History Film / Silverado

* DeterminedWidow: When introduced, she's a DeterminedHomesteadersWife, but he's TooDumbToLive. An early love interest for Paden, until he meets Stella in the eponymous town.
** She later gets [[ShipTease ship teased]] with Emmitt.

''Silverado'' is a 1985 [[TheWestern Western]] film that's something of a {{Reconstruction}} of the genre. Released in the theaters July of that year, it was directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan and starred many well-known (or soon to be well-known) actors, including Creator/KevinKline, Creator/DannyGlover, Scott Glenn, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Brian Dennehey and Creator/JohnCleese.

* AllStarCast: This is a Who's Who of Hollywood in TheEighties.

''Silverado'' is a {{Reconstruction}} of a [[TheWestern Western]] film genre. Released in the theaters July 1985, it was directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan and starred many well-known (or soon to be well-known) actors, including Creator/KevinKline, Creator/DannyGlover, Scott Glenn, Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Brian Dennehey and Creator/JohnCleese.

''Silverado'' is a {{Reconstruction}} of a [[TheWestern Western]] film genre. Released in the theaters July 1985, it starred many well-known (or soon to be well-known) actors, including Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehey and John Cleese.

The basic plot: In 1880, four men travel together to the city of Silverado. They come across with many dangers before they finally engage the "bad guys" and bring peace and equality back to the city.

** Jake is pretty much an all around ace, he's the best gunfighter and the best horseman.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The outlaw Dawson is a hard man to fool; if it wasn't for the element of surprise, things could've gone very badly for Emmitt on TheInfiltration.

-->'''Emitt:''' I had to get up anyway.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: As a posse is chasing the leads into some hills, several warning shots come from Danny Glover's character, who is hiding somewhere out of sight. As his shots ricochet off nearby rocks and cacti, a deputy says: "Let's go, he ain't hittin' nothin'". This prompts the sheriff, played brilliantly by Creator/JohnCleese, to retort: "You idiot, he's hit everything he's aimed at". [cue the sheriff's hat getting knocked off by the next shot].

* GunsAkimbo: Jake (portrayed by Kevin Costner) character is styled in broad strokes. Lightning draws, blind trick shots, horse riding skills and firing two guns at the same time.

* CatchPhrase: Paden has "Bad luck." Mal has "That ain't right."

* TheSheriff: Langston as the honest variety, Cobb as the CorruptHick variety.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Sheriff Langston plays chess with himself, showing that he is intelligent and SurroundedByIdiots. He plays with a deputy sitting across the board from him, but turns the board around after each move to play both sides. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Alternately]], Sheriff Langston ''cheats'' at chess, flipping the board around when things aren't going his way.

** Jake and Emmitt's nephew is mourning the apparent death of [[spoiler: Jake]], whose acrobatic nature is highlighted throughout the movie.
--> '''Emmitt:''' [''stifling laughter''] ''[[spoiler: Jake]]''... fell off a ''horse''.
--> [''later'']
--> '''Paden:''' Where've you been?
--> '''[[spoiler: Jake]]''' Playin' dead.

[[caption-width-right:350:From top-left to bottom: [[TheLancer Paden]], [[TheHero Emmitt]], [[TheBigGuy Mal]], [[TheSmartGuy Jake]], and [[TheChick Stella]] (inset)]]

* GrievousBottlelyHarm: In your standard bar fight.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Sheriff Langston plays chess with himself, showing that he is intelligent and SurroundedByIdiots. He plays with a deputy sitting across the board from him, but turns the board around after each move to play both sides. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Alternately]], Sherriff Langston ''cheats'' at chess, flipping the board around when things aren't going his way.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Sheriff Langston plays chess with himself, showing that he is intelligent and SurroundedByIdiots. He plays with a deputy sitting across the board from him, but turns the board around after each move to play both sides.

->'''[[JohnCleese Sheriff Langston]]:''' You idiot, he's hit ''everything he's '''aimed''' at!''

->'''[[JohnCleese Sheriff Langston]]:''' [''rising in his saddle, until his hat is shot off''] [[GenreSavvy Today, my jurisdiction ends]] ''[[GenreSavvy here]]''.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Cobb and [=McKendrick=].

* DirtyCop: Cobb as the sheriff.

-->'''Dawson:''' I think there's only a couple of guys up there, and this asshole's one of them!

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Yep, nothing like a stampede to disrupt the bad guys while you move in for the kill.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: As a posse is chasing the leads into some hills, several warning shots come from Danny Glover's character, who is hiding somewhere out of sight. As his shots ricochet off nearby rocks and cacti, a deputy says: "Let's go, he ain't hittin' nothin'". This prompts the sheriff, played brilliantly by JohnCleese, to retort: "You idiot, he's hit everything he's aimed at". [cue the sheriff's hat getting knocked off by the next shot].

* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Cobb and Paden, although the time of day is never mentioned.
* StockBritishCharacters: JohnCleese plays a British Bobby Sheriff in a small frontier town.

** Immediately prior to the climax, some {{mook}}s get between Emmitt and any chance of a reload while he's practicing his sharpshooting, and [[MoralEventHorizon trample him repeatedly with horses]]. [[spoiler: Mal [[IGotBetter treats him for his injuries]].]]

** The most annoying thing for this troper when he saw the film in 1985 was his teenage love Rosanna Arquette (Hannah, the widow) having nearly all her scenes cut, [[spoiler: to the extent that the movie doesn't explain why Hannah's ''clearly'' a couple with Paden in the final scene in the town ("I got a job")]].

''Siverado'' is a {{Reconstruction}} of a [[TheWestern Western]] film genre. Released in the theaters July 1985, it starred many well-known (or soon to be well-known) actors, including Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehey and John Cleese.

* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly Paden, Emmitt, and Stella, but everyone gets in a few.

-->'''Paden:''' The just jumped you out of the blue, huh?

** The most annoying thing for this troper when he saw the film in 1985 was his teenage love Rosanna Arquette (Hannah, the widow) having nearly all her scenes cut [[spoiler: to the extent that the movie doesn't explain why Hannah's ''clearly'' a couple with Paden in the final scene in the town ("I got a job")]].

* BigBadDuumvirate: Cobb and McKendrick.

* DeadpanSnarker: Particularly Paden, Emmitt, and Stella, but everyone gets in a few.