On this day in movie history - Dances with Wolves (movie & novel):

Dances with Wolves

directed by Kevin Costner,

written by Michael Blake,

based on the novel by Michael Blake,

was released in the United States on November 21, 1990.
Music by John Barry.

Cast:

Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Robert Pastorelli, Charles Rocket, Maury Chaykin, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Michael Spears, Jason R. Lone Hill, Tony Pierce, Doris Leader Charge, Tom Everett, Larry Joshua, Kirk Baltz, Wayne Grace, Donald Hotton, Annie Costner, Conor Duffy, Elisa Daniel, Percy White Plume, John Tail, Steve Reevis, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Wes Studi, Buffalo Child, Clayton Big Eagle, Richard Leader Charge, Redwing Ted Nez, Marvin Holy, Raymond Newholy, David J. Fuller, Ryan White Bull, Otakuye Conroy, Maretta Big Crow, Steven Chambers, William H. Burton Jr., Bill W. Curry, Nick Thompson, Carter Hanner, Kent Hays, Robert Goldman, Frank P. Costanza, James A. Mitchell, R.L. Curtin, Justin (horse), Teddy (wolf), Buck (wolf), Michael Horton, J. Wesley Adams, Linda Allen, Bill Costner, David Rambow, William Rossman, Jim Wilson.

Recommended reading:

Dances with Wolves

By Michael Blake.

Paperback.

First published 1988.

Published by Ballantine Books.

ISBN 13: 9780449000755

ISBN 10: 0449000753

ASIN: 0449000753

Description:

Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous adventure that changed his life forever.

Relive the adventure and beauty of the incredible movie, DANCES WITH WOLVES. Set in 1863, the novel follows Lieutenant John Dunbar on a magical journey from the ravages of the Civil War to the far reaches of the imperiled American frontier, a frontier he naively wants to see "before it is gone". His posting to a desolate and deserted outpost is the springboard for contact with the lords of the southern plains... the Comanche. Though he does not speak their language, has no know-ledge of their customs, and is considered a trespasser, Lieutenant Dunbar finds himself intrigued by the exotic and alien culture of the buffalo-hunting people of the plains. A simple desire to know more about his wild neighbors ignites a great adventure of transformation that culminates with the emergence of a different kind of man... a man called Dances With Wolves.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1988)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Hide And Q.

Released November 21, 1987.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Written by Maurice Hurley / C.J. Holland, Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, John de Lancie, Elaine Nalee, William A. Wallace, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeff Dashnaw, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Daryl F. Mallett, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Faith Minton, David Perna, Chris Tedesco.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Child.

Released November 21, 1988.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Jaron Summers, Jon Povill, Maurice Hurley.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Seymour Cassel, Whoopi Goldberg, R.J. Williams, Colm Meaney, Dawn Arnemann, Zachary Benjamin, Dore Keller, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Lorine Mendell, Tricia Stewart-Shiu.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Fortunate Son.

Released November 21, 2001.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by James Duff, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Lawrence Monoson, Kieran Mulroney, Vaughn Armstrong, Danny Goldring, Charles Lucia, D. Elliot Woods, Daniel Henson, Elyssa D. Vito, Jef Ayres, Jane Bordeaux, Mickey Cassidy, Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Dawn Drake, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Mark Ginther, Jack Guzman, Peter Scott Harmyk, Joel Heyman, Aldric A. Horton, Carrick O'Quinn, Alise Phelan, Chris Torres, Mark Watson, Scott Workman.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):

Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Seed of Destruction.

Released November 21, 1976.

Directed by Kevin Connor.

Written by John Goldsmith.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Jeffery Kissoon, Martha Nairn, Jack Klaff, James Leith, Albin Pahernik, Glenda Allen, Jenny Cresswell, Quentin Pierre, Robert Reeves, Pam Rose.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: The Big Kill.
Released November 21, 1958.
Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Written by Sidney Marshall.
Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Helen Westcott, Frank Maxwell, Bek Nelson, David Renard, Thomas Wilde.

Born on this day – Marcia Resnick:

Marcia Resnick

Photographer

Writer

Artist

Actress

November 21, 1950 – June 18, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Landscape-Loftscape (1986); Punks, Poets, and Provocateurs: New York City Bad Boys, 1977-1982 (2015); Re-visions (1978); Tahitian eve (1975).

Movies and television:

Chess (2016); G Man (1978); Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories) (2023); Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos (2024); Looking for Johnny (2014); Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019); Marcia Resnick's Bad Boys (1985); Marcia Resnick's New York City: Photos from 1977 to 1982 (2016); Seduction of Patrick (1979); Story of a Junkie (1985); The Offenders (1980); The Trap Door (1980).

Born on this day – Harold Ramis:

Harold Ramis

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014

Born on this day – Al Matthews:

Al Matthews

Actor

Singer

November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018