(1960)
A gang of outlaws regularly raids a poor Mexican village for food. The frightened villagers hire a team of seven gunmen to defend them. The film is a remake of Akira Kurosawa�fs The Seven Samurai directed by Jophn Sturges. The story is strong, the characters are all individuals and the remake has become one of the most well-known westerns.
Cast
Chris Yul Brynner
Vin Steve McQueen
Calvera Eli Wallach
Chico Horst Bucholz
O'Reilly Charles Bronson
Lee Robert Vaughan
Brit James Coburn
Hilario Jorge Martinez de Hovos
Director
John Sturges
Questions
1. Can you think of any films that are remakes? What is your opinion of the original and the remake itself?
2. Is there a clear theme in the Magnificent Seven? What genre does MS belong to?
3. Can you think of other remakes and parodies and adaptations of these genres of films?
4. What are the similarities between SS and MS in terms of story, setting, actors, characterizations, cinematographic techniques?
5. Which is the better film: SS or MS?
6. Are the samurai and the gunmen portrayed as heroes?
7. In modern society who would the counterparts be of samurai and gunmen?
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