Silverado

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Silverado

Silverado DVD Cover
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by Lawrence Kasdan
Written by Lawrence Kasdan
Mark Kasdan
Starring Kevin Kline
Scott Glenn
Kevin Costner
Danny Glover
Brian Dennehy
Music by Bruce Broughton
Cinematography John Bailey
Editing by Carol Littleton
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) July 10, 1985
Running time 127 minutes
Language English
Budget 26 million USD
IMDb profile

Silverado is an American Western feature film, first released on July 10, 1985. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan and written by Lawrence and Mark Kasdan. The movie features an ensemble cast including Kevin Kline as Paden, Scott Glenn as Emmett, Danny Glover as Malachi "Mal" Johnson, Kevin Costner as Jake, and Brian Dennehy as Cobb.

Tagline: Get ready for the ride of your life.

Contents

Four "lawful outlaws"—Paden (Kline), Emmett (Glenn), Jake (Costner) and Mal (Glover)—meet and travel to Silverado, where they thwart a corrupt rancher and the ruthless sheriff who is on the rancher's payroll.

Actor Role
Rosanna Arquette Hannah
Ray Baker Ethan McKendrick
John Cleese Sheriff John T. Langston
Kevin Costner Jake
Brian Dennehy Sheriff Cobb
Jeff Fahey Deputy Tyree
James Gammon Dawson
Scott Glenn Emmet
Danny Glover Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
Jeff Goldblum 'Slick' Calvin Stanhope
Earl Hindman J.T. Hollis
Linda Hunt Stella
Brion James Hobart
Richard Jenkins Kelly
Kevin Kline Paden
Marvin J. McIntyre Clerk at Cavalry Post
Joe Seneca Ezra Johnson
Pepe Serna Scruffy, McKendrick Hand
Lynn Whitfield Rae Johnson
Amanda Wyss Phoebe

Silverado's score by Bruce Broughton was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score in 1985. It lost to Out of Africa.

1986 Academy Awards (Oscars)

1986 Casting Society of America (Artios)

  • Nominated - Best Casting for Feature Film: Drama — Wallis Nicita

  • Lawrence Kasdan offered the Jake role to Kevin Costner in part to make up for having cut Costner's scenes in The Big Chill.
  • Earl Hindman, who plays J.T. (the brother-in-law of Emmett and Jake), plays Wilson on the television series Home Improvement, although he is hardly recognizable since a running gag of the series is to always obscure his face.
  • The final line of Silverado, "We'll be back!", shouted by Jake as he and Emmett ride into the sunset, has had countless fans wishing that a follow-up movie had been made (a 1999 nationwide video poll chose Silverado as the film "Most Deserving of a Sequel"), but time has eliminated that possibility.
  • John Cleese's first line: "What's all this then?" is a direct reference to the words often uttered by law enforcement officers who entered the scene of a crime in Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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