Silverado

Silverado

Director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) clearly set out to make an old-fashioned Western, but he couldn't help bringing a hip, self-conscious attitude to the proceedings. Silverado thus finds its own funky tone--sometimes rousing, sometimes winking. Four cowpokes converge on a little Western burg called Silverado; they're played by Kevin Kline (a distinctly modern kind of Western hero), Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and the rowdy young Kevin Costner. Kasdan peppers the somewhat generic action with smart dialogue and a parade of quirky supporting players, including John Cleese as a sheriff who seems to have stepped straight from a Monty Python sketch into an Old West saloon. Bruce Broughton supplies the music, a real throwback to the glory days of thundering Western themes. One thing's for sure: Silverado's a lot more fun than the later Kasdan-Costner Western, Wyatt Earp. --Robert Horton

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Lawrence Kasdan
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
1985
133
$33,200,000
7,289 Views

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  • Jeremy Clayton
    Jeremy Clayton
    There was definitely some quotable writing in that movie. That's GOOD writing.
    LikeReply5 years ago

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