The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 western out of Director John Sturges. Starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, James Coburn and Robert Vaughn. The film is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa.

The film was nominated for an Oscar.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Seven armed men get to a small Mexican village. They were hired to protect the village against bandits who terrorize the inhabitants. The seven men learn the inhabitants how they can protect against the bandits.
 * 2 Cast
 * Oscar 3
 * 4 Trivia

When the bandits and their evil leader to the village of travel, succeeds the population manage to chase the bad guys. But these times soon back and then everything runs less smoothly. The seven men are extradited to the bandits. Their weapons and horses are taken away and without something they are ejected. But the seven men decide not to further flights and return for a final confrontation with the bandits. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Oscar[ Edit] == ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Yul Brynner - Chris Adams
 * Steve McQueen - Vin
 * Eli Wallach - Calvera
 * Charles Bronson - Bernardo O'Reilly
 * Robert Vaughn - Lee
 * James Coburn - Britt
 * Brad Dexter - Harry Luck
 * Horst Buchholz - Chico
 * (nominee) Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Elmer Bernstein
 * The Clash has written a song called The Magnificent Seven
 * Elmer Bernstein wrote the music for the film. In 1986 he also wrote the music for ¡ Three Amigos!, a parody of these western.
 * The composer John Williams for this film played piano in the Orchestra that was conducted by Elmer Bernstein .
 * A young Gene Wilder auditioned for the role of Vin.
 * Originally the character Steve McQueen could Vin not interpret because of recordings for another movie. McQueen then made sure he was on sick leave but for that. In the meantime he starred in this western.
 * Also George Peppard was considered for the role of Vin.
 * For the role of Britt was thought to the actors Sterling Hayden and John Ireland.
 * Another well-known western, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), is also a new version of a film by Akira Kurosawa. It is a remake of Yojimbo (1961).
 * It is also the title of episode of Supernatural, this is about the seven sins.