Silver City is a 2004 movie, directed and written by John Sayles. The Republican candidate whom the film centers around has several characteristics which can be attributed to the U.S. President George W. Bush. The character could be seen as a satirization of Bush, though the similarity is never explicitly stated. As the movie was released before the 2004 U.S. presidential election, this may well be the case.

Plot

Set in Colorado, Dickie Pilager is running for governor. Dickie is the son of Senator Jud Pilager, and has no political experience, and is inarticulate. The political campaign falters when Pilager reels in a corpse during the making of a political advert about the environment. Pilager's campaign manager, Chuck Raven, hires Danny O'Brien, a former journalist who now works as a private investigator, to examine the case. Raven urges O'Brien to find potential links between the body and Pilager's potential enemies.

O'Briens job is to essentially intimidate Pilager's enemies, and he has numerous revealing conversations with various people. He learns that business mogul Wes Benteen is using Pilager to promote his own money-making agenda. The interviews also reveals further corruption where politicians, land developers, and mining companies have come to an agreement, where environmental issues have been completely ignored. He also learns about illegal migrant workers, as well as a potentially damaging affair.

Tagline: Vote early. Vote often.

Cast

• Danny Huston – Danny O'Brien
• Chris Cooper – Dickie Pilager
• Richard Dreyfuss – Chuck Raven
• Maria Bello – Nora Allardyce
• Thora Birch – Karen Cross
• David Clennon – Mort Seymour
• Alma Delfina – Lupe Montoya
• Miguel Ferrer – Cliff Castleton
• James Gammon – Sheriff Joe Skaggs
• Daryl Hannah – Maddy Pilager
• Kris Kristofferson – Wes Benteen
• Sal Lopez – Tony Guerra
• Michael Murphy – Senator Judson Pilager
• Mary Kay Place – Grace Seymour
• Tim Roth – Mitch Paine

External links

• Official site