The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier ." Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, the genre also includes many examples of stories set in locations outside the frontier – including Northern Mexico , the Northwestern United States , Alaska , and Western Canada – as well as stories that take place before 1849 and after 1890. Western films comprise part of the larger Western genre , which encompasses literature, music, television, and plastic arts.
70-478: Magnificent Seven or Magnificent 7 may refer to: Media [ edit ] Film [ edit ] The Magnificent Seven , a 1960 western film Return of The Magnificent Seven , a 1966 western film Guns of the Magnificent Seven , a 1969 western film The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins , a 1971 motion picture The Magnificent Seven Ride! ,
140-505: A " Western " theme (mainly in the episode titled " Dude, Where's My Ranch? "). The opening horn riff in Arthur Conley 's 1967 hit " Sweet Soul Music " is borrowed from the theme. Canadian band Kon Kan use the opening bars of the theme in their single " I Beg Your Pardon ". Celtic Football Club (Glasgow, Scotland) used the theme music whenever Henrik Larsson scored a goal. The 2008 J-pop song " Ōgoe Diamond " by AKB48 also used part of
210-432: A 1972 western film The Magnificent Seven (2016 film) , a 2016 remake of the 1960 western film Magnificent 7 , a 2005 television film based on the family of English writer Jacqui Jackson Music [ edit ] The Magnificent 7 (album) , by The Supremes and The Four Tops "The Magnificent Seven" (song) , a single by The Clash Television [ edit ] The Magnificent Seven (TV series) ,
280-459: A 1998–2000 television series based on the 1960 film "Magnificent Seven", a 1993 episode of the Fox Network sitcom Married... with Children "The Magnificent Seven" ( Supernatural ) , a 2007 episode of the television series Sports [ edit ] Magnificent Seven (gymnastics) , 1996 United States Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team The Magnificent Seven (professional wrestling) ,
350-486: A coin during one of Brynner's speeches, and rattling his shotgun shells. Brynner would often build up a little mound of earth to make himself look as tall as McQueen, only to have McQueen kick the dirt out of place when he passed by. When newspapers started reporting about a rivalry, Brynner issued a press statement saying, "I never feud with actors. I feud with studios." The film's score is by Elmer Bernstein , with orchestrations by Leo Shuken and Jack Hayes . Along with
420-522: A critical and commercial success and has been appraised as one of the greatest films of the Western genre. It spawned three sequels, a television series that aired from 1998 to 2000, and a 2016 film remake . Elmer Bernstein 's film score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score and is listed on the American Film Institute 's list of the top 25 American film scores . In 2013,
490-449: A departure from the 1985 original (a sci-fi) and the 1989 sequel (an action adventure), Part III has been regarded by others as a fitting end to the series. At the turn of the 21st century, Westerns have once again seen an ongoing revival in popularity. Largely influenced by the recapturing of Americana mythology , appreciation for the vaquero folklore within Mexican culture and
560-479: A fortune; Harry smiles before dying. Lee finds the nerve to burst into a house where several villagers are being held, shooting their captors and releasing the prisoners to join the fight, but is gunned down as he leaves the house. Bernardo, shot protecting the boys he befriended, tells them as he dies to see how bravely their fathers fought. Britt dies after killing many bandits and exposing himself from cover. Chris shoots Calvera, who demands to know why he came back for
630-493: A group of London cemeteries constructed in the 19th century The Magnificent Seven, a set of seven attainment badges created by Scouting Ireland S.A.I. in the late 1990s Magnificent Seven stars , a nickname for a group of nearby isolated neutron stars Magnificent Seven elephants , a set of bull elephants with particularly large tusks living in Kruger National Park Magnificent Seven mansions ,
700-570: A group of WCW professional wrestling heels in 2001 The Magnificent Seven, an alternative nickname to the Unsinkable Seven , the seven survivor competitors of the 1963 and 1968 East African Safari Rally Magnificent Seven, two nicknames of thoroughbred horse racing meetings in which jockeys achieved seven victories in a single day: Frankie Dettori at Ascot Racecourse, 1996 Richard Hughes (jockey) at Windsor Racecourse, 2012 Others [ edit ] Magnificent Seven cemeteries ,
770-620: A group of mansions located in northern Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Magnificent Seven (stocks) , a group of highly-performing US stocks Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Magnificent Seven . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnificent_Seven&oldid=1210807471 " Categories : Disambiguation pages 7 (number) Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732848651424840-488: A quarter of studio output. The advent of color and widescreen during this era opened up new possibilities for directors to portray the vastness of the American landscape. This era also produced the genre's most iconic figures, including John Wayne and Randolph Scott , who developed personae that they maintained across most of their films. Director John Ford is often considered one of the genre's greatest filmmakers. With
910-572: A town just inside the United States, the villagers find Chris , a veteran Cajun gunslinger , and approach him. Chris advises that they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as "men are cheaper than guns." At first agreeing only to help them recruit, Chris eventually leads the group. Despite the meager pay, Chris finds five willing gunmen. They include Vin Tanner, a gunfighter gone broke from gambling ; Chris' friend Harry Luck, who assumes Chris
980-557: A whiplash injury and had to wear a neck brace. During the interval required for his "recuperation", he was free to appear in The Magnificent Seven . James Coburn was a great fan of the Japanese film Seven Samurai , having seen it 15 times, and was hired through the help of co-star and former classmate Robert Vaughn, after the role of the expert knifethrower had been rejected by actors Sterling Hayden and John Ireland . The film
1050-498: Is also ranked No. 79 on the AFI's list of American cinema's 100 most-thrilling films . Three sequels were eventually made: Return of the Seven (1966), Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). Yul Brynner returned as Chris Adams for Return of the Seven , but was replaced in the sequels by George Kennedy and Lee Van Cleef . He was the only member of
1120-399: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges . The screenplay, credited to William Roberts , is a remake – in an Old West -style – of Akira Kurosawa 's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in
1190-643: Is hiding a much bigger reward for the work; the Irish Mexican Bernardo O'Reilly, who has fallen on hard times; Britt, an expert in both knife and gun who joins purely for the challenge involved; and the dapper, on-the-run gunman Lee, plagued by nightmares of fallen enemies and so haunted that he has lost his nerve for battle. On their way to the village, they are trailed by the hotheaded Chico, an aspiring gunfighter whose previous attempts to join Chris had been spurned. Impressed by his persistence, Chris allows him into
1260-461: Is often erroneously cited as the first Western, though George N. Fenin and William K. Everson point out that the "Edison company had played with Western material for several years prior to The Great Train Robbery ". Nonetheless, they concur that Porter's film "set the pattern—of crime, pursuit, and retribution—for the Western film as a genre". The film's popularity opened the door for Anderson to become
1330-522: The Grand Canyon , Yosemite , and the giant redwoods , due in part to exhibitors' inability to switch over to widescreen during the Great Depression . After the renewed commercial successes of the Western in the late 1930s, their popularity continued to rise until the 1950s, when the number of Western films produced outnumbered all other genres combined. The period from 1940 to 1960 has been called
1400-504: The Wild West shows that began in the 1870s. These shows, which included stage plays and outdoor exhibitions, culminated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West , a touring performance that ran from 1883 to 1913. Wild West shows, which were intended for urban audiences, established many of the elements that came to define Western films, such as the blending of fact and fiction and the romanticization of
1470-402: The "Golden Age of the Western". It is epitomized by the work of several prominent directors including: There have been several instances of resurgence for the Western genre. According to Netflix , the popularity of the genre is due to its malleability: "As America has evolved, so too have Westerns." During the 1960s and 1970s, Spaghetti Westerns from Italy became popular worldwide; this
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#17328486514241540-540: The 1930s. By the late 1930s, the Western film was widely regarded as a "pulp" genre in Hollywood, but its popularity was dramatically revived in 1939 by major studio productions such as Dodge City starring Errol Flynn , Jesse James with Tyrone Power , Union Pacific with Joel McCrea , Destry Rides Again featuring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich , and especially John Ford's landmark Western adventure Stagecoach starring John Wayne , which became one of
1610-576: The American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier ". The term "Western", used to describe a narrative film genre, appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. Most of the characteristics of Western films were part of 19th-century popular Western fiction , and were firmly in place before film became a popular art form. Film critic Philip French has said that
1680-514: The Mexican village prior to Chico being brought into the group. During filming there was considerable tension between Brynner and McQueen, who was displeased at his character having only seven lines of dialogue in the original shooting script. (Sturges had told McQueen that he would "give him the camera".) To compensate, McQueen took numerous opportunities to upstage Brynner and draw attention to himself, including shielding his eyes with his hat, flipping
1750-550: The Native Americans as dishonorable villains, the later and more culturally neutral Westerns gave Native Americans a more sympathetic treatment. Other recurring themes of Westerns include treks (e.g. The Big Trail ) or perilous journeys (e.g. Stagecoach ) or groups of bandits terrorizing small towns such as in The Magnificent Seven . The Western goes beyond simply a cinematic genre, and extends into defining
1820-688: The Old West – they included Annie Oakley (shooting) and members of the Sioux (dancing). Western films were enormously popular in the silent-film era (1894–1927). The earliest known Western narrative film is the British short Kidnapping by Indians , made by Mitchell and Kenyon in Blackburn , England, in 1899. The Great Train Robbery (1903, based on the earlier British film A Daring Daylight Burglary ), Edwin S. Porter 's film starring Broncho Billy Anderson ,
1890-480: The Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a performance released by RCA in 1997, but the original film soundtrack was not released until the following year by Rykodisc. ( Varèse Sarabande issued this album in 1996, and reissued it in 2004.) At the 33rd Academy Awards , the score was nominated for Best Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture , losing to Ernest Gold 's score for Exodus . In 2005,
1960-450: The Seven . Electric guitar cover versions by Al Caiola in the U.S. and John Barry in the U.K. were successful on the popular charts. A vocal theme not written by Bernstein was used in a trailer . In 1994, James Sedares conducted a re-recording of the score performed by The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, which also included a suite from Bernstein's score for The Hallelujah Trail , issued by Koch Records ; Bernstein himself conducted
2030-744: The US Southwest , interest in the Western lifestyle 's music and clothing , along with popular videos games series such as Red Dead . Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies Western films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy , claiming that all feature length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action , crime , fantasy , horror , romance , science fiction , slice of life , sports , thriller , and war . Western films often depict conflicts with Native Americans . While early Eurocentric Westerns frequently portray
2100-565: The US for $ 2,500. He later signed a deal with Yul Brynner's production company, who bought the rights from Morheim for $ 10,000 up front plus $ 1,000 a week as a producer and 5% of the net profits. Anthony Quinn was lined up to star with Brynner as director but later Martin Ritt was appointed as director with Brynner starring. Brynner approached producer Walter Mirisch with the idea of remaking Kurosawa's famous samurai film. However, once Mirisch had acquired
2170-789: The United Kingdom, becoming one of the top 100 highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom and in France . It was also successful in Germany. In the Soviet Union (where Brynner was originally from), the film sold 67 million tickets, becoming the highest-grossing Hollywood film ever in the Soviet Union (where it was among only a handful of Hollywood films to become blockbusters there). In South Korea, it sold 80,870 tickets in Seoul City , and it
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2240-457: The United States as The Magnificent Seven ). The ensemble cast includes Yul Brynner , Steve McQueen , Charles Bronson , Robert Vaughn , Brad Dexter , James Coburn , and Horst Buchholz as a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits led by Eli Wallach . The film was released by United Artists on October 12, 1960, becoming both
2310-594: The Western is "a commercial formula with rules as fixed and immutable as the Kabuki Theater." Western films commonly feature protagonists such as sheriffs, cowboys, gunslingers, and bounty hunters, who are often depicted as seminomadic wanderers who wear Stetson hats, bandannas , spurs, and buckskins , use revolvers or rifles as everyday tools of survival and as a means to settle disputes using "frontier justice". Protagonists ride between dusty towns and cattle ranches on their trusty steeds. Film Westerns derive from
2380-612: The bank of the Rivers of the Far West . The "Main Title" was used as an intro tune on many nights of Bruce Springsteen 's 2012 Wrecking Ball Tour . The theme was played as the E Street Band entered the stage, adding to the dramatic atmosphere in the stadium. The film opened on October 12, 1960, in a thousand theaters across the South and Southwest of the United States. In the United States and Canada,
2450-418: The biggest hits of the year. Released through United Artists, Stagecoach made John Wayne a mainstream screen star in the wake of a decade of headlining B Westerns. Wayne had been introduced to the screen 10 years earlier as the leading man in director Raoul Walsh 's spectacular widescreen The Big Trail , which failed at the box office in spite of being shot on location across the American West, including
2520-409: The border. Preparing to depart, Chris and Vin admit they have become emotionally attached to the village. Bernardo likewise gets angry when the boys he befriended call their parents cowards. Chico declares that he hates the villagers; when Chris points out he grew up as a farmer as well, Chico angrily responds that it is men like Calvera and Chris who made the villagers what they are. The gang escorts
2590-405: The cast to return for any of the sequels. None were as successful as the original film. The film also inspired a television series, The Magnificent Seven , which ran from 1998 to 2000. Robert Vaughn was a recurring guest star, a judge who hires the seven to protect the town in which his widowed daughter-in-law and his grandson live. In 1981, The Clash released a song, " The Magnificent Seven ",
2660-544: The choice food, they share it with the village children. Three of Calvera's men are dispatched to reconnoiter the village; due to a mistake by Chico, the seven are forced to kill all three. Some days later Calvera and his bandits arrive in force. The seven and the villagers kill eleven gang members and run the rest out of town. The villagers celebrate, believing Calvera will not return. However, Chico infiltrates Calvera's camp and learns that Calvera will return, as his men are short on food. Some villagers fear reprisals and call for
2730-456: The dialogue as "by turns, virile, rowdily funny and then, abruptly, not always predictably, it is pensive, even gentle. John Sturges' direction is superbly staccato; making a knife-sharp use of pauses and silences, it brings out both the humor and melancholy, the humanity as well as the evil inherent in the situation." The Monthly Film Bulletin called the casting of Yul Brynner and Horst Buchholz "curious" and thought Chico's decision to stay put
2800-468: The film "rough, tough, funny and splashy most of the way. There's a serious dip the final third, but Keith's newcomer offers shrewd, vastly enjoyable performances." Harrison's Reports praised the film as "A superb Western, well acted and crammed full of action, human interest, pathos, suspense, plus some romance and humor." A positive review from Charles Stinson in the Los Angeles Times praised
2870-546: The film earned $ 2.25 million in theatrical rentals and was a box office disappointment , but proved to be such a smash hit in Europe that it ultimately made a profit. The overseas rental was almost three times as much as in the U.S. with a total of $ 7.5 million, giving it worldwide rentals of $ 9.75 million. In Western Europe, the film sold 7.3 million tickets in Italy, 7,037,826 tickets in France, and 7.7 million tickets in
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2940-612: The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A gang of bandits led by Calvera periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide to fight back. They send three villagers carrying their few objects of value to try and barter for weapons. In
3010-592: The frontier. These early films were originally referred to as "Wild West dramas", the term "Western" came to describe the genre. The use of this shortened term appears to have originated with a July 1912 article in Motion Picture World magazine. The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey . These featured veterans of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show exhibiting skills acquired by living in
3080-401: The group. Arriving at the village, they work with the villagers to build fortifications and train them in combat. They note the lack of young women in the village until Chico stumbles upon Petra and discovers the women were hidden in fear that the gunmen would rape them. The gunmen begin to bond with the villagers, and Petra pursues Chico. When Bernardo points out that the gunmen are being given
3150-465: The gunfighters to leave. Even some of the seven waver, but Chris insists that they stay. The seven ride out for a pre-emptive raid on Calvera's camp but find it abandoned. Returning to the village, they are captured by Calvera and his men, who have colluded with some of the villagers to sneak in and take control. Calvera spares the seven's lives, part believing they have been disillusioned by the betrayal, and part fearing reprisals from their friends across
3220-517: The main theme. The Cheers episode "Diane Chambers Day" (season 4, episode 22) revolves around the bar denizens being invited to watch The Magnificent Seven and ends with them singing an a cappella version of the theme. The Mick Jones 1980s band Big Audio Dynamite covered the song as "Keep off the Grass" (although this cover was not officially released). In 1995, the KLF also did a drum and bass cover of
3290-485: The main title as " The Magnificent "; it was released under the group alias One World Orchestra on the charity compilation The Help Album . In 1992, the main theme of The Magnificent Seven came into use on a section of the Disneyland Railroad at Disneyland Paris . Portions of the theme play as the train exits the Grand Canyon diorama tunnel behind Phantom Manor , enters Frontierland , and travels along
3360-585: The myth of the West in American culture. Early Westerns were mostly filmed in the studio, as in other early Hollywood films, but when location shooting became more common from the 1930s, producers of Westerns used desolate corners of Arizona , California , Colorado , Kansas , Montana , Nevada , New Mexico , Oklahoma , Texas , Utah , or Wyoming . These settings gave filmmakers the ability to depict vast plains, looming mountains, and epic canyons. Productions were also filmed on location at movie ranches . Often,
3430-467: The pile-driver tempo of the first Seven ." According to Variety , "Until the women and children arrive on the scene about two-thirds of the way through, The Magnificent Seven is a rip-roaring rootin' tootin' western with lots of bite and tang and old-fashioned abandon. The last third is downhill, a long and cluttered anti-climax in which The Magnificent Seven grow slightly too magnificent for comfort." Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post called
3500-504: The planet Akir, home of the Akira (named after Seven Samurai director Akira Kurosawa ). The Magnificent Seven , a remake of the film with the same title, was released in 2016, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starred Denzel Washington , Chris Pratt , Ethan Hawke , Vincent D'Onofrio , Lee Byung-hun , Manuel Garcia-Rulfo , Martin Sensmeier and Peter Sarsgaard . On April 14, 2023, it
3570-504: The production, they brought on Walter Newman , whose version "is largely what's onscreen." When Newman was unavailable to be onsite during the film's principal photography in Mexico, William Roberts was hired, in part to make changes required by Mexican censors. When Roberts asked the Writers Guild of America for a co-credit, Newman asked that his name be removed from the credits. Sturges
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#17328486514243640-618: The proliferation of television in the 1960s, television Westerns began to supersede film Westerns in popularity. By the end of the decade, studios had mostly ceased to make Westerns. Despite their dwindling popularity during this decade, the 1960s gave rise to the revisionist Western , several examples of which became vital entries in the canon. Since the 1960s, new Western films have only appeared sporadically. Despite their decreased prominence, Western films remain an integral part of American culture and national mythology . The American Film Institute defines Western films as those "set in
3710-438: The quality of the script. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval score of 89% based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 8.00/10. The consensus reads, " The Magnificent Seven transplants Seven Samurai into the Old West with a terrific cast of Hollywood stars—and without losing any of the story's thematic richness." It is the second most shown film in U.S. television history, behind only The Wizard of Oz . The film
3780-401: The readily recognized main theme and effective support of the story line, the score also contains allusions to twentieth-century symphonic works, such as the reference to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra , second movement, in the tense quiet scene just before the shootout. The original soundtrack was not released at the time until reused and rerecorded by Bernstein for the soundtrack of Return of
3850-415: The rights and finalized a deal with United Artists , Brynner was sued for breach of contract by Quinn, who claimed that he and Brynner had developed the concept together and had worked out many of the film's details before the two had a falling-out. Quinn ultimately lost his claim because there was nothing in writing. The film's title comes from the initial American localized title of Seven Samurai , which
3920-471: The score for The Magnificent Seven was listed at No. 8 on the American Film Institute 's list of the top 25 American film scores . Bernstein's score has frequently been quoted in the media and popular culture. Starting in 1963, the theme was used in commercials in the U.S. for Marlboro cigarettes for many years. A similar-sounding (but different) tune was used for Victoria Bitter beer in Australia, as
3990-405: The screen's first Western star; he made several hundred Western film shorts. So popular was the genre that he soon faced competition from Tom Mix and William S. Hart . With the advent of sound in 1927–28, the major Hollywood studios rapidly abandoned Westerns, leaving the genre to smaller studios and producers. These smaller organizations churned out countless low-budget features and serials in
4060-470: The seven gunmen from the village and returns their weapons. The seven debate their next move. All agree to return and fight, except Harry, who believes the effort is futile and suicidal. The gunmen infiltrate the village and a gunfight breaks out. Harry, who has had a change of heart, returns in time to save Chris's life but is himself fatally shot. Harry pleads to know what they were fighting for, and Chris lies about hidden gold to let Harry believe he died for
4130-417: The shortened term "Western" came to describe the genre. Although other Western films were made earlier, The Great Train Robbery (1903) is often considered to mark the beginning of the genre. Westerns were a major genre during the silent era (1894–1929) and continued to grow in popularity during the sound era (post–1929). The genre reached its pinnacle between 1945 and 1965 when it comprised roughly
4200-504: The third single from their fourth album, Sandinista! , which references the title of the 1960 film. The 1980 science fiction film Battle Beyond the Stars was a remake of The Magnificent Seven set in space. A group of mercenaries, including ones played by George Peppard (as a character known only as "Space Cowboy") and Robert Vaughn (playing essentially the same character as in The Magnificent Seven ) defend farmers from space raiders on
4270-414: The vast landscape becomes more than a vivid backdrop; it becomes a character in the film. After the early 1950s, various widescreen formats such as Cinemascope (1953) and VistaVision used the expanded width of the screen to display spectacular western landscapes. John Ford's use of Monument Valley as an expressive landscape in his films from Stagecoach to Cheyenne Autumn (1965), "present us with
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#17328486514244340-405: The village. The remaining bandits flee. After Chico decides to stay with Petra, Chris and Vin bid farewell to the village elder. The elder tells them that only the villagers have won, whereas the gunslingers are "like the wind, blowing over the land and passing on." As they pass the graves of their fallen comrades, Chris admits the elder was right. Lou Morheim acquired rights to remake the film in
4410-508: Was "the film's most completely unbelievable contrivance," but still thought that "the film manages to be both impressive and likeable." Akira Kurosawa was reportedly so impressed by the film that he presented John Sturges with a sword, but said: "The American copy is a disappointment. Although entertaining, it is not a version of Seven Samurai." The film has grown greatly in esteem since its release, partly as several of its cast went on to become superstars, and its music score, but also due to
4480-534: Was a similar-sounding (but different) tune for the introduction to the National Geographic television show. The theme was included in a scene of the James Bond film Moonraker . Other uses include in the 2004 documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 ; in the 2005 film The Ringer ; in the 2015 film Hardcore Henry ; as entrance music for the British band James , as well as episodes of The Simpsons that had
4550-488: Was also successful in Japan. This adds up to a total of at least 89,118,696 tickets sold in overseas territories. Contemporary reviews were mixed to positive. Howard Thompson of The New York Times called the film a "pallid, pretentious and overlong reflection of the Japanese original"; according to Thompson, "don't expect anything like the ice-cold suspense, the superb juxtaposition of revealing human vignettes and especially
4620-453: Was announced that MGM is rebooting many of its film franchises, including a TV adaptation of The Magnificent Seven . Meyers, Richard (2001). Great Martial Arts Movies: From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan and More . New York City: Citadel Press . pp. 276 . ISBN 978-0806520261 . Western film Western films derive from the Wild West shows that began in the 1870s. Originally referred to as "Wild West dramas",
4690-474: Was due to the success of Sergio Leone 's storytelling method. Although experiencing waning popularity during the 1980s, the success of films such as Dances with Wolves (1990) and Unforgiven (1992) brought the genre back into the mainstream. Back to the Future Part III (1990) was "a full-blown Western" set in 1885; although the least commercially successful of the trilogy and according to some
4760-410: Was eager to cast Steve McQueen in the picture, having just worked with him on the 1959 film Never So Few , but McQueen could not get a release from actor/producer Dick Powell , who controlled McQueen's hit TV series Wanted Dead or Alive . On the advice of his agent, McQueen, an experienced race car driver, staged a car accident and claimed that he could not work on his series because he had suffered
4830-406: Was initially released under the title The Magnificent Seven in the United States in 1955. Script credit was a subject of contention. Associate producer Morheim commissioned Walter Bernstein , a blacklisted scriptwriter , to produce the first draft "faithfully" adapted from the original script written by Shinobu Hashimoto , Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa ; when Mirisch and Brynner took over
4900-519: Was shot by cinematographer Charles Lang in a 35 mm anamorphic format using Panavision lenses . Location shooting began on March 1, 1960, in Mexico, where both the village and the U.S. border town were built for the film. The location filming was in Cuernavaca , Durango , and Tepoztlán and at the Churubusco Studios . The first scenes were the first part of the six gunfighters' journey to
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