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Director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) clearly set out to make an old-fashioned Western, but he couldn't help bringing a hip, self-conscious attitude to the proceedings. Silverado thus finds its own funky tone--sometimes rousing, sometimes winking. Four cowpokes converge on a little Western burg called Silverado; they're played by Kevin Kline (a distinctly modern kind of Western hero), Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and the rowdy young Kevin Costner. Kasdan peppers the somewhat generic action with smart dialogue and a parade of quirky supporting players, including John Cleese as a sheriff who seems to have stepped straight from a Monty Python sketch into an Old West saloon. Bruce Broughton supplies the music, a real throwback to the glory days of thundering Western themes. One thing's for sure: Silverado's a lot more fun than the later Kasdan-Costner Western, Wyatt Earp. --Robert Horton
Special Features
This Collector's Edition has a 10-minute documentary on the making of the film on VHS and a 45-minute documentary on the DVD. The documentary, however, seems like an afterthought after Columbia's stellar work on the Big Chill Collector's Edition. The interviews with writer-director Lawrence Kasdan and star Kevin Kline were done at the same time, but there's not the same retrospective feel. Still, some background footage on the building of the Silverado town set and the weapons expert who trained the actors is good stuff for any fan of the film. The widescreen VHS tape, available for the first time, is recommended since many shots (the opening, Costner's final shootout) simply don't play well on the pan-and-scan version. --Doug Thomas
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By Bev Milton
Format:Blu-ray
A good ol' fashioned western... lots of gun slingin, a 'smelly' saloon, the good guys are really good and the bad are really bad, lots of comedy and an amazing line-up of stars... when they were all pretty young. VERY good!
By AnnieG
Format:DVD
I've loved this movie since it came out. What a great way to spend a couple of hours. Make some popcorn and enjoy. Kevin Kline rocks.
Format:DVD
This is a great western movie, which is amazing considering everyone thought the western was dead long before. This movie has a great story and great performances notwithstanding Kevin Kline's rather wooden performance in the lead. Scott Glenn looks like he was born to play this part and seeing Kevin Costner in this role makes you remember that he really was an incredible actor at one time. Jeff Goldblum seems to have been contracturally obligated to appear in every Kasdan film and he seems out of place, but his part is fairly minor. John Cleese offers a humerous portrayal as a fish-out-of-water englishman. Overall this is a great old fashion western and well worth the investment.
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good for any person
I'm not a fan of westerns but "Silverado" was a good one. It had a lot of action and it never became boring. Read more
Published on July 16 2004 by Martyca Herrera
2.0 out of 5 stars
What I Think About This Movie
I think tnis movie sucks. The reason I think it sucks is because it boring, it did not catch my attention at all, and there were really no exiting parts in the movie that I like. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by VICTOR ESCALERA
5.0 out of 5 stars
l used hate westens movies
l used to hate western movie but i change my mind l say silveroda that movie change a hole lot of my opinion about weatern movie.That movie had a lot what i find in a movie . Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by markgomez
3.0 out of 5 stars
The intersting riding
I never had really seen this movie but i thought it was pretty cool for a western movie.But sometimes the movie was pretty boring. This movie was not my kind of movie . Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by roderick ramirez
2.0 out of 5 stars
THE BORING WESTERN MOVIE
I thought that the movie was kind of boring and not enught acton . for the movies i like to wacth. i would not watch that movie again if i dont have to the movie silvebapo. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by MICHAEL MAGDALENO
2.0 out of 5 stars
the boring movie
From my opinion the movie is boring and they need more blood and violence. They need more matrix and the sound doesnt help the movie at all. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by ab fofana
5.0 out of 5 stars
I used to hate westerns
I used to hate western movies. I thought that they were a wast of time. I first watched the movie "SILVERADO" in my english I thought that that i was going to hate it... Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by kevin garcia
3.0 out of 5 stars
I Like The Western Movie
I've really havn't seen a typical western movie."Silverado"has now been the first. I do reccomend this movie because this movie has everything in a western movie. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by Martha Reyes
2.0 out of 5 stars
I dont like Westerns
Well I dont like Westerns but this movie is about of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a sheriff and his bad posse. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by andrea estrada
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Just Any Old Fashion Western
this old fashion western movie "Silverado" was extremly exciting with lot's of action. If you a kind of person like me who likes movies with action and adventure, this... Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by jazmin perez
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