Amanda Wyss, Antonio Banderas, Brian Dennehy

The companion disc to director Lawrence Kasdan's memorable Western includes the new featurette "A Return to Silverado with Kevin Costner," the John Cleese-narrated "History of Western Shootouts," an i...( read more  read more... )n-depth making-of documentary and previews.

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PG-13, 127 min.

Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan

Release Date: December 31, 1985

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 1999

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  • September 28, 2009
    A great modern western that?s turned into a bit of a cult film. Great cast and a great film!
  • January 1, 2009
    Nice try at reinvigorating the western. A little too happy in places and too forgiving of it's heroes wounds to make the ending believable.
  • October 5, 2008
    stylish but not run-of-the-mill western thanks to its cast who keep you watching. its undemanding story of revenge and fighting against corruption helps too. a classic action movie with lots of gun shooting. i say action movie because it could've been made for any setting. no rea...( read more)son it needed to be a western. entertaining popcorn-flick nevertheless despite its lack of realism... and hey... everyone loves to see danny glover as an angry black man kicking ass! i know i do... still don't kick as much bad guy butt as in lethal weapon mind
  • June 6, 2008
    Until a bit of a resurgence in the early to mid-90's, the western was essentially a dead genre. Entries like Silverado certainly didn't help the matter any.

    They assembled what seemed like an outstanding ensemble cast... but each person in that cast put in the worst ...( read more)performance of their respective careers - Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, to name just a few ...and especially Kevin Costner, in a role obviously written to be amusing and quirky, but instead is just annoying and badly-acted. I'm inclined to think the fault lies with the writing or directing, though, as the high-school-play-calibur acting extends from the leads all the way down to the smallest supporting roles, and even the "action" scenes are pretty stiff and laughable.

    I went 23 years without seeing this flick all the way through. Guess I shouldn't have bothered after all this time.
  • December 14, 2007
    In the 80s, the genre of the Western movie was dead. This movie wasn't able to revive it either, but it didn't have to. It already included all you needed for a couple of years:
    a cast of great names, classic roles of good and evil, themes of friendship and bravery, wagon trails,...( read more) stampedes, shootouts, saloons, gamblers and whores.
    There is not much more to wish for as far as this genre is concerned. Just great fun all around.
  • November 5, 2009
    The greatest western made after the end of the 70's. Action, adven, and a story with some of the best actors of the time.ture, comedy
  • October 27, 2009
    Comercial! or stupid! :|
  • October 20, 2009
    What the f... was that?!
  • September 5, 2009
    Great cast. Great music. Awesome gunfights. And Jeff Fahey!!
  • July 28, 2009
    Very quotable. Overall, my favorite western. "Pleased to meet you."

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  • annamariePC33
    January 8, 2007
    This movie is so good! Jake was so funny in it! One of the best westerns ever made!
    Will always be my favorite!

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