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Actors: Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Fahey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Silverado |
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This Western is about a corrupt town and the bad guy who is killing and extorting the locals. Paden (Kline) is a partner in a saloon along with Stella (Hunt), Emmett (Glenn) is a rough and rugged drifter, Jake (Costner) is the wild young buck brother of Paden, and Mal Johnson (Glover) is the brother of a saloon girl Rae whose father is shot in cold blood by Cobb's men. All four men meet up in Silverado where Cobb's (Dennehy) is a strong man for the local landowner who runs the town. John T. Langstone (Cleese) is the puppet sheriff and “Slick” Stanhope (Goldblum) is a gambler and one of Cobb's henchmen. The four comrades team up to rid the town of Cobb and his cohorts who have made life in Silverado miserable. Rae is shot and lays dying when she kills Slick. A house is set ablaze to cover murders that have been committed and that sets in motion a series of showdowns between the good guys and the bad ones. Emmett and Jake settle things with several of the baddies in town. Finally, Paden faces off with “new sheriff” Cobb in a gunfight to settle the issue once and for all.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Silverado |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- fighting bad business/family
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- building
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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