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In jedem steckt eine Grenze, die darauf wartet, entdeckt zu werden.
John J. Dunbar ist ein Lieutenant der Nordstaaten-Armee, dem nach einer schweren Kriegsverletzung das Bein amputiert werden soll. Dunbar erträgt diese Vorstellung nicht und will sich umbringen. Auf einem Pferd reitet er vor den Feindeslinien auf und ab, doch statt zu sterben, wird er zum Helden: Die Kugeln der Feinde verfehlen ihn wie durch ein Wunder. Dadurch werden die Feinde abgelenkt und am Ende steht ein glorreicher Sieg für die Nordstaaten. Dunbar darf sein Bein behalten und das Pferd, welches ihn so sicher vor dem Feindesfeuer bewahrt hat. Dunbar wird auf eigenen Wunsch an den westlichsten Außenposten versetzt, den es gibt. Der Posten ist verlassen, die dort stationierten Truppen wurden im Kampf mit den Indianern getötet oder sind geflohen. Alleine bringt er den Außenposten wieder auf Vordermann und genießt die Zeit in der freien Wildnis. An seiner Seite sind nur sein treues Pferd und ein einsamer Wolf, der ihn aus der Ferne beobachtet und jeden Tag ein Stückchen näher kommt …
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There was very little dancing and only one wolf. But seriously, this is great. A little long and slow, I watched the extended cut. Kevin Costner and Graham Greene are both good. Still a little upset this beat Goodfellas for best picture.
Loved it. Beautiful shots of the American prairie and its animals. The story is slow at times, but there are so many great scenes that it's worth it. The story is done many times (pocahontas and avatar come to mind), but this is an excellent effort, where I genuinely hated the army guys and got really intrigued by the Indian way of life. Of course there should've been more nuances (not every Indian should be a good guy, not every American should be violence-obsessed), and the movie should've been shorter, but overall it's a great movie, with many many great shots!
Šung'manitu Tanka O Waci!!! Do you not see that you are my friend!!!
This movie is so good that the long runtime doesn’t bother me. Although I understand that the 4 hour version might be a bit much for some people, even for an amazing movie like this. Still, it’s such a well paced and beautiful story with an breathtaking scenery to top it all off. Even if you watch the longest version, you could do a lot worse with your time.
I've seen _Dances with Wolves_ for the first time in cinema before it got all the accolades. I didn't knew much about it and wasn't even aware of the nominations. To put it frank, the main reason I went into it was it had the longest running time of all the movies. The most bang for the buck if you will. I was completely blown away by the cinematography, the beautiful scenery and I was taken in by the story and deeply touched by the emotional impact. I didn't notice the three hours and I didn't mind at all having to read half of the dialogue. Everything falls together perfectly. This movie delivered on a level that very few movies did in the past, or do today. I consider this to be one of the greatest movies of all time. I am not giving it a definitive rank but it belongs in that category. It still is an immensely powerful movie both in picture and in word. It is timeless, sadly I must add, in its topic. Althought this is about the Native Americans it works equally well in general terms. We all must learn to understand and accept each other for otherwise nothing will change.