Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves
Everyone told Kevin Costner he was getting too close to the sun in 1990. His directorial debut, Dances With Wolves, dubbed"Kevin's Gate" by the press , was destined to fall flat on its face. The heedless ambition of an actor associated with sports films making the leap to director provided endless material for the media.
Dances With Wolves, based on the novel by Michael Blake , follows John Dunbar , a Union army lieutenant during the Civil War who is assigned to a remote outpost, where he finds himself engaging with a neighboring Sioux settlement. Dunbar befriends the tribe and adopts their culture and practices, even becoming romantically involved with a white woman raised by the Native American tribe, Stands With a Fist . They form an alliance when the Union army vows to take over the Sioux-owned land.
Since Dances With Wolves, Costner only has three directing credits to his name, with three more potentially waiting in the wings. The fiasco in Waterworld didn't shy Costner away from directing yet another bloated, expensive dystopian epic in The Postman. Where Waterworld has its retroactive defenders, The Postman, which grossed $20 million against an $80 million budget, remains widely despised for its meandering plot, dull pacing, and wooden performance by Costner.
To be fair, Kevin Costner has made concentrated efforts to suppress his overpowering stardom in the service of his films. In Open Range, his most successful film on a creative level, Costner concedes his leading man powers to Robert Duvall, who gives a beautifully understated performance.
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