This epic historical drama tells the story of John Dunbar, played by Kevin Costner. It is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Michael Blake. In it an army soldier travels to the edge of the frontier to meet with the Lakota people. Much of the film was shot in Wyoming, and South Dakota in 1989. It was a box office hit grossing $424 million with an initial budget of $15 million. What this movie did that alot of Western movies didn't do was try to immerse the Western man into the World of the First Nation's culture, something that Orientalism tried and often failed to do. It was made into a sequel. I very much enjoyed this film, it won several awards. Living in harmony with Nature was something that enchanted and mystified the Western rational mind. At the same time, Western ingenuity and worldliness attracted the First Nations to trade and develop their own lines of history to modernity. I give it a 5 out of 5.
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