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Kevin Costner received Academy Awards for producing and directing "Dances With Wolves," the Western drama that was named Best Picture of 1990. He also starred in the film as Union officer John Dunbar.

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The 1990 film Dances with Wolves starred Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell. It won several Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Picture, the first time a western style film had won since the 1930s.

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The cast of Dances with Wolves - 1990 includes: Kirk Baltz as Edwards Maretta Big Crow as Village Mother Tantoo Cardinal as Black Shawl Steven Chambers as Guard Maury Chaykin as Major Fambrough Annie Costner as Christine Kevin Costner as Lieutenant Dunbar Bill Costner as Union Soldier Conor Duffy as Willie Tom Everett as Sergeant Pepper Robert Goldman as Union Soldier Wayne Grace as Major Carter Hanner as Confederate Soldier Kent Hays as Wagon Driver Jimmy Herman as Stone Calf Marvin Holy as Sioux Warrior Michael Horton as Captain Cargill - extended version Donald Hotton as General Tide Larry Joshua as Sergeant Bauer Doris Leader Charge as Pretty Shield Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse as Smiles A Lot Mary McDonnell as Stands With A Fist Raymond Newholy as Sioux Courier Robert Pastorelli as Timmons Tony Pierce as Spivey Charles Rocket as Lieutenant Elgin Michael Spears as Otter Wes Studi as Toughest Pawnee John Tail as Escort Warrior Redwing Ted Nez as Sioux Warrior Percy White Plume as Big Warrior Jim Wilson as Doctor

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Kevin Costner Kevin Costner also plays the soldier who joins the Lakota Sioux tribe in "Dances With Wolves".

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Kevin Costner, who also directed the movie.

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Dances With Wolves (1990) starred Kevin Costner, Mary McDonall, and Graham Greene.

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Kevin Costener

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