD, Special Edition, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar (Costner) 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. Eventually, he falls in love with the beautiful Stands With A Fist (McDonnell), a white woman raised by the tribe. He learns the culture of the Sioux, lives with them, and even experiences the breathtaking excitement of a buffalo hunt, but his knowledge of the fate that will ultimately befall the tribe torments him. Finally, he is faced with a crucial decision that will cause him to examine his heart and soul before making a heroic choice that determines his destiny.System Requirements:Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Larry Joshua, Wes Studi, Jimmy Herman. Directed By: Kevin Costner. Running Time: 236 Min., Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE
"An old-fashioned movie with a smart, contemporary perspective." Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Stunning... impressive... a gigantic achievement, an endowment of riches." Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Editor's Note
Actor Kevin Costner made his debut behind the camera--and won an Oscar for Best Director--with this celebrated epic. In 1865, Civil War hero Lt. John Dunbar (Costner) asks to be reassigned to the western frontier before it disappears. At his isolated post he develops a relationship with the peaceful Lakota Sioux and a white woman (an excellent, Oscar-nominated Mary McDonnell) who lives among them, finding greater kinship with them than with his own people. But his life with the Sioux is threatened when the Army appears, and Dunbar must decide where his loyalties truly lie. Co-starring Graham Greene, DANCES WITH WOLVES boasts seven Academy Award wins and another five nominations.
| Features | Original TV and Theatrical Trailers | | Poster Gallery | | Easter Eggs | | Original Music Video | | Audio Commentary with Kevin Costner and Producer Jim Wilson | | The Original Making of Featurette | | Photo Montage with an Introduction by Ben Glass | | Extended Version that includes Never Before Seen Additional Scenes | | The Creation of an Epic-A Retrospective Documentary | | Audio Commentary with the Cinematographer and the Editor |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 5/12/2009 |
| Running Time: 236 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 1003949 | | UPC: 00027616880598 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1991) |  | Dean Semler, Winner, Best Cinematography | | Kevin Costner, Winner, Best Director | | Neil Travis, Winner, Best Film Editing | | John Barry, Winner, Best Music - Original Score | | Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson, Winner, Best Picture | | Bill W. Benton, et. al., Winner, Best Sound | | Michael Blake, Winner, Best Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium | | | Kevin Costner, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Jeffrey Beecroft, et. al., Nominee, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration | | | Graham Greene, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Mary McDonnell, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | |
Golden Globe (1991) | | Kevin Costner, Winner, Best Director - Motion Picture | | Kevin Costner, Winner, Best Motion Picture - Drama | | Michael Blake, Winner, Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | | | John Barry, Nominee, Best Original Score - Motion Picture | | | Kevin Costner, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama | | | Mary McDonnell, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture - Drama |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...The film is heartfelt and engrossing....DANCES WITH WOLVES is an epic that breathes. And it's a beauty..." 11/29/1990 p.120-1Los Angeles Times
"...Stirringly fine....DANCES WITH WOLVES is a clear-eyed vision....This is a film with a pure ring to it..." 11/21/1990 p.F1 Premiere
"...[A] remarkable picture....[With] heart-stopping images of the American West..." 06/01/2003 p.97 Entertainment Weekly
"...WOLVES is a filmmaking tour de force..." 05/23/2003 p.59 Total Film
"...[With] fantastic photography....Genuinely epic in scope..." 05/01/2000 p.118 Uncut
"Rich characterisations are balanced by awesome widescreen backdrops." 12/01/2004 p.183 Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
In 1985, before he was a star, Costner played a featured role in a good Western called MSilverado simply because he wanted to be in a Western. Now he has realized his dream again by making one of the best Westerns I've seen. The movie makes amends, of a sort, for hundreds of racist and small-minded Westerns that went before it. By allowing the Sioux to speak in their own tongue, by entering their villages and observing their ways, it sees them as people, not as whooping savages in the sights of an Army rifle. This is one of the year's best films. - Roger Ebert
Washington Post 10 of 10
Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves is a stunning combination of all-American boyishness and sweeping grandeur--it's the movies' first regular-guy epic. It's also one of the movies' most impressive directorial debuts and one of the year's most satisfying and audaciously entertaining films. From the picture's opening shots, it's clear that this new director has a thrilling command of his tools. This picture isn't just competently directed, it's masterfully directed. - Hal Hinson
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