Kevin Costner stars in and directs this triumphant masterpiece written by Michael Blake, based on his novel. The 1990 epic western film tells the story of Union Army Lt. John Dunbar (Costner), a Civil War hero who's been assigned to a desolate outpost on the American frontier. It is here that he gradually befriends a tribe of Sioux Indians and the beautiful white woman who has spent her whole life as one of them. Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Directing and Best Picture.