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DVD: The Magnificent Seven (1960) Click Image For More Info Click HERE for ... Prices (new/used) Availability Additional Images Similar Links More Reviews Additional Information Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson Director: John Sturges Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.) DVD Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby MPAA Rating: PG-13 Studio: MGM/UA Video DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001 DVD Features: Commentary by James Coburn, Eli Wallach, producer Walter Mirisch, and assistant director Robert Relyea 2001 documentary: "Guns for Hire: The Making of The Magnificent Seven" (47 min.) Still gallery: Behind the Scenes, Off the Set, Portrait Art, Classic Production Art, Poster Art Collectible booklet Widescreen anamorphic format Other Formats: VHS Customers who bought this DVD also bought: The Wild Bunch - Restored Director's Cut DVD ~ William Holden The Magnificent Seven Series. High Noon DVD ~ Gary Cooper The Dirty Dozen DVD ~ Lee Marvin Review Amazon.com essential video Akira Kurosawa's rousing Seven Samurai was a natural for an American remake--after all, the codes and conventions of ancient Japan and the Wild West (at least the mythical movie West) are not so very far apart. Thus The Magnificent Seven effortlessly turns samurai into cowboys (the same trick worked more than once: Kurosawa's Yojimbo became Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars). The beleaguered denizens of a Mexican village, weary of attacks by banditos, hire seven gunslingers to repel the invaders once and for all. The gunmen are cool and capable, with most of the actors playing them just on the cusp of '60s stardom: Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn. The man who brings these warriors together is Yul Brynner, the baddest bald man in the West. There's nothing especially stylish about the approach of veteran director John Sturges (The Great Escape), but the storytelling is clear and strong, and the charisma of the young guns fairly flies off the screen. If that isn't enough to awaken the 12-year-old kid inside anyone, the unforgettable Elmer Bernstein music will do it: bum-bum-ba-bum, bum-ba-bum-ba-bum.... Followed by three inferior sequels, Return of the Seven, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, and The Magnificent Seven Ride! --Robert Horton More Reviews