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Silver City (2004)

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Release Date: September 17, 2004 (Limited)
On DVD: January 11, 2005
Genre: Crime, Drama
Running Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language.
Director: John Sayles
Writer: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Billy Zane, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah

Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," "Silver City" follows grammatically-challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager (Cooper), scapegrace scion of Colorado's venerable Senator Jud Pilager (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 (Dreyfuss), hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien (Huston) to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Read more

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Grade: B- Director John Sayles reunites with his "Matewan" star Chris Cooper in a murder mystery that also serves as a satire on politics and the Bush administration. Unfortunately, all but the most obvious jabs flew right over my head. Read the full movie review

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