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Spectacular gun battles, epic-sized heroes and an all-star cast that includes Academy Award(r) winners Yul Brynner* and James Coburn**, together with Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach and Charles Bronson, make The Magnificent Seven a legend among westerns. Spawning three sequels and a successful television series, and featuring Elmer Bernstein's Oscar(r)-nominated*** score, thisstunning remake of The Seven Samurai is "a hard-pounding adventure" (Newsweek) and "an enduringly popular" (Leonard Maltin) cinematic classic. Merciless Calvera (Wallach) and his band of ruthless outlaws are terrorizing a poor Mexican village, and even the bravest lawmen can't stop them. Desperate, the locals hire Chris Adams (Brynner) and six other gunfighters to defend them. With time running out before Calvera's next raid, the heroic seven must prepare the villagers for battle and help them find the courage to take back their town or die trying!

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Akira Kurosawa's rousing Seven Samurai was a natural for an American remake--after all, the codes and conventions of ancient Japan and the Wild West (at least the mythical movie West) are not so very far apart. Thus The Magnificent Seven effortlessly turns samurai into cowboys (the same trick worked more than once: Kurosawa's Yojimbo became Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars). The beleaguered denizens of a Mexican village, weary of attacks by banditos, hire seven gunslingers to repel the invaders once and for all. The gunmen are cool and capable, with most of the actors playing them just on the cusp of '60s stardom: Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn. The man who brings these warriors together is Yul Brynner, the baddest bald man in the West. There's nothing especially stylish about the approach of veteran director John Sturges (The Great Escape), but the storytelling is clear and strong, and the charisma of the young guns fairly flies off the screen. If that isn't enough to awaken the 12-year-old kid inside anyone, the unforgettable Elmer Bernstein music will do it: bum-bum-ba-bum, bum-ba-bum-ba-bum.... Followed by three inferior sequels, Return of the Seven, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, and The Magnificent Seven Ride! --Robert Horton

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Date: 2008-06-15
"MAGNIFICENT" IS JUST ONE OF THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERNS, OF ALL TIME.
This movie is literally the beginning of Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Steve McQueen's superstardom. This movie is to them, as "A Fistful Of Dollars" is to Clint Eastwood. It wasn't until I saw the special feature, on the making of "The Magnificent Seven", is when I rediscovered this movie all over again. The history and making of the movie is just as fascinating as the movie itself. Personally, I feel this movie contains Charles Bronson's greatest performance. The relationship, that he has with the three young boys, explaining to them the difference between what real courage and real responsibility that a man displays, in order, to be, a father, to his children and finally Bronson displaying toughness and tenderness, all at the same time, in a extremely moving scene, that actually can bring one to tears...A very rare Charles Bronson moment. This movie has that great theme song, that stands the test of time, plus an exceptional music score, along with powerful directing, by John Sturges. That old expression, "They don't make them like this anymore", definitely apply to "The Magnificent Seven".

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Date: 2008-05-17
The Magnificent Seven
It is just a great movie to watch over and over again. It has great actors in it A good westernan to watch when bord with what is on tv.

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Date: 2008-04-06
Overlooked beauty
Seldom mentioned in discussions of "The Magnificent Seven" is the appearance of the stunning Mexican actress Rosenda Montero, the romantic interest of the character Chico. Now in her 70's, she appeared in very few American films,(She appeared in "She," with Ursula Andress) but had a big career in Mexican movies. I would love to have seen more of her exotic beauty in "Seven," but there were only a few shots of her. I think she is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in a film, in terms of pure, raw beauty.

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Date: 2008-03-26
The Magnificent Seven
One of the best westerns made. The cast was the right mix for the story line.

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Date: 2008-03-11
Great Western
Even if the western genre isn't your thing this is a "must have" for any DVD collection. As fresh today as when it was filmed. The price is fantastic!

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