Silver City

Thoroughly based in the upcoming US presidential election Silver City follows the far from perfect political campaign of Senator Pilager. When he stumbles on a corpse his campaign manager starts an investigation to see who is trying to set them up. In the tradition of the great films noir, the investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.

With pitch-perfect dialogue, unerring sense-of-place, and a slashing satiric strain, Silver City offers John Sayles’s timely and toxic look at the state of the union on the eve of the 2004 Presidential election and features a top notch Hollywood cast. Sayles’ previous efforts include Sunshine State, Lone Star and Passion Fish. Official premiere in Toronto Film Festival, 2004! US distribution by Newmarket.