Magnificent Seven Remake on the Way in September

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The original Magnificent Seven film of 1960 is generally regarded as one of the best and most enduring Westerns ever. Even its soundtrack, by Elmer Bernstein, was quite remarkable. I loved it.

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That film is now being remade. It will star Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Byung-hun Lee. I confess that I have never heard of some of those guys.

I don't know how Hollywood could possibly improve on the original but I always want to encourage new Western motion pictures. When this hits the theaters in September you will find me in line at the ticket counter.

Here is a link to the trailer: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deSRpSn8Pyk[/ame]
 
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loknload said:
You can't remake a classic!
They just can't leave things alone and come up with new original ideas on their own can they? :rolleyes:
I can't wait to see them try and remake Casablanca ! ;)
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Believe it or not the original The Maginificent Seven is a REMAKE! The Magnificent Seven is modeled so closely on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (also originally released in the USA under the title "The Magnificent Seven") that they share even some dialogue (in different languages).

I believe it's the Bible that says something along the lines of "there is nothing new under the sun."

The Seven Samurai Movie Review (1954) | Roger Ebert
 
The fact that it has Danzel already means it has potential. He's a good actor and even if you don't like all or any of his movies you gotta admit he doesn't do wacky movies where it's somehow been turned into a comedy or just weird

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Iggy said:
Geez we're even "globalizing" the classic westerns.
What's next Asian, Islamic, and Hispanic warriors in the Last of the Mohicans?
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It was pretty global at its time too. Was even shown in the Soviet Union during the 60s

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6518John said:
Believe it or not the original The Maginificent Seven is a REMAKE! The Magnificent Seven is modeled so closely on Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (also originally released in the USA under the title "The Magnificent Seven") that they share even some dialogue (in different languages).

I believe it's the Bible that says something along the lines of "there is nothing new under the sun."

The Seven Samurai Movie Review (1954) | Roger Ebert
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Exactly, I have read that the directors readily admits so.

Plus the patent office saying at the start of the 1900 that everything that could be invented has been. Not exactly but kind of......

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... That film is now being remade. It will star Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Byung-hun Lee. ...
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That's only six(?) :confused:
 
What a ridiculous concept. I wonder whose bright idea this was? I reckon next will be a remake of Stagecoach, or some horrible nausea-inducing attempt to clone The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly.
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WATCHDOG said:
What a ridiculous concept. I wonder whose bright idea this was? I reckon next will be a remake of Stagecoach, or some horrible nausea-inducing attempt to clone The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly.
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There has already been a horrible remake of Stagecoach. It came out in the sixties and I saw it at the Delano Theater as a kid with my dad. I remember Slim Pickens and Bing Crosby were in it along with some handsome guy who was supposed to be the Ringo Kid. The near tragedy was that the studio went about destroying all of the prints of the original so as not to have it compete or be compared to the new one. When it came time for UCLA to locate and preserve the original film, the only one still intact was on reels packed away in John Wayne's garage. It was Wayne's copy that UCLA restored and what we are able to enjoy today.

I just remembered another awful remake of Stagecoach. It was I suppose, created to capitalize on the popularity of "The Highwaymen." This gem starred Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristopherson. I saw it again a month or so back and it was still awful.

I saw Seven Samurai in one of my film classes in college. I enjoyed it and would like to see it again. The Magnificent Seven is one I watch fairly often and like enough to own an original poster from (I also collect film posters and lobby cards). Great film and in my humble opinion, most of it still holds well. McQueen was great in the film. Charlie, thanks for starting this topic. I don't know who most of the actors are, probably will not go see it, but am always glad to see a western made.

Regards.

Bob
 
Marvin Gardens said:
There has already been a horrible remake of Stagecoach. It came out in the sixties and I saw it at the Delano Theater as a kid with my dad. I remember Slim Pickens and Bing Crosby were in it along with some handsome guy who was supposed to be the Ringo Kid. The near tragedy was that the studio went about destroying all of the prints of the original so as not to have it compete or be compared to the new one. When it came time for UCLA to locate and preserve the original film, the only one still intact was on reels packed away in John Wayne's garage. It was Wayne's copy that UCLA restored and what we are able to enjoy today.

I just remembered another awful remake of Stagecoach. It was I suppose, created to capitalize on the popularity of "The Highwaymen." This gem starred Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristopherson. I saw it again a month or so back and it was still awful.

I saw Seven Samurai in one of my film classes in college. I enjoyed it and would like to see it again. The Magnificent Seven is one I watch fairly often and like enough to own an original poster from (I also collect film posters and lobby cards). Great film and in my humble opinion, most of it still holds well. McQueen was great in the film. Charlie, thanks for starting this topic. I don't know who most of the actors are, probably will not go see it, but am always glad to see a western made.

Regards.

Bob
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That would have been a tragedy indeed.
 
Twenty dollars says that this remake will be based on some different "politically correct" theme, totally different from the 7 protecting the poor Mexican villagers from the evil Mexican banditos.
 
Last week end my GF and I went to see a movie and they showed the new Magnificent Seven trailer in the previews. My first thought was "Oh God! Please NO!" :mad:

However, I looked it up on the internet and found that all of the characters names have been changed.
Here's the description:
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

So the basic premise of a group of gun men getting together to protect a town is the same, I think the actual story may be completely different.
My guess it will either stand on its own as a good movie or it'll absolutely suck. Only time will tell. :rolleyes:

BTW: much to my shock and disbelief, my GF had never seen The Magnificent Seven! :eek: We took care of that oversight this evening. She loved it! :D
 
Grayfox said:
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Here's the description:
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money. ...
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When someone said the whole premise will likely be changed to something PC, I was going to make a joke that the Seven would have fight evil capitalist businessmen to protect poor exploited laborers.

That sounds like what it actually will be! :o

You can't satirize anything anymore because everything self-satirizes! :D
 
I note diversity holds sway over the new Seven. Washington was good in The Equalizer, as a cowboy???? It won't be as good as the original, it'll be interesting to see how close the remake gets.
 
Arik said:
Guys, it's just a movie ....that was based on another movie which was based on a 300 year old Japanese story.....just a movie

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What he ^^^^^ said!!!


Just so they don't turn it into a comedy like a lot of the other remakes........ hey; "House of the Rising Sun" in the sound track...... that's a winner!!!!!!

Evil Industrialist......... so we are going to learn where global warming started....... all that gunsmoke and buffalo farts in the air!!!!!
 
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