The Magnificent Seven - Wikiquote The Magnificent Seven Jump to: navigation , search The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 Western film in which Mexican peasant villagers oppressed by bandits hire a group of seven gunfighters to defend them. "They were only seven - but they fought like seven hundred!" Contents I've been offered a lot for my work, but never everything. Graveyards are full of boys who are very young and very proud. Sorry, I'm not in the blessing business. Once you begin you've got to be ready for killing and more killing, and then still more killing, until the reason for it is gone. Harry, please don't understand me so fast. He's a good gun, and we aren't going to a church social. There's no need to apologize. We weren't expecting flowers and speeches. If he rides in with no idea of the reception we can prepare for him... I promise you, we'll all teach him something about the price of corn. It's only a matter of knowing how to shoot a gun. Nothing big about that. I'll tell you what I can do: I can kill the first man who so much as whispers a word about giving up.

The very first man, so help me, I'll blow his head off! The Old Man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We'll always lose. Vin[ edit ] I never rode shotgun on a hearse before. Gettin' up there don't bother me. It's stayin' up there that I mind. I took a job in a grocery store. Fella says I'll make a crackerjack clerk. Crackerjack. You know, I've been in some towns where the girls weren't very pretty. Matter of fact, I've been in some towns where they were downright ugly. But this is the first time I've ever been in a town where there are no girls at all — 'cept little ones. You don't happen to have an older, grateful sister, do you? Reminds me of that fella back home who fell off a ten-story building. As he was falling, people on each floor kept hearing him say, "So far, so good." Heh, so far, so good. We deal in lead, friend. The reason I understand your problem so well is that I walked into the same trap myself. Yeah.

First day we got here I started thinking, maybe I could put my gun away. Settle down, get a little land, raise some cattle. The things these people know about me would work to my credit, it wouldn't work against me. I... just didn't want you to think you were the only sucker in town. Fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him the same question, why? He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time. Calvera[ edit ] The days of good hunting are over. Once there was horses, cattle, gold, fruit from the trees... no more. Now I must hunt with a price on my head, Rurales at my heels. Enough! We get the rest when we come back. If God did not want them sheared, He would not have made them sheep. Generosity. That was my first mistake. I leave these people a little bit extra and they hire these men to make trouble. Shows you — sooner or later you must answer for every good deed. You hear that? We're trapped! All forty of us!

Your friends, they don't like you very much anymore. You force them to make too many decisions. With me, only one decision: do what I say. What happens to these people will happen whether I kill you first or not. (whispering) Just a little gesture, huh? To show these people who the real boss is. You go, then I give you the guns back. I know you won't use those guns against me. Only a crazy-man makes the same mistake twice. Once I rob a bank in Texas. Your government get after me with a whole army. Whole army! One little bank. It's clear to me, the meaning? In Texas, only Texans can rob banks. (dying words) You came back... to a place like this. Why? A man like you...why? Chico[ edit ] A man comes to him... because he respects him... 'cause he'd be proud to work with him. And he makes me look like TWO CENTS with some damn kid's game! We ride for days to get to this nothing in the middle of nowhere. We are ready to risk our lives to help you, and you? You hide from us. Hide. From us.

But it's a different story when you're in danger, huh? You might lose your precious crops. Then you flock to us, huh? Well, we are here, my compadres and I. Here we stay. And you? You prove to us that you are worth fighting for! You know what? They'll make up a song about you and this hat. Villages like this, they make up a song about every big thing that happens. They'll sing it for years. When I brought back the news, you should have seen the look I got from Britt. And Chris. And they have seen a thing or two in their time, and-and done them, too. They aren't men you can impress easily, oh, no! When they looked at me... I knew I was one of them at last. (after spying alone in Calvera's camp.) I could have told you they'd sell us out! Farmers. Farmers! No honor, no loyalty, no... all they care about is their precious crops and the miserable dirt they dig in. I hate 'em. I hate 'em all. Yes. Yes, I am one of them. But who made us the way we are, hmm?

Men with guns. Men like Calvera, and... men like you. And now me. So what do you expect us to be? The Old Man[ edit ] Fight. You must fight. Fight! You must excuse them. They are farmers here. They are afraid of everyone and everything. They are afraid of rain, and no rain. The summer may be too hot, or the winter too cold. If the sow has no pigs, the farmer is afraid he may starve. If she has too many pigs, he is afraid she may starve. They are farmers. They talk of nothing but fertilizer and women. I have never shared their enthusiasm for fertilizer. As for women, I became indifferent when I was eighty-three. At my age, a little excitement is welcome. Don't worry. Why would he kill me? Bullets cost money. The fighting is over. Your work is done. For them, each season has its tasks. If there were a season for gratitude, they'd show it more. All that's what's on top. What's underneath? A dollar bill always looks as big to me as a bedspread. Chris, I'd hate to die a sucker.

We didn't come out here just to keep an eye on a lot of corn and chili peppers. There was something else all the time, wasn't there? Well, I'll be damned. Yeah, that's exactly what I mean! Aztec treasure! We come cheaper by the bunch. There comes a time to turn Mother's picture to the wall and get out! You're crazy, all of you! They won't lift a finger to help. Think of the odds! Hold on Chris, I'll get you out of there! [after being congratulated shooting a mounted bandit] I was aiming for the horse. Nobody throws me my own guns and says run. Nobody. Lee[ edit ] I have the most stylish corner of the filthy storeroom out back. That, and one plate of beans. Ten dollars a day. The lies you tell yourself. No enemies... alive. I have lost count of my enemies. Till you lose your nerve. You can feel it. Then you wait... for the bullet in the gun that is faster than you are Yes. The final supreme idiocy... coming here to hide. The deserter, hiding out in the middle of a battlefield. One.

There was a time when I would have caught all three. (after snatching at 3 flies on a table.) [chopping firewood] I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire. I admire your notion of fair odds, mister. If you can't forget about him, why don't you ride sidesaddle? Yeah, I'm one of us, all right. Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards! You think I'm brave because I carry a gun? Well, your fathers are much braver, because they carry responsibility — for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a-a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee what will ever come of it... this is bravery. That's why I never started anything like that. That's why I never will. See? I told you! You see your fathers? Others[ edit ] Undertaker: I've always treated every man the same – just as another future customer.

Hilario: We will fight with guns if we have them. If we don't... with machetes, axes, clubs, anything! Sotero: Neighbors, I drink to our friends. They armed us, fought at our side, and will forever live in our hearts. Tomás: Only the dead are without fear. Dialogue[ edit ] [Calvera chats with his "good friend" Sotero while his men loot the village.] Calvera: I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to see a village like this. So much restlessness and change in the outside world. People no longer content with their station in life. Women's fashions — shameless! Religion! You'd weep if you saw how true religion is now a thing of the past. Last month we were in San Juan, a rich town. Sit down. Rich town, much blessed by God. Big church — not like here, little church, priest comes twice a year. Big one. You'd think we'd find gold candlesticks, poor-box filled to overflowing. You know what we found? Brass candlesticks. Almost nothing in the poor box. Bandito: We took it anyway.

Calvera: I know we took it anyway! I'm trying to show him how little religion some people now have. Sotero: That I can see for myself. Calvera: (slaps him forehand, then backhand) No! You don't see! What if you had to carry my load, huh? The need to provide food like a good father to fill the mouths of his hungry men. Guns, ammunition — you know how much money that costs? Huh? Uh? (slaps him twice more) [The villagers seek advice from "the Old Man".] the Old Man: Fight. You must fight. Fight! Hilario: Machetes and bare hands against guns? Old Man: Buy guns. Old Man: Go to the border. Guns are plentiful there. Tomas: But what are we going to use for money? Old Man: (digs out a gold pocketwatch and hands it over) Sell that. And anything else you can gather. Hilario: Even if we had the guns... we know how to plant and grow. We don't know how to kill. Old Man: Then learn. Or die.

[Driving an occupied hearse to a confrontation with local bigots] Chris Adams: Don't worry. We'll get there (to Boot Hill). Vin: Gettin' up there doesn't worry me. Stayin' up there is what I mind. Henry (corset salesman): Where are you from? Chris: [Points thumb toward his back] Henry (corset salesman): Oh, yeah. Where you headed? Chris: [Points finger in front of him] Miguel: We need help. Hilario: We must buy guns. We know nothing about them. Will you buy them for us? Chris: Guns are very expensive and hard to get. Why don't you hire men? Hilario: Men? Chris: Gunmen. Nowadays, men are cheaper than guns. ... Hilario: It won't be hard to find men here. Everyone wears a gun. Chris: Sure. Same as they wear pants. That's expected. But good men? That's something else again. Chris Adams: Harry! Good to see you again. What are you doing in this dump? Harry Luck: I, uh, heard you got a contract open. Chris: Oh, not for a high-stepper like you.

Harry: A dollar bill always looks as big to me as a bedspread. Chris: It's just eating money, Harry. A gold eagle, room and board. Six weeks gunning for some farmers. Harry: Ah, you old Cajun! You don't talk so good, but you always know what's going on. Chris: Now, Harry — Harry: (to villagers) Uh, con permiso. (he closes the door and turns to Chris) All right. All that's on top. What's underneath? Chris: Only what I told you. Harry: Gold? Cattle? Payroll? Chris: Only what I told you. Harry: Oh, sure, sure. Just tell me when you can. Chris: Harry, please don't understand me so fast. Harry: Look, never mind. (winks) I'm in! [Scouting for gunmen in a local saloon.] Miguel: There's one! Look at all the scars on his face! Hilario: The man for us is the one who gave him that face. Chris Adams: Hey, you learn fast.

Vin: I did hear of a job below the border shooing flies away from a village, but I can't find out what it pays. Chris Adams: Twenty dollars. Chris: Six weeks. Whole job. Vin: Well, that's ridiculous. You heard of anything? Chris: Yeah. Below the border shooing flies away from a village. Their village. (indicates Hilario and company) Vin: Twenty dollars. Chris: You can come in right now. Vin: Nah, that wouldn't even pay for my bullets. Hilario: Ours is a poor village. Miguel: We understand. You can make much more as a grocery clerk. And it's good, steady work. Chris: Yeah. Vin: How many you got? [Chris holds up one finger; Vin shakes his head and holds up two fingers.] Hilario: Did you have any luck? Chris Adams: Found a man who would have been perfect. With gun or knife, couldn't ask for any better. But he wouldn't do it. Hilario : The money, it was not enough? Chris: He doesn't give a hoot about money. Hilario: A man in this line of work who doesn't care about money?

Chris: Men in this line of work are not all alike. Some care about nothing but money. Others, for reasons of their own, enjoy only the danger. Vin: And the competition. Miguel: If he is the best with a gun and a knife, with whom does he compete? Chris: Himself. [Chris and Vin approach O'Reilly, who is chopping wood on a farm for his breakfast.] Chris Adams: Morning. I'm a friend of Harry Luck's. He tells me you're broke. O'Reilly: Nah. I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire. Chris: There's a job for six men, watching over a village south of the border. O'Reilly: How big's the opposition? Chris: Thirty guns. O'Reilly: (stops axe in mid-swing) I admire your notion of fair odds, mister. Chris: Harry tells me you faced bigger odds during the Travis County war. O'Reilly: Well, they paid me six hundred dollars for that one. Vin: He said you got that Selena thing cleared up in less than a month. O'Reilly: Paid me eight hundred dollars for that one. Vin: You cost a lot. O'Reilly: Yeah.

That's right, I cost a lot. Chris: The offer is twenty dollars. [O'Reilly keeps chopping wood. Chris and Vin turn to leave.] O'Reilly: Twenty dollars? Right now, that's a lot. Lee: You need men for a job down in Mexico. Chris: That's right. Lee: How much does the job pay? Chris: I thought you were looking for the Johnson brothers. Lee: I found them. How much does the job pay? Chris: Twenty. We leave tomorrow. Lee: I'll have the money before we leave. It should just cover my last two days rent. Vin: Twenty dollars. You must be livin' in style. Lee: Yes. I have the most stylish corner of the filthy storeroom out back. That and one plate of beans, ten dollars a day. Vin: Yeah. things do get kinda high when they find out you're on the run. [Chico rides into the village with Petra across his saddle bow.] Chris: So that's where they were. You hid them. Chico: Sure, they hid them, but she won't tell where. They're afraid — she's afraid — of me, you, him... all of us.

Farmers. Their families told them we'd rape them. Chris: Well, we might. In my opinion, though, you might have given us the benefit of the doubt. Well, just as you please. Vin: You know, as long as you were out there, why didn't you bring 'em all in? Chico: What for? Leave them out there. Let Calvera find them. He'll take good care of them. Chris: Bring them in. (to Petra) Show him where. [Britt has just dropped an escaping bandit with a single long-range pistol shot.] Chico: Oh... that was the greatest shot I've ever seen! Britt: The worst. I was aiming at the horse. [Practice-shooting, Miguel jerks his rifle's trigger and fires a wild shot.] O'Reilly: Miguel, didn't I tell you to squeeze? Hmm? Just like when you're milking the goat, Miguel. Miguel: I-instead, I get excited! O'Reilly: Well, don't get excited. (he takes the rifle, cocks it, and hands it back) Now, this time, squeeze. Slowly, but squeeze. Squeeze.

(Miguel fires another wild shot) SQUEEZE! I'll tell you what. Don't shoot. You take the gun like this... (holds it by the barrel) and you use it like a club! All right? Miguel: Bueno. [O'Reilly walks in while the gunmen except Chris are eating dinner.] O'Reilly: How's the food? O'Reilly: Chicken enchiladas, carne asada, and Spanish rice. Looks pretty good. Harry: Yeah, these people really know how to cook. Dig in! There's tons of it. O'Reilly: You know what these people, the villagers, have been eating ever since we got here? Tortillas and a few beans. That's all. [All stop chewing and look at each other. Cut to scene of Vin dishing out food to village children.] [Calvera meets Chris Adams and Vin as he rides into the village.] Calvera: I should have guessed. When my men didn't come back, I should have guessed. How many of you did they hire? Chris: Enough. Chris: There's lots of new walls, all around. Calvera: They won't keep me out.

Chris: They were built to keep you in. ... Chris: There won't be any trouble... if you ride on. Calvera: Ride on? Where am I going to get the food for my men? Chico: Buy it or grow it! O'Reilly: Or maybe even work for it. Calvera: Hm, seven. Somehow I don't think you've solved my problem. Chris: Solving your problems isn't our line. Vin: We deal in lead, friend. Calvera: So do I. We're in the same business. Vin: Only as competitors. Calvera: Why not as partners? Suppose I offer you equal shares. Chris: Of what? Calvera: Everything. Down to the last grain. Chico: And the people of the village? What about them? Calvera: I leave it to you. Do men of our profession worry about things like that? It may even be sacrilegious! If God didn't want them sheared, He would not have made them sheep. What do you say? Chris: Ride on. ...

Calvera: If I leave here with empty hands, everyone in this village will answer to me when I come back. Chris: You won't come back. Calvera: Why not? Chris: Won't have any guns. Take them off right now and drop them. [While a few of Calvera's men snipe at the village, three local boys run out to join O'Reilly.] Boy 1: We drew straws, and we got you. O'Reiily: You got me? What do you mean, you got me? Boy 2: If you get killed, we take your rifle and avenge you. And we see to it that there's always fresh flowers on your grave. O'Reilly: That's a mighty big comfort. Boy 1: I told you he'd appreciate that! O'Reilly: Now, don't you kids be too disappointed if your plans don't work out. Boy 2: We won't. If you stay alive, we'll be just as happy. Boy 1: Maybe even happier. Boy 2: Maybe. [A village girl takes an interest in the youngest hired gun.] Petra: I'm sorry, but I thought... you know what I thought.

Chico: Yes, yes. I know. Petra: I wasn't afraid of you, it's my father. He said to "Stay away from those men. They are brutes. They are cruel." Chico: He's right, you know that? He's right. Go back home now. Petra: He's wrong. Chico: Well... go home anyway. Before he finds out you're here. Petra: He already knows. He says he'll punish me for being so shameless. But I don't care. Chico: Your gun has gotten you everything you have. Isn't that true? Hmm? Well, isn't it true? Vin: Sure. Everything. After a while, you can call bartenders and Faro dealers by their first names. Maybe two hundred of 'em. Rented rooms you live in, five hundred. Meals eaten in hash-houses, a thousand. Home, none. Wife, none. Kids... none. Prospects, zero. Suppose I left anything out? Chris Adams: Yeah. Places you're tied down to, none. People with a hold on you, none. Men you step aside for, none. Lee: Insults swallowed, none.

Enemies, none. Chris: No enemies? Chico: Now that's the kind of arithmetic I like! Chris: Yeah. I did too, at your age. [Chris hears O'Reilly's three local boys call him "Bernardo."] Chris Adams: You've been adopted. "Bernardo O'Reilly." O'Reilly: That's my real name. Irish on one side, Mexican on the other, and me in the middle. Vin: I guess right about now you kinda wish you'd given your crops to Calvera, huh? Hilario: Yes. And no. Both at the same time. Yes, when I think of what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling in my chest this morning as I saw him running away — from us. That's a feeling worth dying for. Have you ever... felt something like that? Vin: Not for a long, long time. I, uh, I envy you. [A faction of villagers, led by Sotero, wants to make peace with Calvera; the Seven discuss their next move.] Britt: You want to go? Harry: Well, there comes a time to turn Mother's picture to the wall and get out.

The village will be no worse off than it was before we came. Chris Adams: You forget one thing. We took a contract. Vin: Not the kind any court would enforce. Chris: That's just the kind you've got to keep. Vin: That's a noble thought, but the way things are right now... I don't know. Harry: The odds are too high! Chris: Much too high. Chris: No. We lower the odds. [The Seven return from a raid to find Calvera's men holding the village.] Calvera: You should not be surprised. My good friend Sotero, he, ah, arranged for them to come in. Comprende? Well, anyway, to business. I could kill you all. You agree? (a long pause) Well, you don't disagree. Anyway, I don't want to kill you. Chris Adams: Why so generous? Calvera: Practical. They hear about it up north, maybe some friends of yours make more trouble for me — a man who never wants no trouble. We, ah, have a saying here: "A thief who steals from a thief is pardoned for one hundred years." All right, what does that leave?

Only one thing. I pardon you. Ride on. Chris: Just like that? (snaps fingers) Calvera: Si, just like that! (snaps fingers) I'll make it easy for you. You want food? (to henchmen) Give them food. Water? All right, water. Horses? Saddled and waiting. Guns? Your guns, your gunbelts you take off and you put here, now. ... Calvera: What I can't understand is why a man like you took this job in the first place. Why, huh? Chris: I wonder myself. Calvera: Oh, come on, come on. Tell me why. Vin: Fella I once knew in El Paso, one day he took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. So I asked him the same question. "Why?" Calvera: And? Vin: He said it seemed to be a good idea at the time. Calvera: Go get your clothes, your saddlebags. Anything you want, take. Your friends in there owe you at least that much.

[Calvera's men have escorted the Seven well outside the village and tossed their guns on the ground.] Britt: Nobody throws me my own guns and says ride on. Nobody. (puts his gunbelt back on) Vin: Took me a long time to learn my elbow from a hat rack. Right now, I belong in that border town, sleeping on white sheets. (puts his gunbelt on) But I'll ride back to that village. Harry Luck: You're crazy. all of you! They won't lift a finger to help. Think of the odds! O'Reilly': Harry, nobody's asking you to go back. Chris Adams: Ride on, Harry. It's all right. Harry: You bet your sweet life I will! (grabs his gear and mounts) Come on, Lee. If they want to get killed, let 'em. Chris: Go ahead, Lee. You don't owe anything to anybody. Lee: Except to myself. (dismounts and puts his guns on) Harry: You're crazy! ALL of you! [Harry has been shot riding to Chris' rescue in the final battle against Calvera] Harry Luck: Chris... I hate to die a sucker.

We didn't come here just to keep an eye on a lot of corn and chili peppers, did we? There was something else all along, wasn't there? Chris Adams: Yes, Harry. You had it pegged right all along. Harry: I knew it. What was it? Chris: Gold. Sacks of it. Harry: Sounds... beautiful. How much? Chris: At least a hundred and fifty. Harry: My cut would have been what? Chris: About seventy thousand. Harry: I'll be damned. (he expires) Chris: Maybe you won't be. [The surviving gunmen are preparing to ride out of the village.] Old Man: You could e-stay, you know.They would not be sorry to have you e-stay. Chris Adams: They won't be sorry to see us go, either. Old Man: (nods) The fighting is over. Your work is done. For them, each season has its tasks. If there were a season for gratitude, they'd show it more. Vin: We didn't get any more than we expected, old man. Old Man: Only the farmers have won. They remain forever. They are like the land itself.

You helped rid them of Calvera the way a strong wind helps rid them of locusts. You are like the wind, blowing across the land and... passing on. Vaya con Dios. Chris: Adios. The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Quotes - IMDb The Magnificent Seven (1960) Showing all 81 items [Calvera has just captured the Seven] Calvera : What I don't understand is why a man like you took the job in the first place, hmm? Why, huh? Chris : I wonder myself. Calvera : No, come on, come on, tell me why. Vin : It's like a fellow I once knew in El Paso. One day, he just took all his clothes off and jumped in a mess of cactus. I asked him that same question, "Why?" Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Village Boy 2: We're ashamed to live here. Our fathers are cowards. O'Reilly : Don't you ever say that again about your fathers, because they are not cowards.

You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there's nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to. I have never had this kind of courage. Running a farm, working like a mule every day with no guarantee anything will ever come of it. This is bravery. That's why I never even started anything like that... that's why I never will. [as Chris, Vin and Chico are about to leave the village] Old Man : You could a-stay, you know. They wouldn't be sorry to have you a-stay. Vin : They won't be sorry to see us go, either. Old Man : Yes. The fighting is over. Your work is done. For them, each season has its tasks. If there were a season for gratitude, they'd show it more. Vin : We didn't get any more than we expected, old man.

Old Man : Only the farmers have won. They remain forever. They are like the land itself. You helped rid them of Calvera, the way a strong wind helps rid them of locusts. You're like the wind - blowing over the land and... passing on. Vaya con dios. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Starring: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen - Three Movie Buffs Review Eric : Reviewed on: June 29th, 2006 Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is the transitional western from those old John Wayne, John Ford movies to the more modern ones. Within a few years after its release in 1960 the spaghetti westerns and Clint Eastwood would usher in a new brand of cowboy movie. It contains the elements of old; cowboys having lots of gunfights with bandits. However, the cowboy/good guys are not so cut and dry as in the past.

A village south of the border hires seven gringo gun fighters to defend their village against a roaming band of outlaws that periodically stop by to steal whatever they want. Led by the quiet Chris and his right hand man Vin, they collect their group. There is Harry, who comes along because he thinks something bigger is afoot like hidden gold. There is Bernardo who befriends the local children. Lee has a questionable past. Britt is known for his knives as well as his gun. Last but hardly least is Chico. He spends most of the movie trying to impress the veteran guns for hire. In old westerns the good guys were good guys plain and simple. The 7 gun fighters here are all family less drifters. The most telling scene is when Chico rides up with a girl from the village and says, "They're afraid. She's afraid of me, you, him. All of us. Farmers! Their families told them we would rape them." Chris adds, "Well we might. But in my opinion you might have given us the benefit of the doubt." Even the villagers that hired them do not trust them. Throughout the movie we learn that the seven heros are not perfect.

They are in fact just men who have yet to grow up and face real responsibility. Bronson has this great line that he says to some boys who called their fathers cowards, "You think I am brave because I carry a gun; well, your fathers are much braver because they carry responsibility, for you, your brothers, your sisters, and your mothers. And this responsibility is like a big rock that weighs a ton. It bends and it twists them until finally it buries them under the ground. And there's nobody says they have to do this. They do it because they love you, and because they want to." The Magnificent Seven is crammed with great lines. "We deal in lead my friend." "If god didn't want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep." My favorite line is when Chico sees Britt shoot a guy from a far distance, "That was the greatest shot I've ever seen." Britt barks back, "The worst! I was aiming at the horse." The movie ends brilliantly on an ironic note. Chico, the young worshiper of gun-fighters, ends up being the one to leave his profession and settle down.

To seal the message that being a cowboy should not be the desired goal for all men, Chris says, "The old man was right. The farmers won. We lost. We always lose." The Magnificent Seven, or at least the surviving three, finally grew up, and with this movie, so did the western film genre. Did you enjoy Eric's review? +23 Scott : Reviewed on: July 4th, 2010 Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven This movie does feel much more modern than the typical Westerns of that era. Maybe this is due to it being a remake of The Seven Samurai. Until I sat down to watch this again I hadn't realized it was released in 1960. I had assumed it was released closer to 1970. The main reason it feels so modern is because of the depth and moral ambiguity of the main characters. These aren't clear cut good guys. They're mercenaries, not white knights.

When Calvera tells them, "We're in the same business." Vin's reply isn't a denial, but rather, "Only as competitors." Brynner's Chris even dresses completely in shades of black, which in the 1950s Westerns, would have marked him as a bad guy. I agree with you Eric about the script providing some great lines. There are some moments of humor sprinkled throughout to keep the story from becoming too heavy. You mention Britt's "I was aiming for the horse." line Eric, but my favorite funny line is Harry's sarcastic, "Yesterday I fell in with a fast crowd that hangs out around the fountain. We got around to predictin' the weather and didn't break up until twilight." How you could write about this movie and not mention its musical score by Elmer Bernstein, is beyond me Eric. The theme music is perfect. It's a rousing score that will stick in your head. It's the type of music that once you've seen this movie you will never forget it. I'm not usually the type of person who even notices movie music. I'm just not wired that way, but this isn't music that will allow itself to be ignored.

It's as big a part of the movie as any of the seven. I'm not normally what I would consider a Western fan. They're have been some great ones, but the genre often seems repetitive and derivative of itself. The Magnificent Seven is definitely one of the great ones. Did you enjoy Scott's review? +14 Patrick : Reviewed on: December 15th, 2010 Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven. I’ve been meaning to watch the original Kurosawa version of this movie for years. Now after seeing The Magnificent Seven for the first time I want to check out Seven Samurai even more to compare just how much they copied from it. This is definitely a great western with a wonderful cast. Eric, I know this is a 50 year old movie but did you have to give away how many of them survive? I concur about the iconic score. It keeps pace with the action as the movie gallops along. And the dialogue is quite memorable.

One of my favorite lines is spoken by Lee when he refers to himself ironically as, "The deserter hiding out in the middle of a battlefield." Just to offer a bit of criticism I will mention that two of the seven are underused. Brit the knife expert (Coburn) and Lee the dandy of the group (Vaughn) have (according to the IMDB) just 11 and 16 lines respectively, in the entire movie. By the end I felt I knew more about the other five members of their gang, while these two remained enigmas. But then maybe that is part of the script’s brilliance, making me want to know more about these men. Eli Wallach was several years older (a full 18 years older than Horst Buchholz, the youngest member of the gang, who died in 2003 at the age of 69) than all of the seven members of the man in black’s gang but he has outlived six of them; Robert Vaughn being the only surviving member of the original Magnificent Seven. Now that I have finally watched this classic western I look forward eagerly to Seven Samurai.

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Motives and relationships are complex in this movie with unexpected twists and a lot of raw emotion. Deals with the ugly, violent aspects of the Old West. A masterpiece. Won 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture." 3:10 to Yuma [Blu-ray] "Hope the remake leads some to watch the original which spun a tale of captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) and small-time rancher/ family man, Dan Evans (Van Heflin), who accepts the job of escorting the badman to Yuma prison. Wade, knowing his gang will be coming to free him, works at persuading the lone deputy to accept a bribe, turn his back on "duty," and go home to his family." True Grit (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) "The Coen Brothers. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) wants to avenge her father by capturing Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the man who killed him. She enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon).

A perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution." The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars / For a Few Dollars More / The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly) [Blu-ray] "If I was on a desert island and could only pick one boxed set to watch Âtil the end of time, it would be "The Man With No Name" trilogy by Sergio Leone. Leone knows what makes up a good Western and captures it uniquely like no other director. He famously took close-ups to a new level. He maintained integrity while adding a dash of tongue-in-cheek humor. Starring a young and dashing Clint Eastwood." Tombstone - The Director's Cut (Vista Series) "George P. Cosmatos presents the Director's Cut of his incredibly popular TOMBSTONE, the action-packed, star-studded western that brings the legendary feud between the Earps and the Clantons to life. Former U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp's (Kurt Russell) plan for peace, quiet, and prosperity misfires when he, his brothers, and Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) encounter the Clantons at the O.K.

Corral." Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [Blu-ray] "Made at a time in cinematic history when two dashing leading men, each capable of enthralling the movie-going public in his own right, boldly acted side-by-side with each other in a film that would quickly take its place as one of the greatest Westerns ever made. Paul Newman and Robert Redford, co-starring in this classic buddy movie with a Western theme, made movie history." High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition) "Gary Cooper is fantastic in his role as a sheriff in a town of cowardly citizens. Up against a ruthless gang of killers, in the hour of his greatest need, everyone in the town deserts him after promising to stand by him. Co-stars Grace Kelley. Story told in real time previously seen in only a few films of the era such as Rope (1948) and The Set-Up (1949). Stanley Kramer is an uncredited producer." The Searchers [Blu-ray] "Epic film by director John Ford starring John Wayne. Wayne plays a Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his niece, kidnapped by Indians.

When he discovers she has been assimilated into the Indian tribe, his motives become increasingly questionable. An unflinching look at racism and genocide toward Native Americans. Ford's movie influenced films such as Lawrence of Arabia." Open Range "A group of free grazers, four men trying to escape their past, are driving cattle and living off the land on the open range -- a place where nature makes the only laws. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this handsome production has a well-told story (by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel The Open Range Men), flawless performances, and stunning Canadian locations." Once Upon a Time in the West (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) "Another gem by Italian director Sergio Leone, filmed in Spain, Italy and Utah. Four people whose intricate lives intertwine weave a rich tapestry of a tale. From stylish gun battles and ruthless bad guys (Henry Fonda) to a young woman looking for a fresh start, this movie is packed with subplots. Features Leone's trademark gorgeous scenery and cinematography." The Outlaw Josey Wales "This vengeance Western is well worth watching. Fans of Clint Eastwood will know it.

Clint stars as a Missouri farmer who joins the Confederacy and ends up on the run from the Union that killed his family. The movie deals with complex issues like war crimes, the Civil War, and the Anti Hero. Nominated for an Oscar. Especially enjoyable for Civil War and Western buffs." Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] "Worth seeing for the stuntwork alone by Yakima Canutt in the famous scene where the coach is being chased by the Indians. John Wayne's on-screen personna was often based on Canutt's real one, and the two developed stunt and screen fighting techniques together. This movie began the long working relationship between John Ford, one of the most influential directors in movie history, and John Wayne." The Wild Bunch [Blu-ray] "Director Sam Peckinpah described his motivation behind The Wild Bunch as: "I was trying to tell a simple story about bad men in changing times. The Wild Bunch is simply what happens when killers go to Mexico.

The strange thing is you feel a great sense of loss when these killers reach the end of the line." His film had a huge impact on the evolution of American movies." Red River "One of the finest westerns ever made, starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (in his screen debut), Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr., Red River is a hard-hitting, action-packed adventure. Wayne gives "one of the best performances of his career" (Cinebooks) as Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who'll do anything to protect his way of life." Lonesome Dove (2-Disc Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] "In this made-for-TV movie miniseries, Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as two former Texas rangers and cowboys who organize one last 2,500-mile cattle drive and get more than they bargained for. Angelica Huston plays the love of Gus's life, whom he never marries. These characters endured hard lives without complaint. An emotional tale.

Nominated for 19 Emmys and won 7." Dances with Wolves (Two-Disc 20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] "This film will not appeal to everyone. It has director Kevin Costner's signature epic style, in which no detail is lost. It appeals to me. There has never been another movie like it. Similar to The Searchers in that it deals with the uneasy relationship between Native Americans and the Old West populace. A love story and the tale of one man's journey of self-discovery. Won 7 Oscars." The Magnificent Seven [Blu-ray] "A town seeks assistance from an unlikely group of outlaws to help defend their homes. The transformation of the outlaws throughout the movie is what makes this movie one of the greats. The amazing cast includes Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, and James Coburn. A remake of the foreign film, "The Seven Samurai."" Rio Bravo [Blu-ray] "John Wayne as a small-town sheriff who enlists the help of a drunk, a cripple, and a young gunfighter to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

Directed by John Ford. Notable for its almost complete absence of close-ups. Features a long opening with no dialogue. Many feel this is the Western others should be judged by. Tiomkin's music influenced Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" score." Shane "Consciously crafted by director George Stevens as a piece of American mythmaking, Shane is on nearly everyone's shortlist of great movie Westerns. A buckskin knight, Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into the middle of a range war between farmers and cattlemen, quickly siding with the "sod-busters." What most people remember is the friendship between Shane and the young farmer's son." The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Paramount Centennial Collection) "John Ford's epic western stars James Stewart as a U.S. senator who returns to his old home after 25 years for the funeral of old friend John Wayne who saved his life from sadistic outlaw Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). This may be the saddest Western ever made. Also starring Vera Miles." Wyatt Earp [Blu-ray] "This one is a personal favorite of mine.

One has to appreciate director Kevin Costner's epic story-telling style to enjoy this insightful look into Wyatt Earp's life. Costner, who also plays Earp, is so much how I would picture the real Earp that in watching the movie it feels like I am watching Earp himself. The casting is not perfect, but this one is highly recommended for fans of Wyatt Earp." The Ox-Bow Incident "The Ox-Bow Incident is a little-known, must-see Western about a lynch mob. Made in 1943, it was nominated for an Oscar. Done in entirely black-and-white. Stellar cast, great script and scenery. This one will stay with you long after you've watched it." Winchester '73 "Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 1950s. Stewart traces a stolen Winchester rifle through several owners until he finds the man he's looking for.

The final spectacular shootout in craggy, mountainous terrain is justly famous." High Plains Drifter [DVD + Digital Copy] (Universal's 100th Anniversary) "Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name." Will Penny "Arguably Charlton Heston's finest performance ever. An aging, nomadic cowboy gets a job on a large cattle ranch only to find his isolated cabin is already occupied by a woman and her young son. He has to deal with the sadistic Quint family and reconcile his desire for privacy with a newly discovered desire for family life.

Heston said this was his favorite film in which he appeared." Jeremiah Johnson (1972) (BD) [Blu-ray] "Director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford continued their long-lasting collaboration with this 1972 drama set during the mid-1800s, about one man's rugged effort to shed the burden of civilization and learn to survive in the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Shot entirely on location in Utah." Ride the High Country "Ride the High Country is the one Sam Peckinpah movie about which there has never been controversy--save at MGM in 1962, when a new studio regime opted to dump this beautiful, heartbreakingly elegiac Western into the bottom half of a double-bill. Critics discovered the movie and raved about it. Newsweek called it the best American picture of the year." She Wore a Yellow Ribbon "The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt.

Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement." The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Blu-ray] "Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession in this virile epic produced in part by Ridley Scott and featuring gripping portrayals by Brad Pitt as Jesse and Casey Affleck as the youth Robert Ford drawn closer to his goalÂ and farther from his own humanity." They Died With Their Boots On "Bert Glennon shot Stagecoach and seven other John Ford classics. However, Custer as defender of Indians' rights--to the point of willing his own Last Stand so he could accuse corrupt Indian Commissioners from the grave--is historical rewrite of such sweeping chutzpah as to shame DeMille. Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland & cast still shine in this classic." Purgatory "Somewhere in the untamed West is the town of Refuge. Neither the sheriff nor his deputy carry a sidearm. There's no jail. What peaceful folks live there? Wild Bill Hickok. Doc Holliday. Jesse James. Billy the Kid. All long dead. All mysteriously given a chance to undo their violent pasts in Purgatory.

All put to a stern test when Blackjack and his ornery gang ride into town." Fort Apache "John Ford's 1948 classic stars John Wayne as a Cavalry officer used to doing things a certain way out West at Fort Apache. Along comes a rigid, new commanding officer (Henry Fonda) who insists that everything on his watch be done by the book, including dealings with local Indians." 7 Men from Now (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition) "Not many Westerns can claim to be original. Seven Men from Now can. You don't want anybody synopsizing the story for you; there's little of it, really, yet how it's told makes it complex and compelling. It went missing after John Wayne's death and has now been restored on DVD."

Question: Which famous western movie ends with the line :- "The old man was right- only the farmers won. We lost. We will always lose " ?
Answer: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN