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Silverado (1985)

★ 6.9 · 808 ratings on TMDB

Four strangers become friends. Four friends become heroes. On the road to Silverado.

Silverado poster★ 6.9

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

DirectorLawrence Kasdan
CastBrian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Kevin Kline
GenresAction, Drama, Western
The emergence reading

Silverado keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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