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<b> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001122" title="Chris Cooper" href="/topic/entertainment/chris-cooper-PECLB001122.topic">Chris Cooper</a></b><br> <br> <b>'SILVER CITY' (2004)</b><br> <br> <b>Description:</b> In <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003628" title="John Sayles" href="/topic/entertainment/john-sayles-PECLB003628.topic">John Sayles</a>' roman &#224; clef, Cooper plays Dickie Pilager -- pronounced "pillager," hint, hint -- an inarticulate local politician running for governor of Colorado.<br> <br> <b>Pro:</b> As Turan wrote of Sayles in his review, "He's made remarkable pictures . . . "<br> <br> <b>Con:</b> " 'Silver City' is not one of them."<br> <br> <b>Quote:</b> "We can't just keep throwing the taxpayers' hard-earned money at these perceived -- you know, and some of them I admit are real -- so-called social problems."

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Chris Cooper

'SILVER CITY' (2004)

Description: In John Sayles' roman à clef, Cooper plays Dickie Pilager -- pronounced "pillager," hint, hint -- an inarticulate local politician running for governor of Colorado.

Pro: As Turan wrote of Sayles in his review, "He's made remarkable pictures . . . "

Con: " 'Silver City' is not one of them."

Quote: "We can't just keep throwing the taxpayers' hard-earned money at these perceived -- you know, and some of them I admit are real -- so-called social problems."

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