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Silver City (2004 film) Silver City. (2004 film) Silver City is a 2004 American political satire comedy-drama film 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. [1] The film's large ensemble cast includes ...
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Sep 24, 2004 · Silver City: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Cajardo Lindsey, John C. Ashton. The discovery of a corpse threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor of Colorado.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- John Sayles
- 2004-09-24
Sep 17, 2004 · Silver City Films Inc. Rating R (Language) Genre Drama, Mystery & Thriller. Original Language English. Release Date (Theaters) Sep 17, 2004, Original. Release Date (Streaming) Jan 19, 2017.
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Sep 17, 2004 · John Sayles' "Silver City" can be read as social satire aimed at George W. Bush -- certainly the film's hero mirrors the Bush quasi-speaking style -- but it takes wider aim on the entire political landscape we inhabit. Liberals and conservatives, the alternative press and establishment dailies, environmentalists and despoilers, are all mixed up in a plot where it seems appropriate that the ...
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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 ...
