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Based on the Japanese story 'Seven Samurai'. A small Mexican village calls upon the services of seven American gunmen to provide protection against bandits.

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ProducerJohn Sturges, Lou Morheim

EAN5050070006605

eBay Product ID (ePID)3954512

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleThe Magnificent Seven

ActorEli Wallach, James Coburn, Bing Russell, Steve McQueen, Bob Wilke, Rico Alaniz, Jorge Martinez De Hoyos, Rosenda Monteros, Val Avery, Brad Dexter, Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Vladimir Sokoloff, Whit Bissell, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz

DirectorJohn Sturges

Subtitle LanguageCzech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Greek\Hebrew\Hungarian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish\Turkish

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2001

FeaturesNew Documentary\Feature Length Audio Commentary With Members Of The Cast And Crew\Theatrical Trailer\Stills Gallery\Return Of The Magnificent Seven Trailer\Guns Of The Magnificent Seven Trailer\The Magnificent Seven Ride Trailer\8 Page Booklet, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

FranchiseMagnificent Seven

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen\2.35 Wide Screen

Run Time125 Mins

GenreWesterns

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Director of PhotographyCharles Lang

Production DesignerEdward Fitzgerald

AuthorAkira Kurosawa

Special EffectsMilt Rice

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationJohn Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's 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.

Movie/TV TitleThe Magnificent Seven

ComposerElmer Bernstein

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

ScreenwriterWalter Bernstein, William Roberts, Walter Newman

Format DescriptionDVD 9

EditorFerris Webster