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From: howard@sfmag.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Silverado - Wasting Talent
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 11:31:09 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 11 11:31:09 1985
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I saw Silverado last night, and was generally pleased with the movie.
However, there was one sore point about the casting. They cast John
Cleese of Monty Pthon and Fawlty Towers fame as a SHERRIF! and Jeff
Goldblum of Big Chill fame as a gambler who is a shnook bad-guy.

The problem here is that neither man uses his immense talent for humor
in the film at all. Cleese plays a very straight role as an Englishman
working as a sherrif in a wild-west town, and takes himself verrry
seriously. Goldblum has one funny line and that's it. These actors
had the potential to lighten up the movie a bit and turn it from a
decent big-screen western into a classic western smash. The big problem
with the movie was a script that was clumsy at times coupled with a
tendency to take itself too seriously. A more humorous performance by
these gentlemen would have vastly improved the flow of the film.

					Howard Moskovitz
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