Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Magnificent Seven (1960) - classic western directed by John Sturges, starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and Edi Wallach

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 128 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Sturges
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/

Cast

Yul Brynner ... Chris Larabee Adams
Eli Wallach ... Calvera
Steve McQueen ... Vin Tanner
Charles Bronson ... Bernardo O'Reilly
Robert Vaughn ... Lee
Brad Dexter ... Harry Luck
James Coburn ... Britt
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos ... Hilario
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Old Man
Rosenda Monteros ... Petra
Rico Alaniz ... Sotero

Description: A bandit terrorizes a small Mexican farming village each year. Several of the village elders send three of the farmers into the United States to search for gunmen to defend them. They end up with 7, each of whom comes for a different reason. They must prepare the town to repulse an army of 40 bandits who will arrive wanting food.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ujru3_REyQnzDSYKJnqS6DQm_BIMONSo


Also a set of extra material included:

* Elmer Bernstein and The Magnificent Seven (14:48) - it explores the Magnificent Seven score's themes and influences
* Guns for Hire: The Making of The Magnificent Seven (46:52) - a look back at the film's development and filming in Mexico
* Christopher Frayling on The Magnificent Seven (20:21) - featurette from a British writer known for his study of popular culture
* Linen Book: Lost Images from the Magnificent Seven (14:47) - it includes archival photographs as well as memories from Wallach and assistant director Robert Relyea


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.13 GB, 2377 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024*438 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 410/73 MB (main/commentary), 448 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 6/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary featuring James Coburn, Eli Wallach and Walter Mirisch. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)