Silver City (2004)

129 min · Political Satire, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

John Sayles

Cast

Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Richard Dreyfuss, Kris Kristofferson, Maria Bello, Mary Kay Place

The story

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.

Catalogue themes and tags

Thriller, Crime Fiction, Parody, Mystery, Satire, Drama, Comedy, Political thriller, Political cinema, Crime Thriller, Political drama

Genres

Political Satire, comedy film, crime film, drama film, mystery film

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