silverado ( film )
— featurette for silverado shows a single clip from the film while discussing kevin kline .
barry norman: film of the day silverado ★★★★ 6. 20 - 9. 00pm movie mix
— featurette for silverado takes a behind the scenes look at the film while comparing it to the western genre .
“silverado” is a film that i’ve never quite been able to peg. all i know is that i’ve always adored it .
— featurette for silverado shows a single clip from the film,' kiss a girl,' while discussing kevin kline .
silverado is a 1985 american western film written and directed by lawrence kasdan. the production was nominated for the oscars for best score and best sound. kasdan received an official commendation for the film at the venice film festival 1985 .
saturday, september 26, 6pm - 10pm @ silverado community center the santa ana mountains wild heritage project (samwhp) in partnership with colectivo tonantzin and
community voices
at dodge college of film & media arts present the 4th annual silverado film festival. an official community partner of the newport beach film festival .
silverado, the liberation of l. b. jones, a man called adam
silverado -
the world' s what you make of it ...
— featurette for silverado takes a look at the western' s ensemble cast. clip includes footage from the film and interviews with cast and crew .
silverado
carries us out into the overpowering grandeur of the american west ...
10. the resolution of the film teaches a lesson. how can you apply the lesson in the film to your own life ?
if you want to answer the questions ,
who starred in the movie silverado ?
and
what is the full cast list of silverado ?
then this page has got you covered .
this film was shot at four different silverado communities in southern california. to create one community like this is an achievement, but for silverado to instill and nurture this culture of love across their 30 + memory care communities throughout the united states, is truly something remarkable .
interview with scott glenn on silverado, who discusses the casting of kevin costner for this breakout role .
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this cast list of who was in silverado includes both lead and minor roles. (15 items )
a few who worked on the film stated in interviews that it was a miserable experience due to director john ford’s behavior. sergio leone named the man who shot liberty valance as his favorite ford film. the film was nominated for an academy award for best costume design. and the film was placed into the national film registry by the library of congress in 2007 .
— interview with scott glenn on silverado, who discusses the casting of kevin costner for this breakout role .
silverado cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. this list of silverado actors includes any silverado actresses and all other actors from the film. you can view additional information about each silverado actor on this list, such as when and where they were born. to find out more about a particular actor or actress, click on their name and you' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career. the cast members of silverado have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
8. depth of feeling is what makes a film worth watching. of the many feelings expressed in the film, with which are you most familiar ?
1. describe one thing that was universal that you learned from the film .
so you' re into film scores... ? so am i !
kasdan served on the american film institute board of trustees from 1990 to 1999 .
it has been an honor: emmett' s
see you around
right before the climactic charge into silverado .
love lives here explores how memory care provider silverado gives life to residents by embracing a core operating philosophy of love .
bon film. c' est un classique difficile à trouver en amérique du nord en blu - ray. un film sous - estimé par le public en général .
filled with enough stock characters and b - film plotlines for a dozen mediocre westerns .
digital sound formats included on film are compressed without loss of quality from the original .
star natalie dormer has hit back at critics of her film' in darkness.'
so you' re into film scores... ? so am i! - imdb
la jaquette ne paie pas de mine, mais silverado est un très grand film du genre western. suite à la surdose de ce genre à hollywood (comme c' est le cas avec les films de ...
for all its mosaic of nice details, silverado is still a faintly hollow creation - constructed, not torn from the heart .
but there’s a reason why raiders just keep popping up. that film’s unique style of action and adventure is sampled in silverado, and quite often. and it works really well, actually. i always preferred the film over pale rider — and as inferred above, so did most fans of the 1981 spielberg / lucas collaboration. too bad the studio didn’t (or couldn’t) use that to their advantage in the marketing of this film. raiders style adventure in the old west. that’s half of what the film is .
the film was nominated and won several awards, and in 1999 was placed in the national film registry by congress. and the afi ranked it # 6 in its list of the best westerns ever made. film critic roger ebert saw the film as a part of a warner bros. press junket in 1969 and immediately claimed it a “masterpiece. ” in 1993 warner bros. resubmitted the film to the ratings board, expecting to get an “r” and got an “nc - 17” instead .
sometimes i laugh at “silverado, ” and sometimes i just sit back and admire its fanboy, fetishistic take on the western. what i do know is, whenever i watch this film, i’m grinning as wide as the dusty plains .
most critics praised the film on its release and eastwood has referred to the outlaw josey wales as one of the high points of his western making career. thematically, eastwood has referred to it as an anti - war film. in 1996 the film was selected for the national film registry, and it was also listed as one of time magazine’s top 10 films of the year in 1976 .
establishing character moment: emmett is introduced sleeping inside a shack when four men ambush him. he guns them down and heads off for silverado .
sur la route de silverado, quatre étrangers devinrent des amis. sur la route de l' aventure quatre amis deviennent des héros ...
david lean watched this film several times while prepping lawrence of arabia, and steven spielberg has stated that the searchers is always one of the films he watches before he begins work on his next film .
the future of '` silverado '` and other westerns concerns kasdan very much, he says. '` i know a lot of people out here who have westerns they 'd like to make, and a lot of it depends on what happens to 'silverado. '` `
he can' t hurt me if he' s dead ,
actress linda hunt says as saloon owner stella in the glorious western silverado .
in lawrence kasdan' s western
silverado
( 1985), john cleese played sheriff langston, who was clearly not from around these parts .
the film was listed at # 4 on the afi’s list of the top ten western films of all time, and was admitted into the national film registry in 2004. and after the film’s release, the poster you see above won an award given out by the hollywood reporter, called the “key art” award .
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scott glenn, danny glover, john cleese and jeff goldblum are just a few of the stars in lawrence kasdan' s western silverado (1985) .
mitsiaki amd fellow ifmca member david serong will also take part in a session entitled “the international film music critics association meets the preis der deutschen schallplattenkritik, ” in which they will talk with film music journalist jörg gerle of filmdienst), and film music / concert composer and mediamusic e. v. board member gregor schwellenbach .
atli örvarsson is an icelandic composer for film and television. he scored the award - winning feature rams (hrútar), winner of the un certain regard prize at the cannes international film festival, which featured
a wonderfully minimalist score [ that ] lends a mournful solemnity to the [ film ]
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at the 58th academy awards, silverado was nominated for best music (original score), and best sound (donald o. mitchell, rick kline, kevin o' connell and david m. ronne). in 1986, the film received a nomination for the artios award in the category of best casting for a feature film (drama) by the casting society of america .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
john carter is a solid film. the cinematography is straightforward and... okay, well, solid .
2. describe one thing that you learned about the culture of the country in which the film was set .
the film won several awards and got a really good response from critics. the film cost $ 22 million and made close to $ 70. it broke even and made a profit — hey! nice change of pace .
was nominated for breakout composer of the year in 2009 by the international film music critics association (ifmca) .
well directed, plenty of action, decent performances from the main cast. all told a real enjoyable film .
a quick look inside: golden raspberry award for worst director - 1990s, mr. brooks - cast, mike vogel - career, the untouchables (film) - cast, montecito, california - notable people, reiko aylesworth - years 2006 - 2007, jennifer garner - acting, film director - characteristics of film directors, the company men, rumor has it… - critical response, tin cup - cast, jeanne tripplehorn - career, the company men - plot, message in a bottle (film), open range, mick jackson (director), django unchained - casting, the bodyguard (1992 film), cities (film) - life and career, gaby hoffmann - early acting career, timothy busfield - tv and film, play it to the bone, golden raspberry award for worst director - nominee facts, patricia clarkson - career, diana ross - film career: 1972–1999, vh1 - celebreality, inside the actor' s studio - c, nascar sprint all - star race xxv - pennzoil victory challenge, silverado (film) - cast, guillermo del toro - future projects, dances with wolves - sequel, bull durham - production, air america (film) - development, deadwood, south dakota - recreation, broadcast film critics association award for best supporting actor - 2000s, big valley jamboree, charles esten - film appearances, basic instinct - production, jason lewis (actor) - career, annabeth gish - career, kim coates - personal life, and much more ...
i have to say, though, that something about critiquing silverado in this way doesn' t seem right to me even while i' m doing it. silverado was such a little thing: is it right for me to criticize it for not being better or bigger, when it never tried to be? perhaps not .
event description an outdoor screening of independent films in the historic mining town of silverado, ca. silverado is one of a handful of rural canyon communities in orange county that is threatened by urban sprawl, pollution, catastrophic fires and floods, and misuse. despite being 15 minutes from suburbia, millions of orange county residents have never stepped foot in silverado or its neighboring canyons. this festival is meant to attract visitors under positive circumstances in an effort to inspire stewardship, appreciation, and preservation .
watching cowboys and aliens this weekend made me nostalgic for silverado, a neo - western that cowboys & aliens echoes in its very first scenes, and tonight i watched the first 30 or 40 minutes with my kids. we' ve all seen silverado many times. this film occupies a special place in my cinematic life, in that it is literally the first western i ever saw, back in 1985. later in the same year i saw my second western, pale rider starring clint eastwood, but it left me cold by comparison. i loved silverado from the start, and my love for this film has grown over the years, so that now i am just beside myself with joy at practically every scene .
the term cropped up last year, almost immediately after columbia pictures announced that kasdan - - the writer / director / co - producer of
big chill
fame - - planned to re - cast three alumni from that film (kevin kline, jeff goldblum and kevin costner, whose part as alex was cut from the film) as cowboys in his new project ,
silverado .
people have complained about the casting choices, but those people aren’t really getting the point. bob dylan as “alias” is a wonderful addition to the substance of the film. yes, in truth, he has no fucking reason for being in there whatsoever. however, this is a peckinpah film, not a history lesson. so dylan’s purpose is merely aesthetic. and on that basis alone, his character works wonderfully — in fact, the film has a wonderful cast. and, this is the director’s last truly great film. in my opinion, anyway. an artistic accomplishment as visually disgusting as it is beautiful. which was precisely what made a peckinpah film a peckinpah film .
12. the film' s denouement establishes a sense of stability. what happens in this section of the story ?
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as for the film itself, silverado earned kasdan a special mention at that year' s venice film festival. it also showcased another theme of his career, repeated pairings with particular stars, in this case with kevin costner. the film was their second film (following the big chill) together, and they' d join up again for wyatt earp (1994) and, of course, the aforementioned the bodyguard. in addition to costner, other frequent collaborators have included william hurt (who rejoined both kasdan and kathleen turner on the accidental tourist), and kevin kline, who appears in six of kasdan' s films .
silverado is the work of lawrence kasdan, the man who wrote raiders of the lost ark, and it has some of the same reckless brilliance about it .
costner was vindicated when this film was released like no other put - upon director in history. it made a literal fortune, in comparison with it’s total budget. and it won numerous academy awards, including best director, and a golden globe for best motion picture — drama. in 2007 the film was placed in the national film registry. dances with wolves quickly became yet another film credited with revitalizing the western genre, and thus, is termed a revisionist western .
that said, the critical response to the film was underwhelming, to say the best, and even i, who love the series of books that it was based on, came away from the film... well, underwhelmed .
silverado recognizes the value of the human spirit and demonstrates that memory impairment does not mean the end of a purposeful, rich life. by reducing medications and focusing on a more holistic approach to care, residents can thrive, while maintaining their sense of self and dignity. life can change, but life doesn’t stop when you move into silverado .
the inserts of both albums include information about the score and film, though the 2005 set features a more extensive analysis .
the film was nominated and won a handful of academy awards, it also won a handful of british awards, and the writer’s guild of america awarded william goldman their best original screenplay of the year award. in 2003 the film was placed into the national film registry, and it sits at # 7 on the afi’s list of the top 10 best westerns ever made .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
when kasdan and his brother mark turned in
silverado
script, with a projected budget of $ 25 million, to columbia pictures, the studio' s reaction was predictable .
les quatre meilleurs acteurs de ce film sont excellents. je l' ai regardé hier soir et je le regarderais encore souvent .
i am surprised that you aren' t more appreciative of kasdan' s artful compositions and the film' s sharp editing .
3. identify one instance of each of the following types of transitions from one shot to another that were used by the editors of this film and, for each, describe how the transition affected the presentation of the film: cut, fade, dissolve .
the film has over time become a mainstay with western fans, due to it’s action sequences, it’s use of robert mitchum’s voice at the open and the close of the film, and several iconic moments in the film surrounding actor val kilmer’s portrayal of john henry “doc” holliday. additionally, the film is very clearly inspired by a number of films that came before it. along with the work of sergio leone, others include: gunfight at the ok corral, hour of the gun, and even the magnificent seven .
the film was nominated for academy awards in best original score and best sound effects editing. by the way, the film features a very interesting cameo by monty python comedian john cleese, that many still believe is one of the best performances of his career .
western starring kevin kline and danny glover. in the 1880s, various pioneers try to establish a future in the american west as four strangers shoot it out in the crooked town of silverado .
among mainstream critics in the u. s. , the film received mostly positive reviews. rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 76% based on reviews from 29 critics, with an average score of 6. 8 out of 10. at metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics' reviews, the film received a score of 64% based on 14 reviews .
the film, however, left me wanting much, much more. it was good, but not great; fun, but not enthralling–and i believe that a better film, made with a a more imaginative vision, would have brought in more box office bucks .
questions 1 - 3 may be expanded to more than one thing or aspect depending upon the film and the abilities of the class .
in 1880, four men travel together to the city of silverado. they come across many dangers before they finally engage the
bad guys
and bring peace and equality back to the city .
it' s true that raiders takes the furnishings of its world to heights never previously achieved, while silverado plays with the furnishings of a world in which great heights had already been achieved. yet on one level raiders' achievement is precisely to strip story and characterizations to the bare minimum necessary connective tissue between one set piece hard followed by another; and silverado does something not unlike this .
silverado 1985 spoilers as far as westerns go there' re two big names clint eastwood and john wayne. i would like to submit another name for the famous western actors kevin costner. kevin costner has been in wyatt earp, dances with wolves, open range, etc. my favorite western to feature kevin costner is silverado. as a whole i feel silverado is under appreciate. the story is unique featuring a group of heroes who are less then honorable. we first me emmitt (scott glenn) in a lonely dusty cabin in the middle of nowhere. the silence is broken by the sounds of gunfire and a battle rages. next we meet paden (kevin kline) a man left stranded in the desert by his friends. paden and emmitt head out to find emmitt' s younger brother jake (kevin costner). jakes being held in prison for murder. the trio ends up staging a jailbreak and head off toward silverado. along the journey, they mal (danny glover) a man headed home to help his paw. the group of four men end up taking up a common cause and ending the reign of tyranny in silverado. as far as westerns go silverado has a lot of heart and kevin costner' s character jake made a large impact on me growing u. jakes the ultimate wild card and the reason i give silverado an 8 / 10
the american film institute named this one the greatest american western of all time in 2008. i can’t argue with that. it’s also # 12 on the afi’s list of the 100 greatest movies of all time, and it was voted into the national film registry in 1989 .
the film won numerous academy awards but in a major upset, lost best picture to the greatest show on earth. high noon was selected for the national film registry in 1989, and the afi ranked it # 2 in their list of the ten greatest westerns ever made .
mission a film festival dedicated to independent filmmakers inspired by the human & natural communities of the santa ana mountains in southern california and beyond .
if only the film were. propulsive, exciting, expansive, evocative of wide open prairies, cowboys on horses and all the rest, it' s a great piece. it receives its fullest presentation in the opening title but is heard in many variations over the course of the album, for instance in
on to silverado
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bruce broughton ‘s rousing music for silverado ranks as one of the finest western scores ever written. though lawrence kasdan’s film encompasses almost every element in the traditional hollywood genre, this tale of four unlikely friends (kevin kline, scott glenn, kevin costner, danny glover) who right the injustices in the small prairie town of silverado is not your typical western. kasdan said he was making a “western for people had never seen a western before. ” if only all westerns were filled with this much humor, beautiful cinematography, and fine performances .
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but even with kasdan riding herd on his film 's production costs, there would be costly, unavoidable delays on location near santa fe .
if you haven’t seen it, and it sounds a bit familiar, that’s because the story was regenerated in 1981 by writer / director peter hyams for his film, outland. high noon is also that film john mcclane and hans gruber discuss via walkie talkies in the movie die hard .
i don' t know whether audiences are really resistant to westerns - - that' s the inherent question' silverado' will test. it' s obviously what has scared hollywood all these years .
there was an erroneous belief that wayne actually had cancer when he made this film. he was known to have been ill before the film went into production, and many just made the leap of assumption that it was cancer. it was not. wayne had had cancer a decade before and had beat it. three years after this film came out, his cancer returned and he died soon after diagnosis. his death in 1979 ended a career that began in 1926, in silent film. he was one of the few actors in the silent era to have the chance to meet the legendary wyatt earp. spielberg had begged him to play one last role as general stillwell, in his film 1941. but wayne turned him down .
i' m not really all that enamored with silverado' s cinematography. i refrained on commenting on it because it was apparently very important to you, and i didn' t want to seem like too much of a wet blanket, or someone who delights in tearing apart other people' s treasures. but perhaps i need to see the film again .
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5. how did the editing of the film advance the story that the filmmakers were trying to tell? explain how the editors achieved this effect .
visually unappealing
would be too harsh. it' s not an ugly film. but it is, as far as i' m concerned, seated in that middle - of - the - road range. but again, perhaps i need to see it again. i' ve only seen silverado once, and that viewing wasn' t particularly recent .
peckinpah had finished his director’s cut by 1973, and just before being fired by the studio, screened it for critics. martin scorsese was present and called it peckinpah’s best film since the wild bunch. but this version of the film would not be seen by the public for many years. the head of the studio ordered the film cut from 124 minutes to 106 minutes. if you round off those numbers that’s almost 20 minutes of excised footage !
the basic plot: in 1880, four men travel together to the city of silverado. they come across many dangers before they finally engage the
bad guys
and bring peace and equality back to the city .
it' s been years since i' ve seen silverado, but i have fond memories of it. i just added it to my netflix streaming queue, so we' ll see if it still holds up .
the american west was made for cinerama and no film in that clunky photographic process was a bigger hit than how the west was won. the film follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western new york state to the pacific ocean, between 1839 and 1889. alfred newman ‘s rousing main title is one of the alltime great film music themes. newman mixes typical underscoring with period vocal selections (arranged with the help of trusted collaborator ken darby) for a patchwork of musical americana that is as awe - inspiring as some of the stunning visual set pieces throughout the film .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
regardless of eastwood’s feud with sergio leone, he dedicated this film to both leone, and don (dirty harry) siegel. the film won numerous academy awards, including best picture. note that unforgiven was only the third western to win the prestigious best picture oscar, behind cimarron and dances with wolves .
the conference is divided into three different thematic days dedicated to games, film, and television, with numerous workshops, panels and lectures by experienced composers .
silverado is a 1985 western film that' s something of a reconstruction of the genre. released in the theaters july of that year, it was directed by lawrence kasdan and starred many well - known (or soon to be well - known) actors, including kevin kline, danny glover, scott glenn, kevin costner, jeff goldblum, brian dennehy and john cleese .
four unlikely heroes attempt to reclaim a helpless town from a corrupt sheriff and his mercenaries in this classic star - studded western. (original title - silverado) © 1985 columbia pictures industries, inc. all rights reserved .
dances with wolves started out as a “spec script” written by author michael blake. in 1986, kevin (silverado) costner suggested to blake that he turn the material into a novel, thereby increasing it’s chances of getting it made as a film. the book was published in paperback in ’88, and costner immediately optioned the rights, with the intention of directing the film himself. somehow costner used clout in hollywood gathered from his successes as a bankable star, to get the movie into development. and he got a budget of $ 15 million to make it. but due to complications during filming, the weather, and a few accidents, the film went over budget and costner had to add $ 3 million out of his own pocket to cover the expenses. many in hollywood began terming the production, “kevin’s gate. ” a satirical play on the michael cimino film heaven’s gate; which cost a fortune, went way over schedule, and completely bombed at the box office. costner was in fact already being discussed in hollywood as a failure. the most difficult obstacles a director faces are as follows: being a first time director, working with children, working with animals, making a 3 - hour epic as a first film, making a film with subtitles, making a film on location, and making a film in a genre that is considered a risky investment — i. e. a western. and costner had it all to contend with .
que dire? ce film fait partie de mon top 5. je l' adore et ne m' en lasse jamais. le jeu de cartes en plus est un clin d' oeil mais pour mieux coller au film, j' aurais préféré une réplique de la carabine ou du chapeau. ; o )
silverado 5 - star overall vehicle score applies to 1500 series vehicles. government 5 - star safety ratings are part of the national highway traffic safety administration' s (nhtsa' s) new car assessment program (urltoken) .
ironically, while the film died in the u. s. , it was a hit in england, where audiences had seen the material already on tv .
john ottman holds dual distinctions as a leading film composer and an award winning film editor. ottman has often completed both monumental tasks on the same films. such remarkable double duties have included the usual suspects, x - men 2, superman returns, valkyrie, and jack the giant killer. he has ...
i am surprised that you aren' t more appreciative of kasdan' s artful compositions and the film' s sharp editing. those are important to me, but what i really enjoy about the film, besides its kitchen - sink expansiveness, is its snappy dialogue and the charisma and chemistry of the amazing cast, who make the film fun because they' re clearly having fun making it. tombstone is almost no fun at all. just val kilmer talking about daisies. with silverado you' ve got things like this strange spark between kevin kline and linda hunt, for goodness sake, and kline' s cautious dance with genially menacing brian dennehy, to cite just two things that work really well .
steve mcqueen, jack lemmon, warren beatty, and marlon brando were all offered one of the two parts in the film, and turned it down before robert redford accepted. the actual name of butch cassidy’s gang was “the wild bunch. ” this was changed to “the hole in the wall gang, ” to avoid confusion with sam peckinpah’s film, the wild bunch. financially, the film’s gross is wedged in between goldfinger and thunderball. not a bad balance sheet for a western to be hanging out on. a prequel called butch and sundance the early days was released in 1979, directed by richard lester, and starring tom berenger and william katt. it cost $ 15 million and made only $ 5 million. william goldman did not write it, in fact the film was written by a writer of television sitcoms. but nonetheless, noted author and film critic harlan ellison has voiced his opinion that the prequel film is a vast improvement over its predecessor .
when it comes to western film scores, there’s the big country and then there’s everything else. jerome moross ‘ quintessential musical take on the american west is, like many others on this list, so much more than its classic main theme. the muscular score is never shy about stating its intentions, on its own or in the film, and the music bristles with energy and vitality, constant melodic invention and sly wit. one of the alltime great film scores…in any genre .
another video i did for my audio production class. this time, silverado. i do not own any of the music used in this. no copyrights - music green day: boulevard of broken dreams sonic free riders: rocky ridge
bear mccreary is a degreed graduate of the prestigious usc thornton school of music (in' composition and recording arts'). bear mccreary was one of a small and select group of proteges of the late, many - honored film composer elmer bernstein. although he is now firmly in the mainstream of film ...
but the film got mixed reviews. critics either loved or hated it. didn’t seem to be an in - between at all. roger ebert commented that due to the film being made by the writer of raiders of the lost ark, “it has some of the same reckless brilliance about it. ” in fact many critics cited the film’s resemblance to several old hollywood westerns, and added that here the filmmakers have managed to bring a new sense of energy and fun into the mix. one critic added that while many westerns tend to take a revisionist view of their material, silverado fully embraces the old conventions with open arms. thereby making it one of the most original westerns in many, many years. ironically .
' silverado', co - written & directed by lawrence kasdan, is an entertaining western flick, that manages to hold your attention in the goings - on. even the performances, are well - done, that only add to it' s booty.' silverado' depicts a chance encounter between a group of cowboys who travel to the town of silverado, where they thwart the plans of a rancher and a corrupt sheriff. though the entire concept of the good challenging the evil, has been told on celluloid a dozen of times,' silverado', however, manages to convince it' s viewer, thanks to it' s interesting screenplay. lawrence & mark kasdan' s screenplay is nice, and plays it safe. the action sequences are very well shot, while the cinematography is good. editing & art design deserve a mention. performance - wise: kevin kline is good. scott glenn is efficient. kevin costner & danny glover are in form. jeff goldblum, linda hunt, rosanna arquette & john cleese lend very good support. brian dennehy is excellent as the corrupt sheriff. on the whole,' silverado' succeeds by entertaining it' s viewer .
so many writers have cited this film as a truly great example of perfect character examination in film, i wouldn’t know where to start. the film’s story is told in real time, hence the use of the clock. and its story centers on a town marshall fated to face a group of killers he previously defended the town against, who got off on a legal technicality and are now gunning for revenge. the catch? due to the cowardliness of local residents, he’s on his own .
the making of '` silverado, '` however, would turn out to be only one of kasdan 's chores. the selling of the film would come next, and kasdan, a former detroit advertising copywriter, would immerse himself in that as well. the obviously ticklish situation: how do you sell a western when you 're not sure that branding it a western is an automatic turnoff ?
four cowboys meet and get each other out of trouble, on their way to the the town of silverado. there, they must each confront their past and face foes who are interconnected, leading to an inevitable
reglement de comptes
.
silverado strikes me as a kind of run - of - the - mill contemporary western, a sea of cliches and so - so moments along the lines of tombstone (though it' s better than tombstone, which is pretty risible) .
on the contrary, i think silverado failed to connect at the box office precisely because it celebrated a genre that no longer clicked in the cultural zeitgeist of star wars, superman and jaws, whereas raiders fit this new world like a glove .
the film was an international hit. cleese shared an oscar nomination for his original screenplay, while co - star kevin kline won the academy award for best supporting actor .
eleni mitsiaki will lead a session entitled “film music concerts: the emperor’s new clothes? ” these are interesting times for soundtrack buffs! ghent, krakow, malaga, tenerife, vienna, prague… film and media music events are popping up all around europe. the biggest ones are based on concerts and claim to gain awareness for media music, develop new concert practices for orchestras, and bring new audiences to the ivory towers of high culture. but didn’t some wise film music critic tell us, that the best film music is the one that merges with the picture? we ask: is this a treat or a threat? how far do concerts change the object of desire ?
my review of silverado is an old one and not as good as i' d like. i' ll stop commentary here, more or less where we left off watching tonight, and pick up after we' ve finished our latest viewing .
14. describe the use of color in the film. did it advance the emotions the filmmakers were trying to evoke? how would you have used color in the movie ?
leone called bronson: “the greatest actor i ever worked with. ” the film also features yet another in a long list of highly popular scores by legendary composer ennio morricone .
the film naturally flopped and critics universally panned the hell out of it, calling it “incoherent. ” when roger ebert reviewed the film, he gave it two stars, and noted that the studio would have been better off releasing peckinpah’s version. the picture was completely disowned by the cast and crew once they saw the studio’s version of it. and while peckinpah had in his possession his own director’s cut, which he often screened for friends in his own defense, pat garret and billy the kid was a massive blow to his career. he practically made this film coming off the getaway, a massively successful film for peckinpah. and now … now he was considered a land mine by hollywood .
some western aficionados may find '` silverado '` longer on action and clever dialogue than on the great themes of such classic westerns as '` red river, '` '` my darling clementine '` or '` high noon. '`
silverado arrives as a typical western, with your standard good guys, villains, intruding and ill - prepared settlers, all of their women, a town in corruptive turmoil, personal vendettas, a ranch, and the obligatory stampede. spice it up with the centralized saloon - gambling hall with a guy named
slick
, gunslingers, ladies of the evening, and a vertically challenged version of gunsmoke' s miss kitty. then you epically conclude it all with showdown gunfights, including one in front of a church no less. yes, silverado covers all the bases and zealously steals every western cliché' ever conceived. however, with its abundance of cliché' silverado misses the opportunity to be daringly different. in comparison to eastwood' s' unforgiven', silverado' s message of good eventually triumphs over evil (only if evil gets careless) is sadly mundane and it begs the question, why did they even bother to make this film? the answer lies somewhere in the conceptual thinking of the producers, writers, and director, who tragically missed an opportunity to take a talented ensemble and make a poignant and meaningful film that actually had the potential to send a distinctive message. ironically, the last line in the movie ,
we' ll be back !
is telling and i sincerely hope it never comes to fruition. so far, so good !
the magnificent seven also inspired (along with the seven samurai before it) a low - budget roger corman produced sci - fi film, called battle beyond the stars. the film’s structure and plot are essentially identical to the two films that came before, and actor robert vaughn more or less repeats his character here, in a more sci - fi incarnation .
the director also made the unusual decision during pre - production of casting 4 separate sets of brothers, to play the actual brothers portrayed in the film. the keach brothers, the carradine brothers, the quade brothers, and the guest brothers. and the gimmick was used quite effectively in the film’s marketing. view the trailer below to see what i mean .
yes, the same limitation of the
western raiders
analogy occurred to me awhile back. obviously the western was not in need of a sweeping pastiche to redeem and elevate it in the way that the saturday matinee serial cliffhanger was. yet i can' t see that this obvious disparity of source material has anything to do with why silverado failed to connect at the box office the way that raiders did. it' s a limited analogy, but that doesn' t go to any fundamental miscalculation in the film itself, nor does it have anything to do with the film' s disappointing box - office success .
although the film cost $ 25 million and made only $ 56. 5 million, it was deemed a success by disney executives. actor robert mitchum, who narrates the film, was originally brought in to play old man clanton. but he was in a horse riding accident. instead of recasting, the role was cut from the film. actor glenn ford was originally cast to play marshall white, but dropped out of the project. critical reaction was mixed, though true west magazine called it one of the 5 greatest westerns ever made .
the original soundtrack album featured most of the score' s highlights and was a very strong album, but to tie in with the film' s twentieth anniversary, intrada released this expanded version, featuring the entire score, a couple of source pieces and one alternate track. it also features much - improved sound, liner notes from broughton and intrada' s douglass fake, and nice packaging. it really is one of those classic scores which belongs in any film music collection - honestly, film music just doesn' t get much better .
other westerns have achieved incomparably more thematically, aesthetically, emotionally, culturally. silverado is notable simply because, like raiders, it covers so much ground, with so much aplomb and energy. if it' s nothing like the best western ever, it might be something closer to the most western ever. maybe that makes silverado a celebration of b - movie westerns rather than the best films of ford and hawks. if so, so be it; it' s an a - movie take on the b - movie western .
'' silverado'' is a sweeping, glorious - looking western that' s at least a full generation removed from the classic films it brings to mind. lawrence kasdan, who produced, directed and co - wrote the film - and presumably came up with its wonderful title - doesn' t seem to be commenting ironically on the western form. nor is he determined to update it. he simply approaches it from a present - day standpoint, and the result is an energetic revival with some significant differences in scale.'' silverado'' is sufficiently modern to make its landscapes bigger, its people smaller and its moral polarities less powerfully distinct than those of simpler, more starkly beautiful westerns gone by .
but there isn’t anything special about the film’s camera shots and setups; and in an action - adventure movie, the camera work has to enhance the vitality of the action occurring onscreen .
9. the conflict in this film is resolved when one of the characters unexpectedly gets very lucky. did this sudden event ring true or did it make the story seem less credible ?
[ another way to ask this question is to show the class a short scene and ask the students to identify the short and long takes and discuss their use in the film. ]
silverado is damn good fun. being a small fan of the western genre, i felt this was the most refreshing one i' ve seen in a while. the genre had pretty much died, but came back in silverado, and it felt so fresh. the plot is simple and cliche, i think it' s paying homage to the classics. it sticks within the western boundary and does its thing. the cast is pretty good, and well known, but in 1985, these actors were just hollywood virgins. i was surprised by john cleese, he stuck out like a sore thumb, but i enjoyed his performance. you have costner hamming it up, and jeff goldblum was cool. scott glenn was probably the best. hell, glover was pretty good, too. the direction is wonderful as is the editing, the film moves along at a decent pace. i wish lawrence was a more prominent director, he deserves more success. the film score is very nice, fits the film perfectly. overall, one of the best westerns in the last 25 years.
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 9 , 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 . 
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 9, 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.
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 9, 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.