 In addition to becoming the first Western film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1931's "Cimarron", "Dances with Wolves" won a number of additional awards, making it one of the most honored films of 1990.The film was released on home video in the United States in September 1991 and beat the rental record set by "Ghost" selling 649,000 units for rental.The Holy Road, a sequel novel by Michael Blake, the author of both the original "Dances with Wolves" novel and the movie screenplay, was published in 2001.