Behind the Scenes of Dancing with Wolves***

Film footage In the opening scene of the movie, two doctors examine John Dunbar, and the man standing next to the table is a stand-in for Kevin Costner. Because the Sioux language was more popular, the movie changed the fictional Indian Comanche to Sioux, and while the Sioux dialogue is very simple, the available words and pronunciation are quite precise. All scenes of the movie were shot in chronological order due to the weather, except for the movie's opening scene of the Civil War, which was shot at the end. At the celebration of the bison hunt, Dunbar and WindinHisHair become good friends and give each other gifts. These scenes were filmed inside the Quonset mobile home because it was so cold outdoors. Costner's daughter, Anne Costner, plays the stand-up dancing fist as a toddler, and in a dream state she remembers the scene in which her family was killed. Graham Greaney played Standing Dancing Fist's adoptive father, Kikkokin Bird; Standing Dancing Fist Mary McDonville was actually two months older than Greaney. To add to the film's realism, the crew also hired a linguist to teach the actors, who could not speak Lakota, to learn to speak Lakota. The movie went over budget and Costner had to personally finance the excess . The blooper reel

Epochal error: the flag John Dunbar is waving when he meets the Indians appears in the wrong era Epochal error: the pigeon in an old fort is a Eurasian pigeon with a collar, which would not have been possible in North America in that era. Epochal error: power lines can be seen in a bison hunt. FACTUAL ERROR: It would be impossible for tribal members to quote the biblical book of Proverbs or formulas because these tribes have always been committed to preserving orally transmitted knowledge and traditional culture. Factual error: The three birds flying across the sky are thought to be swans, when in fact they should be cranes. Spot the error: when Dunbar is shooting with the 1860 Henry rifle, the ammunition barrel indicator can be seen in the rearmost position, which means it is empty. This occurs consistently throughout the movie. Spot the Error: after the Sioux rescue John Dunbar at the creek, one of the Sioux passes by the already dead Spivey and throws some water in his face, and Spivey comes back to life. Continuity: The size of the beef jerky that Dunbar feeds to the wolves keeps changing in size, possibly also because he changes the way he holds the jerky. Continuity: When Dunbar observes two buildings, his beard stubble is very short, and as he walks from one building to the other, his beard grows as if it has been there for three or four days .