 In an interview, author and screenwriter Michael Blake said that Stands with a Fist, the white captive woman who marries Dunbar, was actually based upon the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, the white girl captured by Comanches and mother of Quanah Parker.One year after the original theatrical release of "Dances with Wolves", a four-hour version of the film opened at select theaters in London.This longer cut was titled "Dances with Wolves