“Westerns were very much out of style at that time and generally have had a very spotty commerical record since, with a few exceptions. THE MISSOURI BREAKS enlisted Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando, but the results were disastrous, and the SAME STUDIO made an even bigger western bomb a few years later, HEAVEN’S GATE, which almost killed the genre for good. Throughout the seventies, unless it starred Clint Eastwood, westerns sank like a stone at the box office, but that didn’t mean Hollywood didn’t try to revive the genre. THE HISTORY: The spaghetti western movement of the late sixties was, arguably, the genre on its last legs.
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Written by Lawrence Kasdan & Mark Kasdan. THE PLAYERS: Starring: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Jeff Fahey, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt & Brian Dennehy. Eager to settle down, all four men find themselves challenged by the ruthless factions that run the town, and will have to unite to save the day.
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Once in Silverado, they realize the town is being ruled by Emmett’s old nemesis, who’s in-league with a former friend of Paden’s – the town sheriff – Cobb ( Brian Dennehy). THE STORY: Fresh off a five year stint in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Emmett ( Scott Glenn), a cowboy, heads to a small town called Silverado to pick up his kind-hearted but deadly younger brother, Jake ( Kevin Costner), picking up a gambler, Paden ( Kevin Kline) and a black cowboy named Mal ( Danny Glover) along the way.
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