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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Profanity Movie Release: 2004 DVD Release: 01/11/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 9 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 22 Genres: Drama, Mystery, Political Thriller, Political Satire

Celebrated writer and director John Sayles turns his eye to politics in America in this drama. The son of respected Colorado politician Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is a charming but half-bright man with a bad habit of mangling the English language and a decided lack of political correctness. Dicky is also in the midst of a hard-fought campaign to become governor of Colorado. Dicky's campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), is a ruthless sort who will leave no stone unturned to see that his candidate wins, so when Dicky snags a dead body while fishing during the shooting of a campaign commercial, Raven is determined to find out if his man has been set up. Raven hires Danny O'Brien (Danny Huston), a former journalist turned private investigator, to find out who the dead man is and if he might be connected to Pilager's enemies. But the deeper O'Brien digs into the matter, the more he finds out about the candidate and his family -- and very little of it is flattering. John Sayles assembled a typically impressive cast for Silver City, with the supporting cast highlighted by Tim Roth, Kris Kristofferson, Maria Bello, Thora Birch, Daryl Hannah, Billy Zane, and Mary Kay Place. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Danny Huston - Danny O'Brien
Maria Bello - Nora Allardyce
Billy Zane - Chandler Tyson
Chris Cooper - Richard "Dickie" Pilager
Richard Dreyfuss - Chuck Raven
Daryl Hannah - Maddy Pilager
Kris Kristofferson - Wes Benteen
Mary Kay Place - Grace Seymour
Miguel Ferrer - Cliff Castleton
Thora Birch - Karen Cross

John Sayles' political drama Silver City debuts on DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.78:1 and does a fine job of presenting Haskell Wexler's typically brilliant cinematography. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Sayles and his longtime producer Maggie Renzi. They offer many stories about the difficulty they had shooting the film very quickly on a small budget. Their comments were recorded on Election Day in 2004, and their not being aware of the results of the election adds a certain poignancy to their politically and socially topical comments. A making-of documentary and trailers round out the extras on this package. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. This film failed to get much attention at the box office, but fans of Sayles' writerly work should appreciate this disc. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide