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dances with wolves (1990)

Dances with Wolves
Dances With Wolves
PG-13
Adventure
Documentary
Drama
Romance
Western
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Release Date
March 30, 1990
Director
Kevin Costner
Cast
Kevin Costner , Mary McDonnell , Graham Greene , Rodney A. Grant , Floyd Westerman , Tantoo Cardinal
Runtime
180
Main Genre
Adventure
Studio
Image Entertainment
Writers
Michael Blake
Tagline
Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered

Summary

Civil War hero, Lt. John Dunbar asks to be reassigned to the western frontier. While manning this isolated post, he develops a relationship with the Lakota Sioux and a white woman who has been raised by the tribe. Dunbar eventually earns the respect of the tribe and finds a greater kinship with the native people than he had with his own people.

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