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dances with wolves (1990)

Dances With Wolves
PG-13
Adventure
Documentary
Drama
Romance
Western
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Director
Kevin Costner
Release Date
March 30, 1990
Cast
Kevin Costner , Mary McDonnell , Graham Greene , Rodney A. Grant , Floyd Westerman , Tantoo Cardinal
Writers
Michael Blake
Runtime
181 minutes
Budget
$22 million

Summary

Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

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