Dances With Wolves Film Location Given wide release in 1991 dances with wolves would not just be any western it would be the western winning seven oscars it was nominated the film was shot on location in south dakota from july to november 1989

When a ruthless evil rancher tries to run them out of town the men s peaceful existence takes a tumultuous turn and ends in the grittiest most explosive gunfight on film as two men battle a town for honor justice and a way of life that s quickly