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| The Magnificent Seven (1960) |
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1960 |
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2 hrs. 6 min. |
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Overwiew :John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, headed by gunslinger-for-hire Chris (Yul Brynner), to protect them. Despite the meager pay, Chris and Vin (Steve McQueen) sign on after the Mexicans see them face down some racist thugs. Chris begins to pick up other gunmen, including Bernardo (Charles Bronson), Lee (Robert Vaughan), Britt (James Coburn), Harry (Brad Dexter), and aspiring gunslinger Chico (Horst Buchholz), as they ride back to the village.The Mexicans, who are at first ambivalent about having gunmen hanging around their town, finally let down their guard and allow their visitors to teach them how to shoot and how to best reconfigure the town to defend against Calvera. When the bandits return, they find harvesting the crops a little more challenging. This rousing, perfectly cast action film launched the careers of Bronson, McQueen, and Coburn. It also benefits tremendously from the unforgettably polyrhythmic score by Elmer Bernstein, among the most famous in film history. So popular was the film's theme that it was used to sell Marlboro cigarettes for years afterward. |
Starring :
Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn
Directors :
John Sturges
Producers :
John Sturges, Lou Morheim, Walter Mirisch
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www.thecinemalaser.com - : It is kind of interesting to note that John Sturges' THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ($20), which is one of the great American westerns, is actually based upon the Japanese movie THE SEVEN SAMURAI. Even more interesting is the fact that Akira Kurosawa, who directed THE SEVEN SAMURAI, was himself influenced by watching many of the great American westerns. It may be cliché to say the following, but I guess what goes around comes around, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. more...
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filmfreakcentral.net - : Based loosely on Akira Kurosawa's seminal The Seven Samurai, John Sturges' (The Great Escape) wildly uneven The Magnificent Seven vacillates from superbly choreographed (if stagy) action sequences to moments of sublime dialogue, and to extended character-enhancing business that grinds the film to a complete halt no fewer than five times. It has aged poorly in four decades, losing a great deal of modern appeal in a way that Sergio Leone's adaptation (and extrapolation) of Kurosawa's Yojimbo, the ''Spaghetti Western,'' A Fistful of Dollars, never has. more...
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