Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/17/2004(USA)
Release Date: 01/11/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Flags: Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Celebrated writer and director
John Sayles turns his eye to politics in America in this
drama. The son of respected Colorado politician
Senator Jud Pilager (
Michael Murphy),
Dicky Pilager (
Chris Cooper) is a charming but half-bright man with a bad habit of mangling the English language and a decided lack of political correctness.
Dicky is also in the midst of a hard-fought campaign to become governor of Colorado.
Dicky's campaign manager,
Chuck Raven (
Richard Dreyfuss), is a ruthless sort who will leave no stone unturned to see that his candidate wins, so when
Dicky snags a dead body while fishing during the shooting of a campaign commercial,
Raven is determined to find out if his man has been set up.
Raven hires
Danny O'Brien (
Danny Huston), a former journalist turned private investigator, to find out who the dead man is and if he might be connected to
Pilager's enemies. But the deeper
O'Brien digs into the matter, the more he finds out about the candidate and his family -- and very little of it is flattering.
John Sayles assembled a typically impressive cast for
Silver City, with the supporting cast highlighted by
Tim Roth,
Kris Kristofferson,
Maria Bello,
Thora Birch,
Daryl Hannah,
Billy Zane, and
Mary Kay Place.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
