Silver City
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 11, 2005
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Danny Huston, Maria Bello, Richard Dreyfuss & Chris Cooper | |
Performer: | Billy Zane, Daryl Hannah, Kris Kristofferson, Miguel Ferrer, Tim Roth, Alma Delfina, Michael Murphy, Mary Kay Place, David Clennon, Ralph Waite, Sal Lopez, James Gammon & Thora Birch | |
Directed by | John Sayles | |
Screenwriting by | John Sayles | |
Composition by | Mason Daring | |
Produced by | Maggie Renzi | |
Director of Photography: | Haskell Wexler |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C+ --
Too close to reality to be effective as satire.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3/5 --
Sayles wraps a gripping murder mystery around a rather unsubtle political satire.
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Shadows on the Wall
Cooper has a ball with the role...
Rolling Stone
Rating: D --
A simple talking, funny-accented greying conservative politician is shown to be a moron.
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Film Scouts
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Though there's nothing wrong with moral outrage, it doesn't always aid the telling of a complex story. More subtlety might have worked better.
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USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
Cooper does a terrific job, mimicking Bush's speech and mannerisms as well as his tendency to ramble and go off script with hilarious consequences.
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ViewLondon
Rating: B --
Sayles has assembled a large, eclectic, talented cast.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Product Description:
During a gubernatorial race in small-town Colorado, a mystery is uncovered involving a dead body found in a local lake. A private detective, Danny (Danny Huston), is hired by the governor-to-be's campaign manager (Richard Dreyfuss), who is worried that the unexpected event may be used as a scandal-maker by the opposition. But when Danny begins to investigate, he learns that business mogul Wes Benteen (Kris Kristofferson), is using the candidate, Dickie Pilager (Chris Cooper), to promote his moneymaking agenda. Director-writer-editor John Sayles weaves together multiple storylines involving environmental issues, political and corporate corruption, activism, illegal aliens, labor laws, and also a sweet love affair, simplifying it all into a cohesive and deeply enjoyable drama. He gets powerful performances from each cast member, making the characters shine in all of their nuanced intricacies. This strong film reflects on the presidency of George W. Bush in that candidate Pilager is a good-hearted Republican who lacks communications skills and a backbone, allowing regulation to lapse, power to be abused, and a scourge of long-term problems to be ignored. Meanwhile, SILVER CITY is a gripping whodunit, set in the still-dusty New West where old silver mines become real estate developments, and corporate tycoons attempt to privatize protected land for their own bounty. The immediate, effective supporting cast includes Daryl Hannah, Thora Birch, Tim Roth, Maria Bello, Sal Lopez, Miguel Ferrer, and Billy Zane.