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Dances With Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 novel Dances With Wolves, by Michael Blake, that tells the story of Union Army Lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and who meets a group of Lakota.
Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, John Dunbar grew up in the fertile cultural soil of western New England. The Connecticut River Valley was a region awash with revivalistic evangelical religion and the zeal for social reform, much as the more well-known Burned-over district of Western New York. Indeed, Dunbar grew up in the shadow of missionary ...
The film tells the story of Union Army Lt. John J. Dunbar, played by Costner, who travels to the frontier looking for a military post and finds a group of Lakota. Much of the dialogue is spoken in ...
Set during the Civil War, the protagonist, Lieutenant John Dunbar, is sent to establish an outpost in the unsettled West but finds himself stranded when his wagoner is killed. Isolated and increasingly haunted by his memories of war, Dunbar abandons his post and settles with a tribe of Comanche people he has befriended, soon taking the name ...
First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, the protagonist/narrator of Dances with Wolves; Heather Dunbar, erstwhile Solicitor General and 2016 Democratic Primary challenger to President Frank Underwood. Russell Dunbar, a character in Rules of Engagement; Zeke Jedediah Dunbar, the protagonist's sidekick in the 2009 PlayStation 3 video game Infamous
John Dunbar may refer to: John Dunbar (artist) (born 1943), British artist, collector; John Dunbar, Earl of Moray (died 1390), Scottish nobleman; Lt. John Dunbar, a fictional character in the film Dances with Wolves; John Dunbar (MP) (died 1878), British Member of Parliament for New Ross, 1874–1878; John Dunbar (triathlete), U.S. Navy SEAL ...
John Dunbar (born 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-British artist, collector, and former gallerist, best known for his connections to the art and music scenes of the 1960s counterculture. Personal life and career
Major General Sharon K.G. (Kim Greiman) Dunbar is a retired United States Air Force general officer.She was the first female in Air Force history to serve as Commanding General of the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), the Air Force component to the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, and Commander of the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing, both headquartered at Joint Base ...