Page One: ‘Dances with Wolves’ (1990)

Screenplay by Michael Blake based on his novel.

The movie version of the opening:

There’s an interesting backstory to this project. Michael Blake was Kevin Costner’s friend. He first wrote Dances with Wolves as a screenplay. It didn’t sell. Costner advised him to write a novel. As I recall, Blake slept on Costner’s couch throughout pounding out the novel. And the rest, as they say, is history.

You may download the screenplay here.

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