Dances With Wolves
1990 film by Kevin Costner · Released November 9, 1990
Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic revisionist Western film directed and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. Starring Costner with an ensemble cast including Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney Grant, the film is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake (who also wrote the screenplay). It tells the story of Union army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post and who meets a group of Lakota. Costner purchased the rights of the novel, with an eye on directing it, after encouraging Blake in early 1986 to turn a Western screenplay into a novel to improve its chances of being produced.
Cast ages at release (November 9, 1990)
- Mary McDonnell, as Stands With A Fist: 38
- Rodney A. Grant, as Wind In His Hair: 31
- Kevin Costner, as Lt. John J. Dunbar/Dances With Wolves: 35
- Graham Greene, as Kicking Bird: 38
- Maury Chaykin, as Major Fambrough: 41
- Floyd Red Crow Westerman, as Chief Ten Bears: 54
- Wes Studi, as Toughest Pawnee: 42
- Tantoo Cardinal, as Black Shawl: 40
- Robert Pastorelli, as Timmons: 36
- Charles Rocket, as Lt. Elgin: 41
- Tom Everett, as Sergeant Pepper: 42
- Kirk Baltz, as Edwards: 31
- Larry Joshua, as Bauer: 38
- Michael Spears, as Otter: 12
- Wayne Grace, as the Major: 50
- Jimmy Herman, as Stone Calf: 50
- Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, as Smiles A Lot: 14
- Michael Horton, as Captain Cargill: 38