The Magnificent 7

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The 1960s was a very “interesting” time in history. With it's cars, culture, and people! But one thing in particular, is the movies during that time. Movies like “Psycho,” and “Sparticus,” one movie that really stands out is “The Magnificent 7.” Considered a “classic,” The Magnificent 7 was directed by John Sturges, and was released October 23, 1960. The cast of The Magnificent 7 consisted of many actors like Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, and Eli Wallach. During production, Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen had a bit of a rivalry. According to (imdb.com), Yul had a problem Steve was trying to upstage him in a way. This made the filming of The Magnificent 7 much more difficult. Yul and Steve were always competing against each other. Steve would sometimes try to take attention away from yul by taking off his hat to shade his eyes from the blazing sun while filming as he looks around, and Yul said to him, "If you don't stop that I'm going to take off my hat, and then no one will look at you for the rest of the film."(imdb.com) And whenever in the same scene together, Yul would always make a little dirt hill when standing next to McQueen to appear around half an inch taller than him. In scenes with their whole body, Yul would slowly walk over the hill and kick it with his feet because that's something his character …show more content…

Why? The Magnificent 7 had it all. A simplistic plot about good over evil, but with a twist! 7 people from completely different backgrounds join together to face death and get redemption for all the regretful things they’ve done in the past. It had a good cast of actors and fairly decent music with an amazing theme song! Cowboys weren’t too popular during this era, but since the release of this movie, western style clothing and music have been selling like crazy, as well as this movie. By the time this movie had been released to the public, many kids wanted to be a

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