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John 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.Product Identifiers
ProducerJohn Sturges, Lou Morheim
EAN5035822476899
eBay Product ID (ePID)50855553
Product Key Features
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
Film/TV TitleThe Magnificent Seven
DirectorJohn Sturges
LanguageEnglish
Run Time125 Mins
Release Year2006
FormatDVD
FranchiseMagnificent Seven
FeaturesUltimate Edition
GenreWesterns
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerElmer Bernstein
Production DesignerEdward Fitzgerald
ReviewsSight And Sound - Hugely popular..., USA Today - The film is fun to watch...
ScreenwriterWalter Bernstein, William Roberts, Walter Newman
Special EffectsMilt Rice
AuthorAkira Kurosawa
EditorFerris Webster
Movie/TV TitleThe Magnificent Seven
Director of PhotographyCharles Lang