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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Bob Benecke | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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Maria Palacios de Erickson | ... | Narrator (voice) |
Chazz Palminteri | ... | Himself | |
John Carpenter | ... | Himself | |
Lawrence Kasdan | ... | Himself | |
James Coburn | ... | Himself | |
Yul Brynner | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Lou Morheim | ... | Himself |
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Doris Kleiner | ... | erself, former wife of Yul Brynner (as Doris Brynner) |
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Walter Bernstein | ... | Himself |
Walter Mirisch | ... | Himself | |
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Robert E. Relyea | ... | Himself (as Robert Relyea) |
Neile Adams | ... | Herself, former wife of Steve McQueen (as Niele McQueen Toffel) | |
Horst Buchholz | ... | Himself | |
Eli Wallach | ... | Himself |
A look back at one of the classics of the western genre, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this long-time favorite about a group of mercenary gunmen who band together to rescue a small farming town from a gang of bandits. Incudes interviews with the stars, as well as archived footage of stars Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner, and director Akira Kurosawa, on whose 'The Seven Samurai',this film was based. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
This is the only documentary on the DVD of The Magnificent Seven, and is, indeed, a making of, on said movie. It consists of interviews(new and older) with surviving(R.I.P.) cast(and their relatives) and crew(as well as some within the business who were inspired by it), film clips, behind the scenes stills and narration. We are taken from pre- to post-production in 44 minutes(45 if you count the end credits).
Covered is how this was the end of the Western, settling some very Kurosawa-esque conflicting accounts of who's on (board) first, legal problems, a Mexican censor(!), Wallach's "adoption" into the bandit gang, the ensemble's rivalry, and of course the lasting impact it made.
This is well-paced, keeping it moving, and everyone it cuts to has something to say. More than delivering cold facts(many of them in the Trivia section on here), this gives you a tenable feeling of what the off-camera relationships were like, why it meant so much to several big names in Hollywood to be in or watch.
There is some disturbing content in this. I recommend this to any fan of the picture and/or anyone involved in creating it. 8/10