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From John Sayles, one of the essential, iconoclastic voices of American independent cinema, comes SILVER CITY, a film that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned neo-noir detective story.
Set against the backdrop of a mythic “New West,” SILVER CITY follows grammatically-challenged, “user-friendly” candidate Dickie Pilager (Chris Cooper), scapegrace scion of Colorado’s venerable Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), during his gubernatorial campaign.
When Pilager finds that he’s reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O’Brien (Danny Huston) to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family’s enemies. In the tradition of the great films noir, Danny’s investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.
With pitch-perfect dialogue, unerring sense-of-place, and a slashing satiric strain, SILVER CITY offers John Sayles’s timely and toxic look at the state of the union on the eve of the 2004 Presidential election.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2004-09-17 |
| Rating (USA): | R |
| Release Date (UK): | 2005-07-22 |
| Rating (UK) : | 12A |
| Director: | John Sayles |
| Producer: | Maggie Renzi |
| Studio: | Newmarket Films |
| Writer/s: | John Sayles |
Cast
| Maria Bello | Nora Allardyce |
| Thora Birch | Karen Cross |
| David Clennon | Mort Seymour |
| Chris Cooper | Dickie Pilager |
| Alma Delfina | Lupe Montoya |
| Richard Dreyfuss | Chuck Raven |
| Miguel Ferrer | Cliff Castleton |
| James Gammon | Sheriff Joe Skaggs |
| Daryl Hannah | Maddy Pilager |
| Danny Huston | Danny O'Brien |
| Kris Kristofferson | Wes Benteen |
| Sal Lopez | Tony Guerra |
| Michael Murphy | Senator Judson Pilager |
| Mary Kay Place | Grace Seymour |
| Tim Roth | Mitch Paine |
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