Dances with Wolves - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Dances with Wolves"
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Timing:
3:1 (181 min)
7.8/10
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8.115/10
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8/10
308000
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Jim Wilson
Producer
Executive Producer
Casting
Elisabeth Leustig
Casting
Jory Weitz
Casting
Rene Haynes
Casting
Editor
Neil Travis
Editor
Steve Potter
Editor
Chip Masamitsu
Editor
Art Direction
William Ladd Skinner
Art Direction
Costume Design
Elsa Zamparelli
Costume Design
Stunts
Erik Rondell
Stunts
Billy Joe Fredericks
Stunts
Production Design
Jeffrey Beecroft
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Norman Howell
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
John Huneck
Second Unit Director
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Lisa Dean
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Francisco X. Pérez
Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
David Atherton
Key Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregory H. Watkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill W. Benton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Derek Kavanagh
Unit Production Manager
Associate Producer
Bonnie Arnold
Associate Producer
Set Dresser
Dayna Lee
Set Dresser
Paul Arthur Hartman
Set Dresser
Second Assistant Director
Stephen P. Dunn
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Pilot
Gary E. Pfaff
Pilot
Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Costume Supervisor
Birgitta Bjerke
Costume Supervisor
Property Master
Scott A. Stephens
Property Master
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Fitzgerald
Supervising Sound Editor
Hari Ryatt
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Jan Evans
Script Supervisor
Angela Robinson
Script Supervisor
Electrician
Michael C. Blundell
Electrician
Raymond Gonzales
Electrician
Set Costumer
Barbara Gordon
Set Costumer
Supervising ADR Editor
Barbara Barnaby
Supervising ADR Editor
Hairstylist
Elle Elliott
Hairstylist
Joani Yarbrough
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Ben Glass
Still Photographer
First Assistant Director
Doug Metzger
First Assistant Director
Thanks
Boom Operator
Albert Aquino
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Michael Blake
Screenplay
Foley Artist
Sound Designer
Robert Fitzgerald
Sound Designer
Construction Coordinator
Ben Zeller
Construction Coordinator
Assistant Editor
Robert C. Lusted
Assistant Editor
Best Boy Grip
Kim Heath
Best Boy Grip
Foley Editor
John Duvall
Foley Editor
Joel Berkovitz
Foley Editor
Transportation Coordinator
Key Grip
William 'Bear' Paul
Key Grip
Location Manager
Tim Wilson
Location Manager
Grip
William Eddie Paul
Grip
Doug Cowden
Grip
Bryon Bower
Grip
Tony DeVito
Grip
Michael Dunson
Grip
Lyle Ehlers
Grip
Dolly Grip
John W. Murphy
Dolly Grip
Assistant Property Master
John C. Cameron
Assistant Property Master
Key Hair Stylist
Tamara Guthrie
Key Hair Stylist
Leadman
Patrick Cassidy
Leadman
Carpenter
Reed A. Finch
Carpenter
Kerry J. Frosh
Carpenter
Patrick Mollman
Carpenter
Construction Foreman
Jim Hill
Construction Foreman
Al Eylar
Construction Foreman
Special Effects
Robbie Knott
Special Effects
Music Supervisor
John Coinman
Music Supervisor
Foley Mixer
Timothy A. Hoggatt
Foley Mixer
Production Accountant
John T. Haun
Production Accountant
Gaffer
Víctor Pérez
Gaffer
Music Editor
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
Production Sound Mixer
Russell Williams II
Production Sound Mixer
Mary Jo Devenney
Production Sound Mixer
ADR Mixer
Second Unit Director of Photography
John Huneck
Second Unit Director of Photography
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director of Photography
First Assistant Camera
Mark Davison
First Assistant Camera
Jimmy E. Jensen
First Assistant Camera
Lee Blasingame
First Assistant Camera
Post Production Supervisor
Michael J. Harker
Post Production Supervisor
Assistant Hairstylist
Deborah Mills-Whitlock
Assistant Hairstylist
Linda Peterson
Assistant Hairstylist
Beth Miller
Assistant Hairstylist
Linda Bowman
Assistant Hairstylist
Heather Matisoff
Assistant Hairstylist
Greensman
Stephanie Waldron
Greensman
Stephanie Waldron
Greensman
Assistant Makeup Artist
Tammy Ashmore
Assistant Makeup Artist
Tea Jay Glass
Assistant Makeup Artist
Terri Goett
Assistant Makeup Artist
Karin Hayes
Assistant Makeup Artist
Unit Publicist
Peter Haas
Unit Publicist
Production Coordinator
Doris Hartley
Production Coordinator
Production Secretary
Stacy Hartley
Production Secretary
Visual Effects
Robert D. Bailey
Visual Effects
Paul Curley
Visual Effects
Matthew Yuricich
Visual Effects
Post Production Accountant
Chris Romberg
Post Production Accountant
ADR Editor
Chris Jargo
ADR Editor
Extras Casting
Rene Haynes
Extras Casting
Best Boy Electric
Marc Wostak
Best Boy Electric
Second Assistant Camera
Dudley J. Voll
Second Assistant Camera
Assistant Sound Editor
Rubén Domingo
Assistant Sound Editor
Justine Turner
Assistant Sound Editor
Costume Assistant
Ron Beebe
Costume Assistant
Susan Brown
Costume Assistant
Standby Carpenter
Marvin Holy
Standby Carpenter
Robert Des Jarlais
Standby Carpenter
Transportation Captain
Jonathan A. Rosenfeld
Transportation Captain
Title Designer
Jay Johnson
Title Designer
David L. Aaron
Title Designer
Swing
Jay B. Curry
Swing
Darryl Hayes
Swing
James Allen Bradley
Swing
Sound Editor
Albert Gasser
Sound Editor
Bruce Stubblefield
Sound Editor
Jeff Rosen
Sound Editor
Ed Fassl
Sound Editor
Linda Moss
Sound Editor
Howard Gindoff
Sound Editor
Color Timer
Mike Stanwick
Color Timer
Negative Cutter
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Lead Painter
Ron Ashmore
Lead Painter
Assistant Camera
Henry Tirl
Assistant Camera
Fred L. McLane
Assistant Camera
Joe Sanchez
Assistant Camera
Extras Casting Assistant
Catherine 'Kitty' Duffy
Extras Casting Assistant
Ka-Mook Nichols
Extras Casting Assistant
Additional Camera
S. Phillip Sparks
Additional Camera
Animal Wrangler
Dan Wesson
Animal Wrangler
S. Fox Sloan
Animal Wrangler
Dialogue Coach
Doris Leader Charge
Dialogue Coach
Albert White Hat
Dialogue Coach
Transportation Co-Captain
Wayne Jones
Transportation Co-Captain
Technical Advisor
Larry Belitz
Technical Advisor
Cathy Smith
Technical Advisor
Playback Coordinator
Blair Forward
Playback Coordinator
Additional Soundtrack
Tommy Morgan
Additional Soundtrack
Cableman
Lee Loesch
Cableman
First Assistant Makeup Artist
Patricia Carrisosa
First Assistant Makeup Artist
What's left behind the scenes
- Almost all scenes were filmed in chronological order.
- Critics praised the film for its lifelike depiction of Native Americans, which at the time differed significantly from typical Hollywood clichés that portrayed Native Americans as either noble or bloodthirsty. For his involvement in the film, the Lakota tribe adopted Kevin Costner as an honorary member.
- During the filming of the buffalo hunt, Kevin Costner rode horseback independently in almost all scenes, including those in which his character gallops without a saddle and fires a rifle, releasing the reins from his hands.
- Virtually none of the Native American actors involved in the filming spoke Lakota, so a linguist had to be hired to teach them the language. She was Doris Leader Charge (a translator and educator who taught the Lakota language at a university for many years), and she also played the wife of the character portrayed by Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman.
- To avoid accusations of animal cruelty, Kevin Costner's company, "Tig Productions," spent $250,000 creating animatronic bison puppets for the hunting scene.
- When Kevin Costner's character runs at the beginning of the film with his arms outstretched and eyes closed, it was an improvisation that caught the stunt coordinator off guard. He only shouted a warning at the last moment, otherwise the actor would have crashed into a fence.
- In the scene depicting the skinning of bison carcasses, animal puppets made of papier-mâché were used. The carcasses looked so realistic that someone from the public called the police during filming, who arrived at the set to arrest what they believed were poachers.
- Due to an $18 million budget overrun and widespread reluctance to invest in Westerns, Kevin Costner had to contribute his own funds to cover the excess costs. He recouped his investment, as the film grossed over $100 million, and Costner, having invested $3 million, received around $40 million.
- Kevin Costner's daughter, Annie, played the child in one of the episodes. She is shown in a flashback running from the place where her family was killed. As she runs, she looks over her shoulder, first one way and then the other, because her father told her to look over her right shoulder, and she was only 6 years old and confused right with left.
- The bison stampede scene could only be filmed with one take per day, because once they started running, these animals could only stop after 15-16 kilometers, and it took a whole day to return them to the filming location.
- The film was shot in the expanses of South Dakota. The cornfield shown at the beginning of the film had to be sown and the crop grown in advance, and the foliage of the trees repainted in autumn colors, as if the action was taking place in Tennessee in the fall.
- The making of the film was often delayed and paused due to unpredictable weather, difficulties in filming practically wild wolves, and the complexity of battle scenes involving Native Americans. Filming the bison hunt was also difficult – it took three weeks, and involved 100 Native American extras and a herd of several thousand bison. During the filming of one scene, Kevin Costner (who performed most of the riding scenes himself) collided with another rider and fell off his horse, but immediately got up and continued filming.
- The length of the first version of the film after final editing was five and a half hours, after which a lot of material was cut.
- With the exception of the Civil War scenes shown at the very beginning of the film (which were filmed last), the film was shot in the order written in the script. This is a rare occurrence in filmmaking.
- The film shows a man ordering a wolf to return home when Kevin Costner's character is on his way to meet friends. A trainer played this role. When he ran, and the beast chased after him, the wolf bit him on the leg, so Kevin Costner himself subsequently stepped in. Costner periodically threw the wolf pieces of raw meat to prevent it from biting him too.
- The film was shot during a drought, so the water in the lake was brought in.
- Michael Blake wrote the screenplay in the early 1980s. Kevin Costner came across the script in 1986. He advised Blake to rewrite the screenplay as a novel, which would increase its chances of being filmed. Blake did so and found a publisher willing to print the novel in 1988. Costner immediately bought the film rights to the novel with the intention of making this film.
- Graham Greene put a slice of smoked sausage in his shoe so that the awkwardness and discomfort he felt would be reflected on his face.
- In the scene at the beginning of the film, when doctors examine Kevin Costner's character, it wasn't the actor himself but his stunt double. The doctors were played by the film's producer Jim Wilson (on the left) and Costner himself, who was also the director, producer, and lead actor. Their voices were dubbed by other actors.
- The helmet held by the character portrayed by Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, when he speaks about people who "came in his grandfather's time," is a typical helmet of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered a significant part of South and North America in the 15th-16th centuries.
- The novel on which the film is based mentions the Comanche tribe, but the film depicts the Lakota Indians (the reason being that the script required a large herd of bison, which could only be found in South Dakota, where the Lakota lived).
- Battle scenes used reenactments of battles from the American Civil War.
- Studio executives insisted on a film length of 2 hours and 20 minutes. He had to accept the director's cut, which lasted 3 hours.
- Originally, the film was to be shot in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, but the park administration proved uncooperative, and after the first week of filming, Kevin Costner, tired of constant petty criticisms and demands, ordered the production to move to South Dakota.
- Practically none of the Native American actors involved in the filming spoke Lakota, so they had to hire a linguist to teach them the language. This was Doris Leader Charge (a translator and educator who taught Lakota at the university for many years), and she also played the wife of the character played by Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman.
- The helmet in the hands of the character played by Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, when he talks about the people who 'came in his grandfather's time,' is a typical helmet of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered a significant part of South and North America in the 15th-16th centuries.
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