Silverado (1985)

Academy Awards, USA 1986

Nominated Oscar	Best Sound Donald O. Mitchell Rick Kline Kevin O'Connell David M. Ronne
	Best Music, Original Score Bruce Broughton

Columbia Pictures
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)

A cowboy on his way to California gets sidetracked in the dusty town of Silverado, which is overrun by a crooked sheriff and his gang. He cleans up the town with the help of some friends he picks up along the way. Kevin Kline, more subdued than usual, just wants his hat back from the gang that robbed him. Kevin Costner is his younger brother, mostly interested in swinging from high places. Perhaps the most intriguing story of the bunch involves Danny Glover and his family, but they are not the focus. Instead, this ends up being an attempt to re-brand the western genre for the eighties with non-stop Raiders of the Ark style stunts, an overbearing soundtrack and episodic story that just goes on and on and on.