#The magnificent seven 2016 series

Impressed by his persistence, Chris invites him into the group.Īrriving at the village, they work with the villagers to build fortifications and train them to defend themselves. On their way to the village, they are trailed by the hotheaded Chico, an aspiring gunfighter whose previous attempts to join Chris had been spurned. They are the gunfighter Vin Tanner, who has gone broke after a round of gambling and resists local efforts to recruit him as a store clerk Chris's friend Harry Luck, who assumes Chris is hiding a much bigger reward for the work the Irish Mexican Bernardo O'Reilly, who has fallen on hard times Britt, an expert in both knife and gun who joins purely for the challenge involved and the dapper, on-the-run gunman Lee, plagued by nightmares of fallen enemies and haunted that he has lost his nerve for battle. Despite the meager pay offered, he finds five willing gunmen. Chris suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as 'men are cheaper than guns.' At first agreeing only to help them recruit men, Chris eventually decides to lead the group. They are impressed by Chris Adams, a veteran Cajun gunslinger, and approach him for advice. Taking their few objects of value, three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons. On the advice of the village elder, they decide to fight back. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide they have had enough. Ī gang of bandits led by Calvera periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. Elmer Bernstein's film score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, and is listed on the American Film Institute's list of the top 25 American film scores.

#The magnificent seven 2016 series

It spawned three sequels, a television series that aired from 1998 to 2000, and a 2016 film remake. It was both a critical and commercial success, and has been appraised as one of the greatest films of the Western genre. The film was released by United Artists on October 12, 1960. The seven title characters are hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits, led by Wallach.

The ensemble cast includes Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz as a group of seven gunfighters, and Eli Wallach as their main antagonist.

The screenplay by William Roberts is a remake – in an Old West–style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in the United States as The Magnificent Seven). The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges.