Dances with Wolves

Dances with Wolves (known as Bailando con Lobos in Spain and Dance con Lobos in Latin America) is an American film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. Released in 1990, the film is based on Michael Blake's novel of the same name and received seven Oscars.

Plot

During the American Civil War, highly decorated Lt. John J. Dunbar (Kevin Costner) is sent by Major Fambrough (Maury Chaykin) to a frontier outpost in Indian Territory with no company other than his faithful horse Cisco. Upon arrival he was supposed to relieve the commanding officer, but the post is found to be abandoned. His sense of duty drives him to keep his place, which he turns into a clean and orderly place, but in complete solitude.

As the days progress, he befriends a distrustful prairie wolf whom he calls "Socks" and who accompanies him on his patrols.

On one of his patrols, Dunbar rescues a white woman who has naturalized with the Sioux, named "Standing with a Raised Fist," from suicide and returns her to her home village; He also establishes with difficulty a friendly relationship with a Sioux leader named "Ave que patea" (Graham Greene) who sees Dunbar's nobility of soul and convinces his tribe to admit him. Thus, Dunbar learns more about the culture of his rival, discovers the essence of life of the Sioux and that enmity should not exist between the two sides. Dunbar inadvertently adopts the Indian way of life and is dubbed "Dances with Wolves" by the Indians. for his friendship with a prairie wolf. Dunbar falls in love with and marries 'Standing with a Raised Fist', becoming a member of the tribe. Soon, Dunbar will realize the gulf of humanity that exists between the white man and the natives and he must decide which path to take.

Cast

• Kevin Costner is Lieutenant John J. Dunbar / Dancing with Wolves / Dance with Wolves (name sioux)/ narrator.
• Mary McDonnell is Erguida with Puño in Alto.
• Graham Greene is Bird that kicks.
• Rodney A. Grant is Head to the Wind.
• Floyd Red Crow Westerman is the boss Ten Bears.
• So much Cardinal Black.
• Jimmy Herman. Stone Thief.
• Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse Risueño.
• Michael Spears is Nutria.
• Jason R. Lone Hill is Gusano.
• Charles Rocket is Lieutenant Elgin.
• Robert Pastorelli is Timmons, the rude driver of wagons.
• Larry Joshua is the Sgt. Bauer
• Tony Pierce is Spivey.
• Kirk Baltz is Edwards.
• Tom Everett is the Sgt. Pepper
• Maury Chaykin is Major Fambrough.
• Wes Studi is the fierce pawnee warrior.
• The domesticated wolves Buck and Teddy are Socks or Two Albos.
• The Justin horse is Cisco.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed and conducted by renowned composer John Barry, which earned him his fourth Academy Award, becoming one of his most valued works by audiences. The score edition came out in 1990, but later a reissue came out in 1995 and in 2004 containing the entire score in its entirety.

It is a work composed for symphony orchestra and it presents a classic invoice and development, faithful to the musical tradition of the genre of soundtracks. It is structured around several themes: John Dunbar's, Two Socks, Stands with The Fist Remember, the Lakota Indians and the American prairies. Barry strove to imbue the composition with an emotionality as compatible with Kevin Costner's goals as possible. One of its characteristics is, paradoxically, not presenting music in certain passages of the film, reserving it for other more pertinent ones: introduction of characters, transitions between sequences, action scenes.

Its orchestration is typically "Barrynian". He alternates in a simple way the metal (especially trombones and horns) with string tuttis and decorations based on percussion and trumpets. In general, its rhythm is leisurely and sentimental, but forceful, as if wanting to highlight the simplicity of the emotions that the film tries to represent: freedom, love, friendship, etc. Its sound is American, but far from the typical western sound, perhaps because the film is not a typical western, but rather an epic drama set on the American frontier.

This is the track listing for the 1995 edition:

1. Main Title-Looks Like A Suicide
2. The John Dunbar Theme
3. Journey To Fort Sedgewick
4. Ride To Fort Hays
5. The Death Of Timmons
6. Two Socks-The Wolf Theme
7. Pawnee Attack
8. Kicking, s Bird Gift
9. Journey To The Buffalo Killing Ground
10. The Buffalo Hunt
11. Stands With A Fist Remembers
12. The Love Theme
13. The John Dunbar Theme
14. Two Socks At Play
15. The Death Of Cisco
16. Rescue Of Dances With Wolves
17. The Loss Of The Journal And Return To The Winter Camp
18. Farewell And End Title

The song Journey To Fort Sedgewick was used by Repsol in its advertisements during the 1990s.

Awards

• 7 Oscar Winner (better movie, better director, better adapted script, better photo, better sound, better B.S.O. and better editing) and nominated to other 5 categories, is one of the most successful films in American cinema.

Oscars

Golden Globe Awards