1985 Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.
Kevin Kline Scott Glenn Danny Glover Kevin Costner Brian Dennehy Rosanna Arquette John Cleese Linda Hunt Jeff Goldblum Brad Leland Marvin J. McIntyre Sheb Wooley Jonathan Kasdan Todd Allen Kenny Call Bill Thurman Meg Kasdan Dick Durock Gene Hartline Autry Ward Jake Kasdan Rusty Meyers Zeke Davidson Lois Geary James Gammon Troy Ward Roy McAdams Joe Seneca Ray Baker Show All…
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Silverado bolsters a star-studded cast with gorgeous western cinematography, but why do so many of these movies just boil down to a couple of gunslingers riding in to clean up a corrupt town.
"Some people think because they're stronger, or meaner, that they can push you around. I've seen a lot of that. But it's only true if you let it be. The world is what you make of it ... I like your attitude. But it can be risky ... I'm ready for that. What about you? ... I don't want you to get hurt ... He can't hurt me... if he's dead."
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"Silverado" is a gorgeous looking Western. The costume and set design along with the locations give the film an authentic vibe, Lawrence Kasdan's Western very much looks the part. However, its script and fairly benign characters that makes this film a tedious chore to sit through.
"Silverado" is a typical Western set up. Four strangers (two being brothers) band together to take down a corrupt sheriff and his posse of thugs that are harassing the townspeople of Silverado. It's very familiar ground and it does nothing inventive, and the story plays out pretty how you'd imagine from the start.
With a stellar cast featuring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover (who's the standout by far) I hoped that…
I love Westerns, and I have a soft spot for this one. The cast is so great together, and it seems as everyone absolutely loves what they're doing. For me, the joy overshadows the film's weaknesses, of which there are several. But Kasdan set out to make a film with the feel of the classic Westerns, and succeeded at that. Alongside The Long Riders arguably the most enjoyable Western of the 80's.
"This oughta do," - Mal.
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Silverado is the story of four very different, but very skilled men, who cross paths on the way to the town of Silverado. Once they arrive, they each find their own motivations to fix the city they once loved, and it may have to get violent along the way. I really love this movie and would suggest it to any fans of the genre.
What I enjoy about Silverado is that it is an ultra-traditional western in story but possesses a…
“After a while I won’t be so pretty. But this land will be.”
Sturdy pop filmmaking, ultimate “they just don’t make em like they used to” fare. The pacing frequently bows under its own weight, but it helps that Kasdan knows what he’s doing behind a camera and the entire cast knows what they’re doing in front of it; it’s nice to look at and exhilarating to listen to (the aural facet of the West is constructed here with iconic grandeur), and at the end of the day Jeff Goldblum plays a cowboy with a sleeve pistol. What’s not to love?
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With a who's who of recognizable faces, this is an imminently watchable western if only as a pinnacle specimen of where the genre was in the 80s, which was a woeful state of disarray. Eastwood had Pale Rider the same year, but what else did the 80s have to offer? Lone Riders is underrated. What else? Young Guns? No thank you. Silverado is clearly going for an old-fashioned romanticizing of the genre but it still falls into some unflattering 80s trappings. It's way too long, squeezing in so many gun fights that I became numb to them. There's a bombastic overuse of musical score that's reminiscent of 80s Spielberg and 80s Zemeckis that adds a heavy burden of cheese to…
A group of men randomly meet as they make their way to the town of Silverado. The group starts with Scott Glenn (who we meet during a shootout as a group of men try to ambush him in a small shack), and then adds Kevin Kline, who Glenn encounters in the desert in his underwear after Kline has had all of his belongings stolen by a group of bastards. Then they meet Danny Glover, who befriends them after they balk at the casual racism of a bartender. Lastly, they add Kevin Costner to the group. Costner, perhaps more lively and energetic than I've ever seen him, plays Glenn's younger brother who is set to be hung when we meet him.…
I’m more into gritty and violent westerns so going into this one I felt as if I was watching more of a family film.
It’s still gritty and violent but it definitely feels toned down.
The run time feels pretty tedious a little after the half way mark which is its main downside.
I like the characters but the plot is really hit or miss. There’s plenty going on but I feel the movie lacks a smooth way to wrap everything up, instead, choosing a bigger and longer path to go down, which for me made it a little boring.
Overall, not the best western out there but if you want a 2 hour family oriented 80’s western, this would definitely be it.
La celebración del wéstern en su hora más oscura. Un recorrido con hálito aventurero por la iconografía y las constantes del género que casi no dejó nada sin recrear: los indios y el ferrocarril se quedaron fuera en última instancia, pero es imposible echar de menos ningún otro elemento (o a ningún actor de la época, ciertamente).
Silverado cabalga alegre guiada por un score exultante y por cuatro westerners de una pieza haciendo converger sus respectivos arcos –puro paradigma del Oeste todos ellos– hasta ese lugar-compendio en el que se desarrolla un tercer acto que es una fiesta.
No hallarás profundidad psicológica en los personajes del film de Kasdan, porque su función es otra: la de canalizar toda una mitología. Tan importante…
Don’t mind me. I just needed to watch something to remind myself why I used to value the name Lawrence Kasdan before exposing myself to the nigh unbearable The Big Chill.
Now I remember.
But this also provides a chance to heap some much-deserved praise on the great Danny Glover.
Everybody in this talented ensemble delivers on what’s expected of them. Both Scott Glenn and Kevin Costner seem like they could’ve fallen right off the pages of a Louis L’Amour novel. Even Kevin Kline managed to remove the stick that usually seems permanently lodged up his backside. But on this viewing, I was really taken with everything Glover was doing.
He just has this innate ability to fit right into…
