Southron Sr.
09-11-2011, 02:05 PM
Because of my high powered Hollywood connections, I have been sent a DVD of the soon to be released movie "Dances With Prairie Dawgs" which is the long awaited sequel to the blockbuster movie: "Dances With Wolves." In the sequel, Kevin Costner reprises his role as Lt. Dunbar who is adopted into the Sioux tribe.
In "Dances with Prairie Dawgs" a superb cast has been assembled. Danny DeVito plays General Custer, Cheech & Chong play the role of the Medicine Man, Sitting Bull (who had a split personality) and of course, the Three Stooges have come out of retirement to play cameo roles as three New York Times reporters that plan on accompanying the Custer expedition on the Summer Campaign of 1876.
The setting of the opening scene of the movie at Dunbar's Sioux village in the early Spring of 1876. A UPS courier brings a letter for Chief Wolf Pawed (Dunbar) from the Pentagon. The first page of the letter informs Dunbar that the verdict of his Court Martial has been set aside and he has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the Montana Territorial National Guard. A second page is an order assigning Captain Dunbar to 90 days of TDY with the 7th Cavalry stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Nebraska Territory!
Needless to say, Chief Wolf Pawed/Captain Dunbar is terribly conflicted by the orders-especially so since there is a rumor that war will soon break out between the Sioux and the Long Knives. What should he do? He seeks the advice of Sitting Bull, the wisest man/men in the tribe.
In a scene in Sitting Bulls teepee, which I am sure will garner several Academy Award nominations, the wise Medicine Man/Men tells Chief Wolf Pawed that the "Great Spirit" has selected him (Dunbar) to bring peace between the "Red Brothers and the White Brothers." If only the federal government will sign a treaty with the Sioux allowing them to build a Theme Park and Mega-Casino at the Little Big Horn, Peace will reign.
A week later Captain Dunbar reports to Fort Abraham Lincoln and to his horror, he discovers that General Custer is planning a "Campaign of Exterminaton" against the peace-loving Sioux Tribe. To his amazement he finds that Custer is also suffering from "Maynard Delusional Syndrome" and has ordered that the troopers at the fort turn in their Trap Door Springfields for 2nd Model Maynards in the forts armory!
Then Dunbar becomes aware that some of the officers are planning a "Maynard Intervention" for General Custer to get him to rescind the Maynard order. Worried about the fate of his Sioux family IF the 7th Cavalry is armed with anything else besides Maynards, Dunbar foils the intervention but is thrown into the Guard House on orders from General Custer, who was mistaken about Dunbar's role in the Intervention (that never took place.)
So confident is General Custer of the Maynards he has issued to his command, he orders that all of the new, horse drawn, M2 HB Belt Fed Browning .50 Cal Machine Guns mounted on "Quad 50" carriages be left at Fort Abraham Lincoln rather than be carried along with the 7th Cavalry!
The final scene of the movie is that of the brave officers and men of the 7th Cavalry ride out of Fort Abraham Lincoln, armed with their Maynard Carbines to their historic battle at The Little Big Horn to the tune of "Garry Owen."
Let me tell you, the movie is a real "Tear Jerker."
The setting is the early Spring of 1876 and
In "Dances with Prairie Dawgs" a superb cast has been assembled. Danny DeVito plays General Custer, Cheech & Chong play the role of the Medicine Man, Sitting Bull (who had a split personality) and of course, the Three Stooges have come out of retirement to play cameo roles as three New York Times reporters that plan on accompanying the Custer expedition on the Summer Campaign of 1876.
The setting of the opening scene of the movie at Dunbar's Sioux village in the early Spring of 1876. A UPS courier brings a letter for Chief Wolf Pawed (Dunbar) from the Pentagon. The first page of the letter informs Dunbar that the verdict of his Court Martial has been set aside and he has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the Montana Territorial National Guard. A second page is an order assigning Captain Dunbar to 90 days of TDY with the 7th Cavalry stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Nebraska Territory!
Needless to say, Chief Wolf Pawed/Captain Dunbar is terribly conflicted by the orders-especially so since there is a rumor that war will soon break out between the Sioux and the Long Knives. What should he do? He seeks the advice of Sitting Bull, the wisest man/men in the tribe.
In a scene in Sitting Bulls teepee, which I am sure will garner several Academy Award nominations, the wise Medicine Man/Men tells Chief Wolf Pawed that the "Great Spirit" has selected him (Dunbar) to bring peace between the "Red Brothers and the White Brothers." If only the federal government will sign a treaty with the Sioux allowing them to build a Theme Park and Mega-Casino at the Little Big Horn, Peace will reign.
A week later Captain Dunbar reports to Fort Abraham Lincoln and to his horror, he discovers that General Custer is planning a "Campaign of Exterminaton" against the peace-loving Sioux Tribe. To his amazement he finds that Custer is also suffering from "Maynard Delusional Syndrome" and has ordered that the troopers at the fort turn in their Trap Door Springfields for 2nd Model Maynards in the forts armory!
Then Dunbar becomes aware that some of the officers are planning a "Maynard Intervention" for General Custer to get him to rescind the Maynard order. Worried about the fate of his Sioux family IF the 7th Cavalry is armed with anything else besides Maynards, Dunbar foils the intervention but is thrown into the Guard House on orders from General Custer, who was mistaken about Dunbar's role in the Intervention (that never took place.)
So confident is General Custer of the Maynards he has issued to his command, he orders that all of the new, horse drawn, M2 HB Belt Fed Browning .50 Cal Machine Guns mounted on "Quad 50" carriages be left at Fort Abraham Lincoln rather than be carried along with the 7th Cavalry!
The final scene of the movie is that of the brave officers and men of the 7th Cavalry ride out of Fort Abraham Lincoln, armed with their Maynard Carbines to their historic battle at The Little Big Horn to the tune of "Garry Owen."
Let me tell you, the movie is a real "Tear Jerker."
The setting is the early Spring of 1876 and