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Summary: A great 2 DVD set!!! 5 Star Film!!! 5 Star DVD!!!
Review: This 2 DVD set is awesome!!! Contains the extended widescreen version of the film!!! And the extras ara super cool too. The ultimate version of this classic film!!! Two thumbs up!!! Five stars!!! A+
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Summary: Warm Up For Oscar Night With This Best Picture Winner
Review: This review refers to the DVD edition(Image Entertainment) of "Dances With Wolves"....This film has everything you could ever want to be thoroughly swept away to antoher time and place. A period piece, set during the time of the Civil War, it has action, romance, adventure, a marvelous script,mesmerizing cinematography, and a score that will take your breath away. It's a three hour epic tale, that you may wish would never end. Kevin Costner leads a fine cast as Lt. John Dunbar, who's dreams of seeing the frontier before it vanishes is realized when he is assigned a deserted post with only a tribe of Sioux Indians as his neighbors. Dunbar and this tribe of peaceful and proud Sioux, are at first wary of each other, but eventually he is taken into the fold and becomes very much a part of their lives. The deep friendships and bonding that evolve, and the romance with "Stands With Fist"(Mary McDonell), a white woman raised by the tribe and is now very much a Sioux, are touching, poignant and even sometimes a little humorous. The adventures, and the heroism of both Dunbar and his new family will keep you involved the entire length of the film. The film won seven Academy Awards in 1990, including Best Picture and Best Director(Costner). The sweeping score by John Barry is so beautiful, you may just want to order the soundtrack as well.Dean Semler's photography are visions you won't soon forget(both of these also with Oscars for their work on the film). Fine performances by Graham Greene,Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman,Rodney Grant,Tantoo Cardinal really add to the authenticity of the time and place, and Maury Chaykin's appearance is always a welcome addition to any film. This DVD edition by Image presents a beautiful picture in widescreen and fabulous sound in Dolby Dig 5.1. There are subtitles throughout the film, as a good part of the dialouge spoken is Sioux, and the titles are clear and distinguishable. This edition does not include any special features, but there is also a special edition out that has many features and there is also an edition that is recorded in DTS. At this time, this one is only available through the merchants, the special edition is not too much more pricewise for what you get..but the choices are there for you. A great way to warm up for the upcoming Oscar season..enjoy...Laurie
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Summary: Dances With Wolves
Review: This was a second viewing for me. I saw it a few years ago, loved it then, love it now. In my opinion, Costner's depiction of how things were between Indians and White Men was true to form. I tend to like books and movies that show both sides of the coin, so to speak, and this movie did so. Yes, the behaviour of the white men was over-played; surely all white people aren't that mean. But you have to figure, at that time the kind of men we see portrayed in that movie were products of their own time. The timeline the movie is set in, isn't your modern-day world where everyone is careful about what they say and how they view other races of people. That is how a lot of people reacted to native people. There were bad guys on our side too. Something I liked about this movie was that women were not shown as being second-rate members of the tribe. They were treated decently and respected. We can well imagine there were some groups who did not treat their women well, but we can also imagine there were white men who also abused women. I was impressed with the extra coverage that came with our DVD set. I was surprised to know that the cast went to the trouble of learning the language of the D'akota. And I was surprised to know that not all native people know how to speak the ancient languages. One of the most poignant scenes in the movie is when Kevin Costner gets the wolf to take meat from his hand. It was very sad when the wolf was shot. I cannot think of any parts of this movie that did not hold my interest. I am so impressed by the movie, that I have ordered the book, and the audio version of the original novel. Carly Svamvour - Writer - Toronto, Canada
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Summary: Gorgeous and glorious
Review: All the Oscars won by this marvelous Kevin Costner movie were deserved. It's the story of a soldier who, alone, manned a fort in the Dakotas and became a respected member of the Sioux tribe that lived nearby. You've got a romance, you've got an ecological lesson, you've got history, you've got the Noble Savage. You've got terrific character development, beautiful photography, an inspiring musical score, assured direction by Costner himself...
It's simply a stunning achievement.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This is a movie of lenghty proportions and material to send a message about the founding of our country and those who were here before us. The message is what made the movie interesting. The Indians protrayed in the movie were accurate in how they conveyed their personalities and beliefs, making Dances With Wolves an epic in its time.
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Summary: A good film
Review: Kevin Costner is excellent in this film. A moving, epic story about change and embracing something completely different. he assimilates into a new way of life and looking at things. Very inspiring.
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Summary: Great American Epic
Review: The extended version is just as interesting. The additional disc contains very little however in extras, except a single but long documentary featuring the writer, star, co-stars, producer, editor, cinematographer, and the execu producer.
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Summary: Just regarding the extra footage in the film
Review: It was nice to see an extended version of the film, though I can now say after watching it that I understand why these scenes were cut out for the original version. There's nothing really you can't do without.. just lots of just random non-important scenes. Since this is a different cut of the film, the music cues are different which is hard at times. For instance, later on in the film when Kicking Bird is telling Costner about "the trail of becoming a true human being" there is beautiful score music in the background on the original version but for this extended version there's no music at all. The scene isn't nearly as powerful. I'm not complaining mind you, just letting those who are curious know more about the extended version to determine whether it's worth it or not. You decide. I love this film!
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Summary: DANCES WITH WOLVES GOOD MOVIE BAD DVD
Review: I still love the DTS version which was release in 2 dics by IMAGE . This new version with 1 hour extended scenes split the movie in 2 discs was a major let down by it picture quality . The picture are too soft & lack any detail compare with the DTS version which was sharp with more detail resolution . The BIT RATE was much higher on the DTS version . Great movie with great first time DIRECTOR , KEVIN COSTNER .
He deserve THE BEST DIRECTOR FOR DANCES WITH WOLVES .
I think we also deserve the best DVD ENCODING for DANCES WITH WOLVES . BEST MOVIE , BEST DVD .
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Summary: Make it even longer!
Review: Review on the extended version/special edition -- If you loved the original Dances with Wolves - you must buy this extended version of the movie. The scenes that were put back in made the story much clearer and actually changed the entire meaning of one scene. I couldn't believe they ever took these scenes out. You won't regret watching the extended version. All I could say after watching it was --- make it longer, make it longer! I wish they would put out the actual ENTIRE movie the way Kevin Costner intended when it was made. I would watch the entire thing - I don't care how long it is.
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