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| Dances with Wolves (Full Screen Theatrical Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Kirk Baltz, Tantoo Cardinal, Maury Chaykin, Tom Everett, Wayne Grace
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (252 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5701
Format: Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 180 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1006372D
ISBN: 079286042X
UPC: 027616905734
EAN: 9780792860426
ASIN: B0001GF2H4
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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A "truly spectacular" (The New York Times) film that combines action, romance and breathtaking adventure, Dances With Wolves is "a cinematic masterpiece" (American Movie Classics) that is nothing short of "a triumph" (Roger Ebert)!Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choiceone that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation.
Amazon.com essential video
Kevin Costner's 1990 epic won a bundle of Oscars for a moving, engrossing story of a white soldier (Costner) who singlehandedly mans a post in the 1870 Dakotas, and becomes a part of the Lakota Sioux community who live nearby. The film may not be a masterpiece, but it is far more than the sum of good intentions. The characters are strong, the development of relationships is both ambitious and careful, the love story between Costner and Mary McDonnell's character is captivating. Only the third-act portrait of white intruders as morons feels overbearing, but even that leads to a terribly moving conclusion. Costner's direction is assured, the balance of action and intimacy is perfect--what more could anyone want outside of an unqualified masterpiece? --Tom Keogh
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 one hell of an epic November 13, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
this movie drags after the first act. the movie feels like its 4 or five hours long. so its amazing to me that they recut the movie to make it longer.
many people have commented that this movie is PC becasue the white men are bad guys and the native americans are noble savages. I completely disagree. Instead, I see it as the Indians are in trouble and cant find buffalo or fight off the neighbor tribes until the magic white man comes in and shows them how its done.
so dont buy this movie if you want to be entertained. or teach history. or show any sort of flattering view of native americans.
this is pulp escapist fantasy - I would catagorize it with early 20th century pulp with a dash of late 20th century.
 A true Hollywood EPIC! November 10, 2008
Howdy;
I'm not going to review the movie itself except to say it is one of the best I've seen. Others have done a wonderful job of review.
What I want to say is this Extended Cut might be long (236 min.), but it takes you in and seems no time and it is over. I have seen both versions and found this one fills in all the blanks.
With Enhanced WIDESCREEN, 5.1 Surround Sound and a hi-def TV who needs to go to the theater?
If you like this movie, you might check out "Open Range", another great Costner film.
L8R Daze
My Favorite Movie - Ever September 27, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first time I saw this movie, I was stunned.
I had not seen any previews and so had no expectations. I was so moved by watching it, as were my companions, that we all sat and watched the complete credits roll by before we could get up to leave the theatre. For the first time in my life, I saw a tribe of our Native American population, portrayed as compassionate and caring. This type of information had never been taught in public school or college!
My friends and I stood outside the theatre that night, discussing the wonderful epic we had just experienced, for quite a while. As I drove home that evening I remembered that my maternal grandfather had some Native American blood lines and for the first time in my life I wanted to find out more about them. I doubt that I would have started any ancestry research had I not seen DWW.
It has been 18 years and DWW is still my all-time favorite movie. My ancestry research started after the first viewing and has never stopped. Thanks to the internet and other available resources, my family tree has expanded to over 5,500 people. Many of my Scottish and English ancestors intermarried with Native Americans. I am a veritable Heinz 57 of DNA! I have Cherokee, English, Scottish, and French ancestors, all mixed with remarkable and extended lines from all over the globe.
Whether the story line is credible or not to others, I know it's possible. My great-great-grandfather married a Cherokee woman who had survived the Trail of Tears. Knowing their history, I doubt they would have met or married, had it not been for the help and kind acts shown him by her family.
Watching "Dances with Wolves" for the first time was a turning point in my life. So, thank you Kevin Costner and Michael Blake, for making a movie that has been such an inspiration. If watching it does not inspire you, that's okay. I hope that at least you become curious enough, after watching it, to read and research topics concerning the Native American peoples. In the very least - you will be entertained.
Osiyo.
Dancing with Wolves Extended September 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It explains the full story of the film. The missing parts of the original film at the pictures.The behind the camera story too.It was a great DVD.
 Western Fan September 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here's another Kevin Costner message movie and this is a good one. In telling the story of the plains Indians he does a fine job. The narration comes to me as a bit whimpy at times and there are scenes, in the long movie, that could have been edited. The story, again, is a good one and the sound-track is superb!
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