WESTERNS: The Magnificent Seven (1960)
“It seemed to be a good idea at the time.”
If this movie is the rebirth of the Western, it'd be hard to tell because it's a real mess. It's a classic, and it absolutely makes sense why, but it's also a total mess of a film. No one knows what movie they're supposed to be in, the script is missing a ton of connective tissue, and Steve McQueen has the audacity to be bad at acting and an insufferable tool. Still, Yul Brynner and Charles Bronson are total dudes, and this Western via samurai flick manages to be a little entertaining. But really, just go watch Seven Samurai instead. Round up the gunfighters as we watch 1960’s The Magnificent Seven on Have a Good Movie!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken from the main theme to the film The Magnificent Seven, written and composed by Elmer Bernstein. Copyright 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayers Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt taken from "Man With A Harmonica" from the film Once Upon a Time in the West, written and composed by Ennio Morricone. Copyright 1968 Rafran - San Marco Production.
