Summary: A look at the life and career of James Coburn featuring a collection of his movie trailers.

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The Magnificent Seveneffortlessly turn samurai into cowboys (the same trick worked more than once: Kurosawa'sYojimbobecame Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars) and Akira Kurosawa's rousing Seven Samuriwas a natural for an American remake through this movie--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. 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, JamesCoburn, 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, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Release Date:	February 9, 2004
Runtime:	70 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	D V D 1550
Keywords:	Collection, Film, James, General, Entertainment, Documentaries, Biographies, Coburn
Genre:	Documentaries & Biographies