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Silverado (2 Disc Superbit Gift Set) (1985)

Kevin Kline , Scott Glenn , Lawrence Kasdan  |  PG-13 |  DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (251 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Marvin J. McIntyre
  • Directors: Lawrence Kasdan
  • Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Kasdan
  • Producers: Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Mark Kasdan, Michael Grillo
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (DTS 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, Korean
  • Dubbed: French
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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    Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click .
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
  • Run Time: 133 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (251 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007MAO0M
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,189 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Silverado (2 Disc Superbit Gift Set)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Remastered in high definition (Superbit presentation)
  • New featurette: A Return to Silverado with Kevin Costner
  • Along the Silverado Trail: A Western Historian's Commentary
  • The Making of Silverado: in-depth documentary
  • A History of Western Shootouts--narrated by John Cleese
  • Talent files
  • Bonus previews
  • Package includes a deck of Silverado playing cards
  • Special 20-page original movie scrapbook

Editorial Reviews

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Director Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) clearly set out to make an old-fashioned Western, but he couldn't help bringing a hip, self-conscious attitude to the proceedings. Silverado thus finds its own funky tone--sometimes rousing, sometimes winking. Four cowpokes converge on a little Western burg called Silverado; they're played by Kevin Kline (a distinctly modern kind of Western hero), Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and the rowdy young Kevin Costner. Kasdan peppers the somewhat generic action with smart dialogue and a parade of quirky supporting players, including John Cleese as a sheriff who seems to have stepped straight from a Monty Python sketch into an Old West saloon. Bruce Broughton supplies the music, a real throwback to the glory days of thundering Western themes. One thing's for sure: Silverado's a lot more fun than the later Kasdan-Costner Western, Wyatt Earp. --Robert Horton

Product Description

FOUR UNWITTING HEROES CROSS PATHS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE SLEEPYTOWN OF SILVERADO. LITTLE DO THEY KNOW THE TOWN HAS BEEN TAKENOVER BY A CORRUPT SHERIFF AND A MURDEROUS POSSE. IT'S UP TO THEMTO SAVE THE DAY.

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This movie has a very good plot. Israel  |  55 reviewers made a similar statement
Silverado is one of the best western movies I seen in many years. D. Gates  |  30 reviewers made a similar statement
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58 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A return to the classic western of yesterday, "Silverado" recalls the sprawling efforts of Sergio Leone and the old spaghetti westerns while recycling many of the motifs of the best efforts from Howard Hawks, Anthony Mann and John Ford. It's a pity that Kasdan hasn't rethought the film and added in additional footage. Perhaps the version we saw in theaters was the definitive version but given the wealth of material I doubt it. "Silverado" is greater than the sum of its parts with a number of strong performances from Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Brian Dennehy and others. Kasdan manages to echo classic films in this sprawling but exciting western adventure.

Emmett (Scott Glenn) has just been released from prison and is on his way to Silverado to visit with his family when he's attacked by a group of outlaws. He's initially unclear as to why they chose him but it soon becomes apparent that they're hired guns sent by Ethan McKendrick (Ray Baker) to average the death of his father. Along the way Emmett must spring his kid brother Jake (Kevin Costner) from the jail of Turley for a killing that happened in self defense. Emmett has a guardian angel in the form of Mal (Danny Glover) a butcher who is headed to Silverado himself to help out his parents. Emmett also saves Paden (Kevin Kline) a man left to die in the desert by outlaws who ambushed him. When Emmett arrives in Silverado he finds things haven't changed; Ethan McKendrick is still trying to dominate the town by installing his own sheriff (Brian Dennehy) a former outlaw who rode at one time with Paden. He realizes that as long as he stays in Silverado he and his family's lives are in danger.

A beautiful and rich looking transfer highlights this first ever Superbit transfer of "Silverado". This Superbit transfer sparkles and I didn't notice any digital or analog blemishes of note. The black level of the transfer produces deep, rich shadows and the vibrant colors haven't looked this good since the movie was released theatrically in 1985. There's some noticable grain at the beginning of the film but that's to be expected. This is the first edition to sport a DTS track and a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack as well. The DTS track has slightly better dynamic range but it's virtually impossible to tell them apart otherwise.

Unlike the previous single disc edition of "Silverado", this edition has a number of terrific extras and has relocated the original "Making of" featurette to the second disc to maximize the bit rate for a better picture and sound. "The Making of `Silverado'" features interviews with Lawrence and Mark Kasdan discussing the origin of the film. Lawrence Kasdan has a series of precise images he wanted to portray and turned to his brother Mark to help him flesh out a screenplay that would allow him to keep those startling images and make a coherent story.

"A Return to `Silverado'" features Kevin Costner discussing his involvement in the film. Although Costner had heard stories about Kasdan writing the part of Jake for him to make up for having to cut him out of "The Big Chill", Costner was never told that by Kasdan himself. "A History of Western Shootouts" is little more than a promo piece for 10 of Columbia's westerns with John Cleese doing the honors as narrator in discussing "Missing", "The Professionals", "The Quick and the Dead", "A Man Called Sledge", "Old Gringo", "The Man from Colorado" and others. Running almost 9 minutes, it's not much of a featurette consisting of scenes from each film briefly described by Cleese. "Columbia's Top Westerns Trailer" consists of a montage of scenes from classic westerns put together to advertise DVD titles for Columbia. Once again, it's little more than a promo piece. Finally we get "Along the Silverado Trail" a historical commentary about this western. There's no commentary from any of the cast or Kasdan which is a disappointment and a bit of a surprise.

The reason to buy this is the upgrade Superbit transfer. It looks terrific here and the DTS track sounds especially good. There are only two extras worthwhile on this Suberbit Gift Pack and that's "A Return to `Silverado' with Kevin Costner" and "Along the Silverado Trail". Everything else falls into the category of promo pieces or filler. The 20 page booklet included is also quite informative but duplicates much of what is said in the "Making of" featurette. There's also a nice deck of playing cards included in this set.
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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of The Modern Westerns May 10, 1999
Format:DVD
I'll tell you how much I like this movie. I bought the VHS and soundtrack no more than six weeks ago and upon discovering its DVD availability, I immediately hit "1-Click".

I can't think of another Western in the 15 years since this film was released that I enjoyed more, not even "Lonesome Dove", and that's saying a lot. I was praying that it would be released on DVD and it's nice to know my prayers were answered.

The cast is one of the finest of the mid-Eighties: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, John Cleese, and Brian Dennehy. And these are just the principals.

Silverado is a sweeping Western demi-epic that takes some classic genre cliches and weaves them into a modern classic, emboldened by Bruce Boughton's masterful score. The master of this all is co-writer and director Lawrence Kasdan, who has given us some other gems like "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill".

This DVD release is great news and the only thing that could make me happier is to find that additional scenes featuring Rosanna Arquette, deleted from the theatrical release, appear somewhere on the DVD.

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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Borrows Effectively From the Classics April 27, 2000
Format:DVD
In the well-made documentary that accompanies this collectors edition DVD release, the Kasdan brothers admit to being fans of the classic western films. They have incorporated many techniques of that genre in this fine film. The super cast includes Kevin Kline, Scott Glen, Kevin Costner, and Danny Glover as the four leads with Brian Dennehy, John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, and Linda Hunt in supporting roles.

The film starts with a light flavor as we are introduced to the various characters but takes on an increasingly dark character as it rushes toward the foreseeable conclusion. This movie is meant to be a sort of compendium of all that is good about westerns and in that regard it performs admirably.

The DVD video quality is good but grain is noticeable in some scenes. Sound quality is quite good and the film was nominated for awards in that category. The aforementioned documentary is well worth watching and includes deleted scenes as well as insight from the Kasdan brothers and the actors. I would have liked to see more extras but this rarely happens with films from this time period due to the extra cost that would be involved.

All in all, a very good film presented in an attractive package that will appeal to DVD collectors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Silverado
I really enjoyed this action packed western. Lot's of well known actors in it. I would recommend this movie to anyone that likes westerns with a flair.
Published 4 days ago by Adrian Bailey
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Movie
This is definitely one of my top 10 movies of all time. Interestingly, I'm not a big "westerns" fan. Read more
Published 9 days ago by D Christiansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Silvarado
great film one of the classic westerns would reccommend for any one's library of western films or horses and cowboys
Published 12 days ago by E.R. ROSS
5.0 out of 5 stars great family home evening entertainment
an ejoyable family ome eveing video has, good message, has love, has humor ha good actors (even to they are olde now0
Published 13 days ago by Joyce Garlick
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable if not taken too seriously
This was Lawrence Kasdan's payback to Kevin Costner for being cut from The Big Chill. It's a very light Western but somehow it entertains. Read more
Published 18 days ago by TruxtonSpangler
5.0 out of 5 stars TOTALLY AWESOME!!BLU-RAY IS THE BOMB.....
EVER SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE STANDARD DVD I HAD BEFORE...BLU-RAY QUALITY IS SO MAGNIFICENT--BETTER THAN REAL LIFE..ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE MOVIES EVER...WELL WORTH THE PRICE
Published 20 days ago by DARYL
5.0 out of 5 stars So sad this went OOP in the U.S.
But that's ok, all I had to do what type in amazon.co.uk and silverado, and lo and behold the UK release is Region 1/A, and includes the very same features as the U.S. release. Read more
Published 1 month ago by James A. Allder
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Western
For a description of the plot, etc., read other reviews. Just some thoughts on this movie...

In a nutshell, Silverado (1985) is one of the better Westerns ever made. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Joker
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cowboy Action
One of my favorite Westerns. If you like Western movies, I highly recommend Silverado. Has several plots going at the same time to keep your interest. Filmed in New Mexico.
Published 1 month ago by S. S. Dounis
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite westerns
All-star cast, before some of them were a big deal. John Cleese is an added bonus. Action keeps moving, and Brian Dennehy is the worst bad guy ever. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ablevins
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