"Silver City" is a John Sayles film from 2004 and stars Chris Cooper, Danny Huston, Maria Bello, Darryl Hannah, Richard Dreyfuss, and Mary Kay Place.
Chris Cooper plays village idiot Dicky Pillager, a member of a political family. He's been put up for governor because he's malleable. While filming an ad for his campaign, during which he's fishing, he hooks onto a dead body. A journalist, Chuck Raven (Dreyfuss) hires an investigator (Huston) to identify the body and learn whether or not he has any connection to the politician.
Set in Colorado, this is a pretty good movie that somehow failed to hold my interest. Others here complained about the end; I kind of liked the last half hour. Danny Huston is very good as the frustrated detective, and Darryl Hannah does a good job playing an eccentric.
Nothing too surprising in this film, it's the usual political corruption, the needs of the few are more important than the needs of the many kind of film, but it has some strong scenes and some good acting.
Chris Cooper plays village idiot Dicky Pillager, a member of a political family. He's been put up for governor because he's malleable. While filming an ad for his campaign, during which he's fishing, he hooks onto a dead body. A journalist, Chuck Raven (Dreyfuss) hires an investigator (Huston) to identify the body and learn whether or not he has any connection to the politician.
Set in Colorado, this is a pretty good movie that somehow failed to hold my interest. Others here complained about the end; I kind of liked the last half hour. Danny Huston is very good as the frustrated detective, and Darryl Hannah does a good job playing an eccentric.
Nothing too surprising in this film, it's the usual political corruption, the needs of the few are more important than the needs of the many kind of film, but it has some strong scenes and some good acting.