Yapım :1960 Ülke : Amerika Tür : Western Süre : 128 dakika IMDB Puan : 7.8/10 IMDB ID: tt0054047
Oyuncular Yul Brynner - Chris Adams Eli Wallach - Calvera, Bandit Leader Steve McQueen - Vin Horst Buchholz - Chico Charles Bronson - Bernardo OReilly Robert Vaughn - Lee Brad Dexter - Harry Luck James Coburn - Britt Rosenda Monteros - Petra Vladimir Sokoloff - Old Man
Bilgi :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 over 100 bandits who will arrive wanting food. An Americanization of the film, Shichinin no samurai (1954)A remake of The Seven Samurai, this American version star Yul Brenner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Robert Vaughn, just to name a few. They are picked to guard a Mexican village from Banditos that come every now and then to take whatever the town has grown since their last visit. When they are hired, they go to the town and teach the villagers how to defend themselves. When the leader of the bandits come ,they fight him and his men off. the second time he comes the villagers give the seven to them, due to a heated argument. The leader of the bandits take their guns and throw them out of town he gives them horses and gives their guns back to them when they are far out of town. The seven decide that they arent going to run, and head back to the village for a final showdown."We lost. We always lose." Thus Yul Brynner summarizes the fate of men who kill for hire, knowing their lot is to look at life from the outside in until they too are killed. Credit this not exactly anti-Western with a healthy dose of reflexive realism, if not quite the ironic detachment of later classics like McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Seen today, it seems a direct ancestor of Unforgiven. Director Howard Sturges isnt out to lynch the form, just show the empty sacrifice and unfulfilled yearnings of the characters glorified or demonized by most Westerns. Following in the footsteps of the Seven Samurai, these seven display all the virtues of the heros code, honoring women, showing kindness to children and compassion to the peasants who hire them, modelling at all times the enigmatic self-sufficiency that lies at the heart of Western romance. And they kill plenty of bad guys. Yul Brynner is riveting, combining blunt talk and characteristic balletic grace with the elongated strides of the American cowboy. Steve McQueen makes the most of his understated role, seeming laconic when he speaks and talkative when hes silent. See James Coburn, wippy-legged and steely-eyed, and a convincing Charles Bronson, as the lost soul who comes close to joining the human fold. Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz round out the pantheon, and 128 minutes just isnt enough time to flesh out each archetype, let alone give the villagers or villains their due. Cardboard cutouts maybe, but searing and not altogether predictable. Youll relish seeing stars when they were young and combustible. A word about bandito patron Eli Wallach: he is the definition of beady-eyed. When I saw this movie as a kid his calculating mendacity scared the living daylights out of me. Still does. There isnt a scene or word wasted as Sturges lives up to his part of the code: ratchet up the tension and keep things moving. If you are a newcomer to this film, its nicely nuanced themes will seem surprisingly mature for 1960. If you have seen it before, Ill bet youve watched it at least a dozen times. After all, its got Elmer Bernsteins Marlborough Man score.
