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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
From John Sayles, one of the essential, iconoclastic voices
of American independent cinema, comes SILVER CITY, a film
that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned
neo-noir detective story.
Set against the backdrop of a mythic “New West,”
SILVER CITY follows grammatically-challenged, “user-friendly”
candidate Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper), scapegrace scion of
Colorado’s venerable Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy),
during his gubernatorial campaign.
When Pilager finds that he’s reeled in a corpse during
the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious
campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), hires former
idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny
O’Brien (Danny Huston) to investigate potential links
between the corpse and the Pilager family’s enemies.
In the tradition of the great films noir, Danny’s investigation
pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence
and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates,
environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.
With pitch-perfect dialogue, unerring sense-of-place, and
a slashing satiric strain, SILVER CITY offers John Sayles’s
timely and toxic look at the state of the union on the eve
of the 2004 Presidential election.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
NewMarket Films
Release Date:
September 17, 2004
RELATED LINKS__________
MOCK WEBSITE: "Dickie" Pilager '04
dickiepilager2004.com --- CLICK
HERE
Unofficial SIte: (Writer-director John Sayles)
johnsayles.com --- CLICK
HERE
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