Silverado

1985 Western

Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth "deputies." The four disparate heroes--Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn and Danny Glover--prepare to do battle against Dennehy for personal reasons ranging from mercenary to altruistic. Sidelines characters include duplicitous, dandified gambler Jeff Goldblum, frontier widow Rosanna Arquette and gimlet-eyed saloon owner Linda Hunt. The film is stolen hands-down by Kevin Costner, playing an irresponsible young gunslinger who never speaks when hootin' and hollerin' will do. A classic, High Noon-style showdown caps this rousing retro western.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

Starring: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn,Kevin Costner,Danny Glover,Rosanna Arquette

 16 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • This movie is more sophisticated and complicated than the Westerns of my childhood, and it is certainly better looking and better acted.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • Silverado is sufficiently modern to make its landscapes bigger, its people smaller and its moral polarities less powerfully distinct than those of simpler, more starkly beautiful westerns gone by.

    Janet Maslin - The New York Times

    27 April 2013

  • Engrossing western which inspired a huge genre revivial.

    - Empire

    27 April 2013

  • Rather than relying on legendary heroes of Westerns past, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan with his brother Mark have used their special talent to create a slew of human scale characters against a dramatic backdrop borrowing from all the conventions of the genre.

    - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • Silverado looks great and moves fast. Mr. Kasdan has packed his action well against the fearsomely long, dusty stretches of Western plain.

    Julie Salamon - The Wall Street Journal

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Music, Original Score

    Academy Awards (1986)

     

  • Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama

    Casting Society of America (1986)

     

  • Lawrence Kasdan

    Venice Film Festival (1985)

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