Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," Silver City follows grammatically-challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager, scapegrace scion of Colorado's venerable Senator Jud Pilager, during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he's reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven, hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies. Danny's 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. Silver City offers John Sayles' toxic look at the state of the union on the eve of the 2004 Presidential election.

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