The Magnificent Seven: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Magnificent Seven is one of the English language titles for the Akira Kurosawa film Shichinin no samurai (1954), also called The Seven Samurai.

The Magnificent Seven is a John Sturges western film of 1960, a remake of Shichinin no samurai starring:

• Charles Bronson (Bernardo O'Reilly)
• Yul Brynner (Chris Adams)
• Horst Buchholz (Chico)
• James Coburn (Britt)
• Brad Dexter (Harry Luck)
• Steve McQueen (Vin)
• Robert Vaughn (Lee)

vs.

• Eli Wallach (Calvera) and his bandits

The movie's famous theme tune was by Elmer Bernstein.

The shot of the seven gunfighters striding toward the camera is one of the most oft-copied shots in cinematic history, appearing in such diverse films as The Right Stuff and Monsters, Inc., and the opening sequence of the animated Justice League.

There were two pseudo-sequels - Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). The movie has also inspired a television series (The Magnificent Seven, 1998) and a parody in which a poor Mexican village hires three Western actors to protect their village from bandits (¡Three Amigos!, 1986, starring Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short).

In Westworld, Yul Bryner played an android impersonating his black-dressed gunfighter role as "Chris Adams".

It also inspired the Kazakh film Wild East.