Silverado (1985)
(Lawrence Kasdan, US 1985, 133 min., 35mm)
Not long after reinvigorating the space opera and the adventure serial with screenplays for Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, writer-director Lawrence Kasdan did the same thing with the western. A disparate group of cowboys (Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, and Scott Glenn) find themselves defending a wagon train while running from their pasts and a corrupt sheriff. The all-star cast also includes John Cleese, Rosanna Arquette, Brian Dennehy, Jeff Goldblum, and Lynn Whitfield. The film is scored by Bruce Broughton, who reinvigorates classic western film music with modern instrumentation.
Introduction by and post-screening Q&A with Mark Watters, Director of the Beal Institute at the Eastman School of Music
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