I magnifici sette

Titolo originale: The Magnificent Seven
Regia: John Sturges |
Anno: 1960
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Western Azione Avventura
Tag: friendship | village | horse | remake | bandit | farmer | cowboy | white man's burden | henry rifle | hired gun |
Cast: Yul Brynner | Eli Wallach | Steve McQueen | Charles Bronson | Robert Vaughn | Brad Dexter | James Coburn | Horst Buchholz | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | Vladimir Sokoloff | Rosenda Monteros | Rico Alaniz | Pepe Hern | Natividad Vacío | Mario Navarro | Danny Bravo | John A. Alonzo | Enrique Lucero | Alex Montoya | Robert J. Wilke | Val Avery | Whit Bissell | Bing Russell | Joseph Ruskin | Victor French | Jim Davis | José Chávez | Valentin de Vargas | Larry Duran | Roberto Contreras |

Chris, un pistolero texano, viene chiamato dagli abitanti di un paesino messicano stufi dei saccheggi da parte di un bandito e dei suoi compari. Chris ingaggia così altri uomini e riesce ad avere la meglio nel primo scontro con i balordi, ma in seguito avrà bisogno dell'aiuto degli stessi contadini per chiudere definitivamente la questione.

Approfondimenti

It is a misconception that Brad Dexter got his role in the film due to his having saved Frank Sinatr [...] D
Horst Buchholz (Chico) accidentally shot himself in the leg on set. Though his gun was loaded with b [...] D
According to the "Making Of" documentary from the Special Edition DVD version, associate producer Lo [...] D
The events in the film must have taken place in or after 1896. Steve McQueen mentions something as " [...] D
Charles Bronson, as character Bernardo O'Reilly, tells Chris that he is "Mexican on one side, and Ir [...] D
The "bandit gang" hired for Calvera adopted Eli Wallach as one of their own. In the mornings before [...] D
Yul Brynner and James Coburn eventually forgave Steve McQueen for constantly attempting to upstage t [...] D
Chico is a combination of two characters from (I sette samurai (1954), Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo. D
It was Yul Brynner who approached producer Walter Mirisch with the idea of doing a Western adaptatio [...] D
Stephen King used the premise of this film as the basis for his fifth Dark Tower novel, "Wolves of t [...] D
James Coburn's friend Robert Vaughn recommended him to director John Sturges for the last remaining [...] D
James Coburn makes "the greatest shot I've ever seen" (or "the worst" if you believe Britt), by shoo [...] D
Set reporter Erskine Johnson was convinced that Eli Wallach would upstage the other members of the c [...] D
In the original script the seven gunfighters were much older and veterans of the US Civil War. Spenc [...] D
Calvera says he has forty men. When Chico sneaks into the camp they count eleven dead after the firs [...] D
Although James Coburn and Charles Bronson are not among the three surviving gunfighters in the film, [...] D
Robert Vaughn also plays one of the seven mercenaries in the sci-fi remake Battle Beyond The Stars ( [...] D
Robert Vaughn's character was the last, among the seven, to be introduced in the film. Coincidentall [...] D
Although the printed cast list gives both Chris and Vin last names, the only characters in the movie [...] D
George Peppard was originally considered for the role of Vin played by Steve McQueen. Peppard later [...] D
Amazingly, the iconic and enduring score for this film did not win the Oscar for Best Original Score [...] D
Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn later appeared together in Bullitt (1968). D
Harry, Lee, Brit, and O'Reilley are all killed anonymously. A shot rings out and all four fall; the [...] D
The bandit chief's name Calvera resembles calavera, the Spanish word for skull. D
When Vin takes off his hat before Chris starts the horses pulling the hearse, he is actually checkin [...] D
In 1980, Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen reconciled. McQueen, dying of cancer, called Brynner to thank [...] D
Of the seven actors who played the "Magnificent Seven" two were not American-born: Horst Buchholz (G [...] D
When filming began in Mexico, problems arose with the local censors, who demanded changes to the way [...] D
Composer John Williams was a member of the orchestra that recorded Elmer Bernstein's score; he playe [...] D
Although the film received only mixed reviews, John Sturges got a rave from the one source that real [...] D
James Coburn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz died less than four months after one another--Coburn on [...] D
As he's dying in Chris's arms, Harry asks Chris to tell him what they were really fighting for besid [...] D
Steve McQueen wanted to act in this film but couldn't at first because the schedule of his TV series [...] D
According to the DVD notes, both John Ireland and Sterling Hayden were approached for the role of Br [...] D
Elmer Bernstein, whose score for this movie is one of the best-known ever composed, also wrote the s [...] D
Yul Brynner's killer robot character in Il mondo dei robot (1973) is physically identical to Chris. D
Yul Brynner studied shooting and the quick-draw method with Rodd Redwing, a Native American actor (h [...] D
Walter Bernstein did the original adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's film (I sette samurai (1954)) but i [...] D
Eli Wallach recalled struggling to conceal his amusement while watching the filming of the funeral-p [...] D
Steve McQueen tried to draw attention from Yul Brynner by taking off his hat to shade his eyes as he [...] D
Many US Navy ships adopt a theme song based on their name or hull number. The song would be played w [...] D
The 1967 hit song "Sweet Soul Music," written by Arthur Conley and Otis Redding and first recorded b [...] D
John Sturges cast German actor Horst Buchholz to play Mexican gunfighter Chico because there was a b [...] D
Yul Brynner (5'10") was concerned to make sure he always appeared substantially taller than Steve Mc [...] D
Mexican censors required the peasants to always be wearing clean clothes, despite being farmers. Thi [...] D
According to a John Sturges interview given in 1990 for the book "John Sturges, Stories of a Filmmak [...] D
James Coburn was a big fan of I sette samurai (1954) and his favorite role in that film was the char [...] D
According to Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen complained about the gun Yul Brynner was using in the film [...] D
When newspapers started reporting on the altercations on set between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, [...] D
Eli Wallach's role as Calvera was not the counterpart to Toshirô Mifune's role as Kikuchiyo in "S [...] D
The theme song was used for many years for the Marlboro cigarette commercials. D
The script was often written at night for the shooting the next morning. D
The cup game Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) shows to the villagers is actually impossible. He cheats when [...] D
The name of Charles Bronson's character, Bernardo O'Reilly, is a reference to Chilean independence l [...] D
With most people's memories of seeing this film, it might be surprising that, due to Eli Wallach's r [...] D
John Sturges faced a major problem during filming. The screenplay mentioned which of the Seven died, [...] D
Although it's often thought that the Seven were a group of unknowns who became stars because of this [...] D
Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Charles Bronson all appeared together again in John Sturges next fil [...] D
Included among the 25 films on the American Film Institute's 2005 list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Sc [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...] D
The film was a box-office failure in the US, but went on to be a smash hit in Europe, and ultimately [...] D
The oneupmanship between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen spread to the other actors, and they all star [...] D
O'Reilly (Charles Bronson) is the last of the seven to die. His counterpart in I sette samurai (1954 [...] D
Robert Vaughn (Lee) was the last surviving member of the Magnificent Seven. He died on 11/11/16 at a [...] D
The movie appears to be set sometime in the mid- to late 1880s. However, all of the main characters [...] D
The first in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies. D
Eli Wallach and Robert Vaughn's characters are both killed in this film. In real life, however, Wall [...] D
We never see who fires the shots that kill Harry, Lee, Britt and O'Reilley, or the shot that wounds [...] D
The peasants are exceptionally well dressed, due to the Mexican censors demanding that their costume [...] D
The first scene shot was the first part of the six gunfighters' journey to the Mexican village, prio [...] D
Pay close attention to Eli Wallach whenever he handles his gun. Whenever he puts the gun back into h [...] D
James Coburn (Britt) and Robert Vaughn (Lee) have only 11 and 16 lines in the entire film, respectiv [...] D
The casting of Eli Wallach as a Mexican has often been condemned as racist. It is highly unlikely th [...] D
Screenwriter Walter Newman objected to how John Sturges filmed several of his scenes and became furi [...] D
Despite some credit listings, Natividad Vacío plays Miguel, not Tomas, and John A. Alonzo (billed [...] D
Chico's "bullfight" scene was improvised. Someone found a cow and the filmmakers decided to put it i [...] D
During filming, Yul Brynner remarked that Eli Wallach was too benevolent as Calvera. D
In Robert Vaughn's 2008 memoir, he confessed that the cast all had diarrhea while filming. D
Yul Brynner had a major say in casting decisions, including the decision to cast Steve McQueen. He s [...] D
The steam locomotive seen simmering in the background during the knife and gun contest is narrow-gau [...] D
In the original script, as in I sette samurai (1954), the farmers leave the village to hire mercenar [...] D
In 1984 producer Walter Mirisch announced a remake of the film as part of his production deal with U [...] D
The original screenplay was written by Walter Bernstein, but was later reworked almost beyond recogn [...] D
It's never clearly shown just how many people each member of the Seven killed. However, if one were [...] D
Steve McQueen, who played Vin, was the first of the Magnificent Seven to have died. By coincidence, [...] D
Eli Wallach had a hand in how Calvera's death would be played out. "Make it simple", he thought. "Ju [...] D
Clark Gable, Stewart Granger, Glenn Ford and Anthony Franciosa were considered for roles. D
Body count: 55 D
Ironically, though Yul Brynner's and Steve McQueen's characters didn't die in the film, in real life [...] D
As Chris and Vin drive the hearse to Boot Hill, they pass a storefront with the name P. Garrett over [...] D
O'Reilley fires only one shot with a handgun during the entire movie, his last shot was fired left-h [...] D
Although the majority of "the seven" die in the movie, the actors portraying two of the survivors we [...] D
Calvera refers to his 40 men--after the three scouts have been killed. During the first shootout at [...] D
Yul Brynner was married on the set; the celebration used many of the same props as the fiesta scene. D
Yul Brynner (Chris) was the only actor to reprise his role in Il ritorno dei magnifici sette (1966). D
Robert Vaughn played the role of Lee in the film. He later came back to star in the TV series I magn [...] D
Filming took place in Mexico at a time when the country did not take kindly to Hollywood productions [...] D
Eli Wallach wore a silk shirt and sported gold rings and teeth because he "wanted to show what the b [...] D
Anthony Quinn was originally set to star. D
The title of the movie in the Georgian language means the same as "Holy Week", so they used to air t [...] D
According to Eli Wallach's autobiography, Yul Brynner had a major problem with what he perceived as [...] D
Sterling Hayden was originally supposed to play the knife expert, Britt. Hayden dropped out for unkn [...] D
The horse that Yul Brynner was riding was Pie, the same one that James Stewart rode in all or most o [...] D
George Peppard was first considered for the role of Vin. Gene Wilder also auditioned. Peppard would [...] D
Vin is the only member to aim and shoot his hand gun with two hands. During the final shootout he is [...] D
The film was cast quickly to beat an actor's strike. The only chance of getting the movie made was t [...] D

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Errori

After the first gun battle between the 7 and the gang, Britt is seen emptying his revolver, presumab [...] D
During the final battle we see Bernardo slumping off a roof, onto a clay-tiled awning, and then crou [...] D
Steve McQueen is wearing a wedding ring throughout the movie. D
In some prints, Natividad Vacío who plays Miguel, is listed as playing Tomas, while John A. Alonz [...] D
During the final shootout, a number of farmers are killed. However, once the gun battle is over, onl [...] D
The knife used by Britt appears to be a stiletto switchblade (automatic opening knife with locking m [...] D
The horse on the left of the carriage loses his feather on the way down from Boot Hill, but has it b [...] D
Outline of pack of cigarettes and possibly Zippo lighter seen in Yul Brynner's shirt pockets. D
Vin is telling a humorous story to Chris and the Old Man and mentions a fellow back home falling off [...] D
When Chris and Vin are returning from the cemetery on the hearse, they come to a stop and get off th [...] D
When Chico arrives drunk at the cantina, he shoots toward Chris twice, but doesn't cock the gun betw [...] D
The steam locomotive when Britt duel with the cowboy (knife x revolver) is completely cold. No smoke [...] D
When Chris and Vin begin driving the hearse up to Boot Hill, they pass the Belmar Hotel sign twice - [...] D
At 58:19 when two peasants drop rocks on the ground it is obvious that the "rocks" are neither real [...] D
After the first defense of the village, when Chris is asked what he would do if he were Calvera, the [...] D
Chico taunts the red "toro" like a Spanish bull fighter, but it isn't a male "bull" rather a female [...] D
When Chico visits the bandito camp he is wearing two bandoliers loaded with pointed tip rifle bullet [...] D
Basically in all the death scenes for the main characters, they are able to speak their last words o [...] D
In the opening scene, when Calvera is complaining about religion, he takes the cup to drink in his l [...] D
Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) gallops back into town to help the seven during the final battle, jumps off [...] D
Chris gets a signal that Calvera is on his way to the village and unhooks the cord from the hammer o [...] D
When Chico is walking across the yard his hat is shot off and falls 6 feet to his left and he rolls [...] D
After Calvera and his men are driven from the village the first time, there is a sequence in which t [...] D
At the start of the last shootout, Vin draws and fires on the bandito to his left in the doorway, th [...] D
When Bernardo pulls one of the village boys onto his lap to spank him for calling the adult villager [...] D
Charles Bronson wears a denim shirt. While Denim trousers had been around for many years the first s [...] D
At the railroad station, when during a contest a man is killed by a thrown knife, correct for the er [...] D
When talking about what food the villagers are providing the Seven, Charles Bronson's character-repr [...] D
Just before the first confrontation with Calvera, Chris removes the loop holding his six-gun in his [...] D
Chris offers to buy Vin a drink. When Vin arrives at the table both Chris and Vin address each other [...] D
Calvera says he has forty men. With so small a group, it is inconceivable that Chico could have blen [...] D
When Calvera gives the "adios" command to send the seven out of town, he waves his right hand and st [...] D
Toward the end of the movie, when the 3 little Mexican boys are praying over Charles Bronson's grave [...] D
Audio is out of sync when Bernardo spanks the village boy. An additional "slap" sound is heard short [...] D
After Britt throws the knife into the cowboy in the rail yard, two train engineers are seen leaning [...] D
When Lee regains his nerve and prepares to enter the building where the villagers are being held cap [...] D
The first man Calvera kills near the beginning of the movie has no wounds on his back after being sh [...] D
After Chris delivers the final line, Vin and Chris turn around and ride over the hill - Chris is rid [...] D
In the opening scene Calvera wipes his wet hands on his vest and it clearly becomes wet. In the foll [...] D
The boom shadow can clearly be seen moving from right to left as Sotero turns while addressing his f [...] D
The first man that Calvera shoots puts his hand to his chest after the first bullet. As the second b [...] D
Just before Vin walks away from the craps table in the bar, the cowboy at the end of the table rolls [...] D
In the last scene, when the three village boys put flowers on Bernardo's grave, the middle boy makes [...] D
The whistle Bernardo gives to the little girl DOES have a fipple, but he turns it down when he blows [...] D
As Brad Dexter is dying, as he talks, suddenly all the gunfire disappears. When he dies, the gunfire [...] D
When Calvera and his gang first ride into town in the beginning of the movie, they are seen taking c [...] D
Chris tells Harry Luck that the job pays a gold eagle plus room and board. But the payment offered w [...] D
When riding shotgun on the hearse Tanner's grip on the shotgun changes through shots. D
Steve McQueen wears Levi jeans with the famous red tab. These were introduced in the 1930's. Decades [...] D
As Chris and Vin ride the hearse back from the cemetery you can see one of the tassels fall from the [...] D

Frase

Calvera: Last month we were in San Juan. Rich town [...] D
Britt: I... changed my mind. D
Old Man: Come in. You must be thirsty... You must [...] D
Hilario: Even if we had the guns, we know how to p [...] D
[as they ride to the village, Chico is following t [...] D
Lee: Yes. The final supreme idiocy. Coming here to [...] D
[Britt has just shot a fleeing bandit off his hors [...] D
Chris: Go ahead, Lee. You don't owe anything to an [...] D
Old Man: They are all farmers. Farmers talk of not [...] D
Harry Luck: [Dying words] Well, I'll be damned. C [...] D
Chris: You forget one thing. We took a contract. [...] D
Vin: We heard you got that Salinas thing cleaned u [...] D
Wallace: Britt. Britt, wake up. I'm talkin' to ya! [...] D
Vin: All I'm saying is that sometimes you bend wit [...] D
Vin: [With Chris, surveying the results of the vil [...] D
Vin: We deal in lead, friend. D
Harry Luck: [to Chris] You ol' Cajun; you don't ta [...] D
[last lines] Chris: The old man was right. Only t [...] D
Chris: You heard of anything? Vin: Just shooing s [...] D
Chris: Is that what you want? Answer me! Who's for [...] D
Old Man: You worry about yourself. Are you ready f [...] D
Hilario: We'll fight with guns if we have them. If [...] D
Hilario: Very young and very proud. Chris: Well, [...] D
Harry Luck: The odds are too high. Chris: Much to [...] D
Calvera: I should have guessed. When my men didn't [...] D
Chico: But who made us the way we are, huh? Men wi [...] D
Britt: Nobody throws me my own guns and says run. [...] D
Chris: [referring to Calvera] If he rides in with [...] D
Chico: Villages like this they make up a song abou [...] D
Calvera: [dying - to Chris] You came back - for a [...] D
Chris: Oh, hell. If that's all that's holding thin [...] D
[O'Reilly is teaching the villagers how to shoot] [...] D
Village Boy 1: If you get killed, we take the rifl [...] D
Henry: This man needs to be buried. And soon. He's [...] D
Calvera: What if you had to carry my load? The nee [...] D
Vin: You know - I've been in some towns where the [...] D
Vin: What're you gonna do when Calvera comes? Old [...] D
[Chris and Vin were just shot at, hitting the tip [...] D
[Chris and Vin enter their room, to see Lee sittin [...] D
Chico: [berating the villagers] Thank you, thank y [...] D
Chris: There's a job for six men, watching over a [...] D
Chamlee: There's an element in town that objects. [...] D
Chico: They're afraid. She's afraid of me, you, hi [...] D
Village Boy 2: We're ashamed to live here. Our fat [...] D
Wallace: You tell 'em! I won, didn't I? Britt: Yo [...] D
Vin: [Chris is driving the hearse up to Boot Hill; [...] D
Calvera: Now, to business! I could kill you all. Y [...] D
[Chris and the villagers are in the bar] Sotero: [...] D
Chamlee: I'm sorry, friend, but there'll be no fun [...] D
[the village Calvera's raiding has changed] Calve [...] D
Vin: Twenty dollars? You must be living in style. [...] D
[Calvera has just captured the Seven] Calvera: Wh [...] D
Chris: There's no need to apologize. We weren't ex [...] D
Chris: Bring them in. [refering to the women] Ch [...] D
Calvera: We have a saying here: a thief who steals [...] D
[Villagers tell Chris they collected everything of [...] D
Lee: [Grabs at three flies - opens his hand] One. [...] D
Chris Larabee Adams: I'll tell you what I can do; [...] D
Chris: He's a good gun, and we aren't heading for [...] D
Henry: Well, I'll be damned. I never knew you had [...] D
Chris: Morning. I'm a friend of Harry Luck's. He t [...] D
[as Chris, Vin and Chico are about to leave the vi [...] D
Chris: Now we are seven. D
Chris Adams: Bernardo O'Reilly; you've been adopte [...] D
Harry Luck: No tricks now, Chris. Chris Adams: Ha [...] D
[Chris is driving the hearse up to Boot Hill; Vin [...] D
Chamlee: I don't like it, no sir. I've always trea [...] D
Vin: It took me a long, long time to learn my elbo [...] D
Chris: Nah, leave him alone. It's a free country. [...] D
Calvera: Generosity... that was my first mistake. [...] D
Chico: And who made us the way we are? Men with [...] D
Calvera: If God didn't want them sheared, he would [...] D
[Referring to Britt] Villager: If he's the best w [...] D
Calvera: Somehow I don't think you've solved my pr [...] D
[as the seven are about to leave the village] Cal [...] D
Hilario: The feeling I felt in my chest this morni [...] D
Vin: Rojas is makin' room for you in his home. Ol [...] D
Vin: You know the first time I took a job as a hir [...] D

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