Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 181 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
- friendship
- mutiny
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- unsociability
- wolf
- culture clash
- self-discovery
- freedom
- desertion
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Kevin Costner
Lieutenant Dunbar
Mary McDonnell
Stands With A Fist
Graham Greene
Kicking Bird
Rodney A. Grant
Wind In His Hair
- Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman — Ten Bears
- Tantoo Cardinal — Black Shawl
- Robert Pastorelli — Timmons
- Charles Rocket — Lieutenant Elgin
- Maury Chaykin — Major Fambrough
- Jimmy Herman — Stone Calf
- Nathan Lee Chasing Horse — Smiles A Lot
- Michael Spears — Otter
- Jason R. Lone Hill — Worm
- Tony Pierce — Spivey
- Doris Leader Charge — Pretty Shield
- Directed
- Kevin Costner
- Written
- Michael Blake
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 4,808 ratings
- Studio
- Tig Productions, Majestic Films International, Allied Filmmakers
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
