The Magnificent Seven | | Cast : | Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson | | Director : | John Sturges | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | October 23, 1960 | | DVD Released Date : | May 08, 2001 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | A good remake! | Content
 | Despite the fact this is a remarkable adaptation of the famous saga The seven Samurais. You must watch it without major pretensions. It's a fabulous entertainment that allowed to Steve Mac Queen, Charles Bronson, James Colburn and Robert Vaughn be widely know all around the world.
A kinetic cinematography that inflamed the screen with a great doses of black humor and graphic violence.
Martin Ritt is not Peckinpah, pitifully. But the film keeps high caliber tension and it is a good entertainment.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Excellent classic! | Content
| Was required to watch and analyize this film to the book the TheBaid in a Spring 2005 english course. Boy what a suprise I got!
Personally I'm suprised that some of these actors did not star in more films together! The music score on this one is perhaps one of the best I have ever heard in any movie. What a great western this is! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | "We Deal In Lead" | Content
| 'The Magnificent Seven' was, is and will always be the standard by which all other Westerns are judged. Every word, every gesture, every camera angle has been orchestrated to achieve the maximum cinematic experience. Speaking of orchestration, thanks to the musical genius of Elmer Bernstein it also possesses one of the best motion picture soundtracks ever!
So many classic lines:
"You elected? No, but I got nominated pretty good."
"I've been offered alot for my work, but never everything."
"Lets see how fast you are and no games, no clapping hands, none of that stuff. Just draw."
"Nobody throws me my own guns and tells me to run. Nobody."
"Go ahead Lee, you don't owe anything to anybody. Accept to myself."
"What's my name? Bernardo! Bernardo! Damn right."
Buy It! - Watch It! - Enjoy It! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | A landmark in 20th century cinema | Content
| Maybe you haven't seen this movie, but you sure have heard some parts of its magnificent soundtrack (it was used by a cigarrette company on its TV ads until they got banned). The music in this film is as recognizable as the main theme from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Anyway, this is a must have if you like classical cinema.
Its a remake of Seven Samurai, from Akira Kurosawa and tells a story about a mexican village that was being blackmailed by a band of forajidos (you will recognize their leader immediately). The villagers go to the US-Mexican border seeking for guns but insted of buying them they decide to hire a gunman to help them get rid of the bandits. This gunman recruits six guys with unique skills. Of the magnificent seven (MS), six were on for pride and honor, and only one was for the money.
From there on, the MS helped the villagers by training them for the final combat against the bandidos. This is not the standard western movie with nothing to offer other than gun fights: you can see a lot of ethical issues and deep thoughts that are not usual in this genre.
The video quality is good, as well as the sound. The documentaries included are pretty interesting and enjoyable, with lots of anecdotes regarding issues such as problems with the mexican government that forced the movie producers to make a change in the plot, the Hollywood strike that almost prevented the movie from being filmed and other facts like that. It also includes the original trailers with that funny song "Seven, Seven, Seven, the magnificent seven, they were only seven but they fought like Seven hundred". |
| Rating | | | Date | June 08, 2005 | | Summary | Best non-Wayne western ever! | Content
| "The Magnificent Seven" is the ultimate in western shoot-outs. An ode to the dieing western that was actually a western (ie non-spagetti westerns), this film ended up beating all other weserns. Brynner does an excellent job as a gunslinger, as does McQueen. Heck, all the acting is good! And the action is perfect; not too intense, but the movie is definantly not boring. The musical score is another success for Elmer Bernstein (he also did the incredible score for "The Great Escape"). All told, this is one of my favorite movies of all time and a must-have for any western fan. |
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