Silverado (film)

Silverado
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lawrence Kasdan
Produced by	Lawrence Kasdan
Written by	Lawrence Kasdan Mark Kasdan
Starring	Kevin Kline Scott Glenn Rosanna Arquette John Cleese Kevin Costner Brian Dennehy Danny Glover Jeff Goldblum Linda Hunt
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Cinematography	John Bailey
Edited by	Carol Littleton
Production company	Delphi III Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 12, 1985 (1985-07-12)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23 million
Box office	$32,192,570

Silverado is a 1985 American western film produced and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, written by Kasdan and his brother Mark. It stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover and Kevin Costner. The supporting cast features Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt.

The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Delphi III Productions, and distributed to theatres by Columbia, and by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for home media. The original soundtrack, with a score composed by Bruce Broughton, was released by Geffen Records. On November 12, 2005, an expanded two-disc version of the score was released by the Intrada Records label.

Silverado premiered in the United States on July 12, 1985. It grossed $32,192,570 at the box office, recouping its $23 million production budget. Through an 11-week run, the film was shown at 1,190 theaters at its widest release. Generally met with positive critical reviews, it was nominated for Best Sound and Best Original Score at the Academy Awards.

Emmett (Scott Glenn) is ambushed by three men while he sleeps in an isolated shack. In a brief gunfight, he kills all of the assailants. As he sets out for the town of Silverado, Emmett finds a man, Paden (Kevin Kline), lying in the desert, having been robbed and left to die.

Emmett and Paden stop in the town of Turley, where it turns out that Emmett's brother, Jake (Kevin Costner), is locked up and awaiting hanging for killing a man in self-defense. Paden is thrown in the same cell after he encounters and kills one of the men who robbed him. Emmett aids them in a breakout with the help of Mal (Danny Glover), a cowboy run out of town by sheriff John Langston (John Cleese).