The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition)

It stars Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen, Charles
Bronson, James Coburn and Robert Vaughn as
a couple of hired gunslingers asked to help
a couple of Mexican farmers get their village
back from the control of an evil and bloodthirsty
bandit named Calvera. (Eli Wallach).

The movie is just brilliant. It starts of, telling
us the story of how the village is terrorized by
this evil bandit, and from their it just the
great exploits of the 7 gunslingers who are brought
together to fight for the justice of the
Mexican people.

Yul Brenner, and Steve McQueen play Chris and Vin, a couple of honorable but tough gunmen who don't
take any crap from anyone.

Their first intro in the movie is great.

They are riding their horse carriage through
a western town full of goons that want to kill
the.

As they ride across this town, they from all angles
kill the bad guys who try to get them from
windows, horses and other places.

Eventually their great exploits get the exploits
of the Mexican farmers.

The Mexican farmers tell their tale of the bandits
who are destroying their village and leaving their
families hungry.

So Chris goes on his quest to gather more
skilled gunslingers to get these bandits.

This other great gunslingers consists of Charles Bronson and Robert Vaughn.

What I love about this movie, besides the great
musical score is that their is a story about all
the gunslingers. They all come from different
backgrounds and have their own skills to bring
to the table come game time.

"It's only a matter of handling a gun, it's no
big deal" -This great line by Chris (Yul Brenner)
shows the cool and modest demeanor that the
good hearted gunslingers have.

Their is a Special Edition DVD of this classic
and the DVD is one of the best DVD's ever made.

It includes a special documentary on the film with
rare interviews with Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
and Yul Brenner.

It also goes into detail about the making of the film and how many movie studios did not want to release it.

The DVD comes with 2 special trailers of the movie
which show it's brilliance.

This 1960 masterpiece is one of the best American
movies made and one of the best westerns made.

Sergio Leone is most popular for directing Westerns like "The Good ,The Bad and Ugly" and "For a Few
Dollars" so if your into great action and music,
check this terrific movies out too.

Contrast this with the fidgetting and fussing of Steve McQueen's much more human performance, and you can almost see how movies will change entirely in the next 15 years. Eli Wallach's bandit villian is a perfectly likeable fellow, while some of the heroes are hunted and greedy. The first scenes show the heroes confronting racism - in 1960! The Magnificent Seven was one of the first movies made outside of the studio system, and it shows. The entire supporting cast is played by Mexican actors who are willing -and allowed- to portray their characters in a realistic, human light. Perhaps the best reason to watch this movie is to prepare yourself for the film that inspired it - Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, one of the greatest movies of all time, from -any- country or genre.

The DVD: The visual quality is only average. The print is stratched and grainy, and when a transition shot approaches, the image becomes even worse! The sound is faithful to the original movie, but nothing to show-off your stereo with. The documentary is the best extra, as it lovingly explores the history of the movie, the legal troubles of its early creation, the friendly rivalry of the Seven actors on the set, and the strange relationship that Eli Wallach had with his band of bandits. There is also a commentary track, but much of the information in this track is presented more clearly in the documentary.

Definitely a must-buy for western fans.