"By 1990, westerns were few and far between. When Kevin Costner starred, directed and produced Dances With Wolves in 1990 and then Clint Eastwood starred, directed and produced Unforgiven in 1992, a western resurgence would occur. Both were hits at the box office and earned multiple Academy Awards.
Now Hollywood would get to work on making more westerns because when Hollywood sees success and money, they want more of what made it. Fortunately, the westerns to be made had skillful directors, strong actors and solid screenplays. The western was no longer thought of as a dying genre. It was born again."
