Silver City (2004 film)
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| Directed by | John Sayles |
| Produced by | Maggie Renzi |
| Screenplay by | John Sayles |
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Danny Huston Chris Cooper Richard Dreyfuss Michael Murphy |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Edited by | John Sayles |
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Anarchist's Convention Films
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| Distributed by | Newmarket Films |
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,384,395 (worldwide) |
Silver City is a 2004 political satire and drama film. It was written and directed by John Sayles.
Chris Cooper portrays an inept Republican gubernatorial candidate, a character that was noted for similarities to U.S. President George W. Bush. The film's ensemble cast includes Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Huston, Michael Murphy, Maria Bello, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Kay Place, Thora Birch, Tim Roth, Billy Zane and Daryl Hannah.
The film is a "murder mystery [linked] to a political satire"; according to Sayles, it is "about electoral politics, but also about the press."
Richard "Dicky" Pilager, the dim-witted scion of a powerful political dynasty, is running for Governor of Colorado. One day, while filming a campaign ad that shows him fishing at Arapahoe Lake, Pilager hooks a corpse on location. Chuck Raven, Pilager's campaign manager, hires Danny O'Brien, a former journalist who works as a private investigator, to examine the case. Raven urges O'Brien to find potential links between the body and Pilager's political enemies.
O'Brien's job is essentially to intimidate Pilager's opponents, and he has numerous revealing conversations with various people. He learns that business mogul Wes Benteen is using Pilager to promote his own agenda. The interviews also reveal further corruption: politicians, land developers, and mining companies are conspiring to ignore certain environmental issues. O'Brien also learns about illegal migrant workers, as well as a potentially damaging love affair.
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