Dances with Wolves is a movie directed by Kevin Costner in 1990 and based on the book of the same name by Michael Blake, first published in 1988. The movie features Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, and others.
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Storyline
In 1863, First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar is wounded in battle at St. David’s Field in Tennessee. Choosing death in battle over amputation of his foot, he takes a horse and rides up to and along the Confederate lines. He agrees to post Dunbar to the furthest outpost under his jurisdiction, Fort Sedgwick, and kills himself shortly afterwards.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
181
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
Dances with Wolves
Director: Kevin Costner
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 3h1m
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Year
1988
Pages
304
Book Rate
8.44
S: Goodreads
Book
Dances with Wolves
Author: Michael Blake
Country: USA of America
First published in: 1988
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dances With Wolves
User polls & recommendations
“It’s often quite an adversarial relationship between a novelist and the people adapting their work, because a big part of the job is discarding material.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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