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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.

Wonderful Film That Remains Great As The Years Pass
This film was made in 1985. "Silverado", was digitally re mastered for this DVD version, and the transfer is better than many recent films. This was filmed is a wider aspect ratio than even 16:9, so the larger the screen you have the more you will be able to enjoy this beautiful film. The movie was shot during the winter over a 96-day period in New Mexico, and looks as good on screen as any western I have watched. The cast and crew had to deal with some brutal weather, but the cinematography that resulted was well worth the effort.

To mention just 4 names of actors, who appear incredibly young in this film of almost 18 years ago, is to only scratch the surface of this list of now familiar names. Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and Lynne Whitfield, comprise a small fraction of actors and actresses that have gone on to huge careers.

This film has all the elements of the classics westerns, beautiful vistas, horses, saloons, and gunfights. The last aspect was an interesting one. In an effort to make an impression movies continually up the gore factor to keep people's attention, and to keep people coming back to theaters. Being shot is miserable but the manner by which it is portrayed can mean the difference between a film the family can see, and a mindless gore fest. The director spoke of decisions that were made to keep this a family film during the documentary of making, "Silverado". The idea that a director would cut a variety of scenes for fear kids may be influenced was extremely refreshing, but this thinking unfortunately is a relic from the 1980's and before. In more and more films gratuitous garbage fills screens when talent and storyline are absent.

This is a great film that all but the youngest of children can watch, and also will satisfy fans of the western genre of film. This is also a true USA western as it was shot in New Mexico and not Italy, so "Silverado", is no spaghetti western.

good for any person
I'm not a fan of westerns but "Silverado" was a good one. It had a lot of action and it never became boring. A good movie to me is something I can watch over and over and not get bored I wouldn't mind watching it again. "Silverado" in my opinion had something unique to it, it had an African American and it had someone funny in it too. Not all westerns had a cowboy that was funny, they where all serious and I think that more western movies should be like "Silverado" in some way. Jake ( Kevin Costner ) was my favorite character and my favorite quote was said bye him too! "All I did was kiss a girl" I like this quote because he said it funny and it's the reason why he got in trouble. Well the sound track in the film was in my opinion to dramatic, but it wasn't to bad it fit into the movie perfect but they should tone it down just a bit. But Silverado over all was a great movie and I recommend that you at least see it once.