THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@mohammedashian8094]

Akira Kurosawa actually liked what John sturges did with the magnificent seven so much that he gave him a ceremonial samurai sword and sturges said that that was his biggest accomplishment in life

[@pwnorbepwned]

For a fun parallel, a German studio asked Hayao Miyazaki if they could cut up the Nausicaa movie to make a wholly different movie. Miyazaki sent them a samurai sword with an engraving etched into the side of the blade. It said, in English for some reason, “No cuts!”

[@MrDeejf]

When the greatest filmmaker of all time says "you done good, kid", it kinda doesn't matter what anybody else says.

[@RealTechZen]

If you want an easy way to pick out some of the absolute BEST movies of the past 50 years, look for 2 names; on cinematography - Caleb Deschanel, and on casting - Susie Figgis. J. K. Rowling wrote some childrens' stories, but Susie Figgis found the three unheard of child actors who made J. K. Rowling famous. God said, 'Let there be light.', and Caleb Deschanel said, "Thanks. I'll take it from here."

[@MrAndreasSaw]

@@pwnorbepwned No German Studio. It was for the Movie "Mononoke Hime" aka Princess Mononoke and it was Miramax/Weinstein in the US, who tried to trimming Mononoke down. And the Japanese Studie send the Sword with "no Cuts" engraved to Weinstein.

[@zaftra]

@@RealTechZen lol, Daniel Radcliff was the drippiest actor there is, he got the gig due to nepotism, and the books were already world famous.

[@jimmys50]

This movie is also a good example of how music plays an important role in a movie

[@nikkislovesyou]

Just to clarify Cassie, when they are teaching the farmers to shoot and he says: "tighten the butt up to your shoulder" he's referring to the butt of the gun! The thick wooden end. He was basically saying: "hold the gun closer into your shoulder so it doesn't thrust backwards when you fire". I hope that helps! :D

[@BogeyTheBear]

Bascially, "don't let the rifle pick up any speed before it hits your shoulder."

[@jamesk0ua]

Cassie, further, he is asking the farmer to squeeze the trigger, not yank, or push it left or right as to throw off the aim, but a deliberate squeeze straight backward until the shot is fired. And while we know you are a "fan" of "fanning" the colt 1873 revolver, actually "fanning" of the hammer while holding down the trigger can wear out or break the fairly delicate internal parts of the mechanism. These things look good in movies, but in real life were not done all that much.

[@robertwong4060]

Very cool that you recognized so many actors and the movies they were in. The "deeper meaning" is that the hired gunmen know that they themselves are morally/spiritually compromised. Their fight against the bandits is righteous but not enough to be absolved for the lives of violence they lead. "The meek (the farmers) shall inherit the Earth", etc. etc. My favorite scene is when Bernardo (Charles Bronson) scolds the boys for thinking their fathers are cowards.

[@bentels5340]

That, and they know the time of the gunslinger is drawing to a close in The West. Life as they know it is ending and they have nothing to show for it.

[@DrownedInExile]

@@bentels5340 "Rented rooms you live in, check. Home, none. Wife, none. Prospects, zero."

[@Jerome616]

Bernardo’s character has always had a special place in my heart. as a child I heard his words and it made me understand my fathers sacrifice, and now I’m the father and the words strike me in a different way.

[@Kasino80]

And Bronson acts the hell out of every line.

[@Cadinho93]

Calvera's line, "If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep." It sums up the character's predatory world view so perfectly. Also, one of the greatest things about films from this era is the musical scores and Elmer Bernstein was one of the best.

[@yaimavol]

Like every member of the World Economic Forum

[@ChicagoPadre]

And she never ONCE acknowledged the magnitude of that timeless score! She's an idiot !!

[@46theud]

Calvera's view of the villagers, is also the view of politicians and preachers, of people.

[@goldenager59]

@@46theud The _less deserving_ politicians and preachers, to be sure... 😉

[@davidschecter5247]

Elmer Bernstein's score makes this great film so much greater. One of the greatest music scores of all-time.

[@JJ_W]

The main theme is so majestic.

[@erocrush]

It’s like another character. It’s hard to believe it’s the same composer who scored “Robot Monster.”

[@JJ_W]

@@erocrush And _Airplane!_ .

[@SirHilaryManfat]

And then Bernstein went and made another of the greatest music scores of all time, with The Great Escape.

[@Joe-hh8gd]

@@JJ_W Marlboro agreed with you. The movie theme was their advertising theme as well, for many years.

[@theworldisfascinating]

When you said, “Isn’t he the guy from the good, the bad and the ugly?“ I was just so happy for you! I love that you know all these movies now! Love your channel!

[@carlosurdaneta4361]

And yet... I was astounded to see that, apparently, she doesn't even to know what John Wayne looks like!! What???😱 How's that possible???😲😊

[@MrDeejf]

@@carlosurdaneta4361 She's seen _one_ movie of his. Give her time.

[@catrionacolville2192]

​​@@MrDeejf haven't seen a single John Wayne film and I know exactly what he looks like. She has no culture at all and lacks so much knowledge. She thought John Wayne was president. I likely know more about US presidents than she does and I'm Scottish.

[@leemacpeek2698]

True, she has much to learn. However, that is one of the charms of watching her channel. I am glad you know so much US culture.

[@MrTech226]

That guy was legendary actor, Eli Wallach. Eli lived to 98 in 2014. His last acting job was in 2010's Wall Street sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

[@JasonRule-1]

Bernardo, the one of the seven who was chosen by the children to provide flowers for his grave is Charles Bronson. He stars in one of the most iconic Westerns ever: Once Upon a Time in the West.

[@drhkleinert8241]

It was the first big role for Bronson and Buchholz in US Cinema. Before this Bronson had only small roles as comparse (indians or as thug in Vera Cruz)

[@jamesk0ua]

Yep, that was a VERY good one.

[@RetroClassic66]

13:19 This is Horst Buchholz. He was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English-speaking countries for this role, as Chico, as a communist in Billy Wilder's ONE, TWO, THREE (1961), and as Dr. Lessing in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997).

[@AmericaSpeaks1]

Trivia: James Cagney couldn't stand him in "One, Two, Three" and he almost came to blows with him.

[@junosaxon4370]

I loved the film One, Two, Three. Both funny and interesting in post war Berlin.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The movie was Yul Brynner's idea. When he approached John Sturges to direct Sturges, an admirer of Akira Kurosawa, said he would not direct a retelling of SEVEN SAMURAI without Kurosawa's permission. Kurosawa subsequently contacted Sturges and gave him his blessings saying he was an admirer of Sturges's work.

[@asterix7842]

Kurosawa was a fan of American westerns and intended The Seven Samurai to be an homage to them.

[@jcorbett9620]

James Coburn (Britt) was also a huge fan of The Seven Samurai, having watched the movie at least 15 times. He campaigned to have the same role in The Magnificent Seven as the expert swordsman in Seven Samurai (Kyūzō), and played his character in a similar way.

[@cuffzter]

@jorluo Having just seen Cassies reaction to the Seven Samurai, the Magnicifent IS a pale copy of it. But you have to realize that the Magnificent 7 had the intended audience of those that hadn't seen the original, so naturally the audience back in the day were awestruck anyway.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*My mom saw Yul Brynner in "The King and I" on Broadway when she was a kid and she loved his performance.* Apparently, NYC public schools took students to see Broadway shows back then.

[@susanalexander6721]

​@@hulkhatepunybanner I so love Mr. Brenner. Your Mom has a treasure to remember.

[@JC-rb3hj]

One of the three Mexican farmers that hired the gunman was my elementary school principle. He was always popping up on shows as I grew up. He was the gardener on a show called "Father Knows Best. " His name was Natividad Vacío'.

[@imaginationsmusic1985]

As young folk who grew up watching classics, I remember that being a favorite episode of mine of Father Knows Best. 🥺 he seemed like a cool and sweet guy. Thanks for sharing that with us!

[@thealexanderllanos]

honestly, cool story.

[@thrillalova1212]

I can't look at Yul Brynner without thinking of Westworld (movie,not series)...So good 👍

[@quwykxz]

He must not have been a very good PRINCIPAL, since it seems that you were never taught to know the difference between "principal" and "principle"...

[@sergioh336]

@Thrillalova I can't see Yul Brenner other than as the king in the King and I! Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera lol

[@rickymoore1905]

Horst Buchholz who played Chico was German. He was known as the German James Dean. He was in an excellent comedy with James Cagney titled "One, Two, Three".

[@thomassmith-s4i]

Yep. And it's interesting that the gunman at the cemetery gate also spoke with what sounds like a European accent. And yet, the movie is so good, it sweeps you right up and you just ignore these improbably linguistic oddities.

[@storbokki371]

The leader of the group was played by the actor Yul Brynner. You should really see him in the 1956 film "The King and I", a true classic. Yul Brynner also played an Egyptian Pharaoh in the classic movie "The Ten Commandments", also from 1956, with Charlston Hestor playing Moses.

[@judithturner1593]

Cassie should've recognized Yul Brynner from her 'The Ten Commandments' reaction she did a couple years ago... I think she's the only reactor in all of KZbin who's reacted to it! (Other reactors go for the animated 'The Prince of Egypt'. )

[@南条英機-n5c]

Ull Brenner bought the copyright of Sevens Samurai from Japan. He bought it with his pocket money. Interestingly, Yul Brenner was born in Sakhalin, Russia. It is an island immediately north of Hokkaido. Akira Kurosawa is born in the south of Hokkaido and is famous for Akita dog in the north of the whole Japanese archipelago. Ull Brenner is Russian and Sakhalin half. He understood the samurai mind well.

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

For me Yul is one the most charismatic performers ever on screen!

[@AmericaSpeaks1]

And before "The Terminator" and Arnold Schwarzenegger, there was Yul Brynner in "Westworld" (The original, not the remake)

[@keithbrown8490]

Trivia - Watch near the start when Brynner and McQueen first appear to ride the hearse. The two sales guys who are paying for the hearse , one of salesmen is character actor Bing Russell the father of "Tombstone's" Wyatt Earp Kurt Russell !

[@robertwelsh4094]

Have you ever seen the Battered Bastards of Baseball about Bing Russel's Portland Baseball team?

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

what's a hearse

[@keithbrown8490]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 That's the horse drawn carriage taking the coffin to the graveyard.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@keithbrown8490 ah got it.

[@maingun07]

I remember when I was a young tank crewman and the first combined arms exercise I went on. I was just a loader, but sitting up on the edge of the hatch I could see all 17 tanks in the company rolling through the desert in a wedge formation. I couldn't help but have this theme playing in my head. 100% awesomeness!

[@lbh002]

I am not a spiritual person, but there is something about a team working together that I feel in my soul, if I had one.

[@maingun07]

@@lbh002 I hear ya and that's what I felt at the time. 68 pistol wearing gunslingers riding 17 iron monsters totaling nearly a thousand tons of steel and over 12,000 horsepower all moving in one formation covering about a kilometer in width. It was seminal moment for me. That's when I knew we were a family albeit a highly dysfunctional one. We were drunks and brawlers and insubordinate and general troublemakers. We regularly failed inspections and always had at least one person with an Article 15, but when we were doing what we trained to do, it felt like we could take on the whole Soviet army by ourselves.

[@gildavis8266]

Carly you, and your sister, are adorable! Every time I see you, or the both of you, doing one of your segments exploring these older movies I smile. The message in this one is simply a good story is always worth re-telling. And the fact that all of the principles in this film are gone really doesn't matter because their work speaks for itself. That will never change. Please keep doing what you are doing because I enjoy watching younger people being exposed to the magic of great cinema.

[@justinamerican8200]

"Meat's back on the menu!" Cassie turning into a straight up savage.

[@mandotranspo]

tryin to touch shoulder to butt and squeeze had me rollin

[@Laurelin70]

Or, you know, Ork.

[@TheHockeywitch]

I always thought there was no way anyone wouldn't be able to recognize Yul Brynner after watching him once in any movie. That face and especially his voice is unmistakable. He was great as Ramses in The Ten Commandments.

[@roykliffen9674]

Especially in his role as gunslinger in Westworld; heck he even wore the same outfit.

[@randallwright1973]

And king Mongkut of Siam in The King and I.

[@randycliff4045]

Imposing in any movie or on stage, I was impressed with the power of "The Journey (1959)" with Deborah Kerr, 3yrs after they starred in "The King and I (1956)". Brynner was born in eastern Russia, and his Major Surov is my favourite of his various Russian characters.

[@waterbeauty85]

I remember a film historian in the commentary track of a "Magnificent Seven" DVD described Yul Brynner's voice as being "like a pronouncement from God."

[@dnish6673]

Butt tight in the shoulder made me lol

[@adamplace1414]

The actor who played the dapper member of the seven, Lee, was Robert Vaughn. He had a career that carried up until he died a few years ago. My favorite character on the BBC show Hustle was played by him.

[@richardyett3985]

Yul Bryner was in "King And I", "Ten Commandments" & "Westworld". Westworld was a Sci-fi film from 1973 and Yul Plays a cowboy robot.

[@TheTerryGene]

Steve McQueen, after this film and The Great Escape”, went on to become one of the biggest stars in the world before dying at the young age of fifty. Virtually every one of the Seven (save Brad Dexter as Harry Luck) became major stars in the ensuing years. The reason for the cleanliness of the farmers in this film was to assuage the concerns of the Mexican government. An earlier movie, Vera Cruz with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, had depicted the peons’ clothing as dirty. By the way, one of the two peddlers who paid for the burial at the beginning of the film was played by Bing Russell, who was Kurt Russell’s (Tombstone) father.

[@perolavhavik2585]

I grew up on a farm. No farmer can work and be this clean for a day, let alone a week. The idea was to respect the Mexican farmers by showing them in shiny white clothes, but to me it just looks funny and it takes me out of the movie.

[@garfieldsmith332]

Yes the Mexican government and censors really came down hard on the film company. Apparently they also insisted that the 3 men went to town to buy guns so they could fight the bandits. They did not want the Mexicans to hpre men to fight for them. With the problems of dealing with the government and the lower production costs in Spain all the sequels were filmed on Spain.

[@brandonangstman]

Cassie, those men playing the bandits, those are real mexican bandits! The director payed them off to keep the crew safe when they filmed in Mexico, and Eli Wallach started talking to them and befriended a couple of them, they needed some extras for the film so Eli convinced the director to hire some of the guys guarding the set. They genuinely loved Eli Wallach and really treated him liked he was their leader.

[@michaelg2529]

I genuinely respect and appreciate you reaction videos but OMG Cassie, "Pull the butt into your shoulder" and then you attempt the contortion. You're priceless.

[@AdmiralJota]

I wonder if she's figured out yet that he meant the butt of the rifle.

[@whoarocket]

I am just at that point in the video and cracking up at that. Cassie, the butt of the rifle is another word for the stock--that long wood part at the back.

[@tomcolby5821]

She also didn't understand that Charles Bronson wanted the farmer to squeeze the trigger. Well, she is Canadian....; - )

[@gutz1981]

"Butt against your shoulder" is the butt of the rifle to keep it steady and to handle the recoil. "Squeeze" in terms of the trigger. You never pull, you squeeze it to avoid missing the target you are locked on.

[@jeffdetmer4681]

Cassie, a bit of a P.S. to my previous comment. This movie was filmed entirely in Mexico. Both outdoor scenes and in studio. Also when they were teachung the farmers to shoot, LOL, he meant tuck the butt of the rifle tight into your shoulder. Not his actual butt. You are so adorable. Also Yul Brenner kept his hat on because he was bald. I guess he thought it didn't fit with the character???? Oh and 2 more quick things which you may hear in future movies. When he said squeeze, he meant not to jerk the trigger back but to gently squeeze it. Better accuracy. And finally, that thing you like when they kind of slap at the hammer of their pistols when they are shooting is called fanning. Not always as accurate but happens a lot in the movies.

[@charlie2640]

It's amazing the staying power of this story and the ability to translate to different forms. "Battle Beyond the Stars" and "Bugs Life" are also retellings and I'm sure there are many more.

[@hansolo1225]

Three Amigos

[@Hexon66]

Yet none have surpassed Shichinin no Samurai.

[@adamp2029]

Three Amigos, A Bug’s Life, and Galaxy Quest are all comedic takes on this. They’re all “what if the hired guns weren’t really the heroes the oppressed people thought they were?” But, of course, they all do become heroes by the end.

[@ellef7730]

I'm glad to see someone mention "Battle Beyond the Stars" I don't think "7's week" will be complete until it gets a view. I think it is interesting to compare/contrast Robert Vaughn's roles in both movies.

[@obvious-troll]

This movie’s cast was absolutely stacked!

[@jethryk]

A really good John Wayne western is El Dorado with Robert Mitchum and The Godfather's James Caan. It's a lighter movie than Westerns are normally, I think you would really enjoy it.

[@clintizzo7693]

And/or The Sons Of Katie Elder, basically the same thing but with Dean Martin.

[@michaelstach5744]

I prefer Rio Bravo but…

[@YukonCaribou]

The Searchers, Thats the best John Wayne western I think personally, followed by The Cowboys.

[@davidsharpe1611]

El Dorado is good, though my favorite John Wayne movies are Big Jake and Chisum.

[@tehawesomeface1337]

You reacted to the epic film ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly’. I think you are ready for the next step. That film was the third film of a trilogy. The first film was ‘A Fistful of Dollars’. This film was also inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, who did ‘The Seven Samurai’. Kurosawa did ‘Yojimbo’ which starred actor Toshiro Mifune, the ‘rogue’ member of the Seven Samurai. Yojimbo inspired Western films that led to ‘The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly’, and Mifune’s portrayal of the ‘samurai with no name’ led to Clint Eastwood’s ‘man with no name’ cowboy. I became an author and illustrator of samurai history, inspired by the films of Akira Kurosawa.

[@larrywong6331]

Clint Eastwood, played in the Good Bad and The Ugly, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Clef, and Clint directs a lot of good movies.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Many years ago I saw Akira Kurosavas first film, made during the war, and still with his love for the traditional Japanese and a dislike for the West! His villain wears a suit, as his crooks mostly uses western weapons, as in Yojimbo, The Samurais and also one of his last films. The battle in the end are won with Portuguese guns, imported to Japan

[@junosaxon4370]

Nice to see The Magnificent Seven again with you. I liked the relationship between Charles Bronson's character and the three boys and the scene where they put flowers on his grave as they promised, a very touching moment. Some of my favourite actors are in this film, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn. If you like Steve McQueen you should see The Sand Pebbles, it's another one of my favourite films with McQueen. I hope you get to see it. Take care.

[@luckyskittles8976]

Fun reaction. Yul Brynner shaved his head when he did "The King & I" on stage and decided to keep it that way. You need to do the "King & I" the movie 1956 with Yule Brenner & Deborah Kerr a musical.

[@AMortalDefiant]

It's hard to go back. I shaved my head when I graduated high school, and haven't gone back in 20+ years. It's very liberating, it saves a lot of money on barbers, and the scalp is very sensitive. An interesting sensation is feeling snow melt on your scalp. And Brynner totally rocks the look, so I'm glad he kept it that way.

[@chunksaflyin]

"How do you get your butt tight in your shoulder?" Will be one of my favorites from now on, especially with the look on her face. THE BEST! This is a classic and one of my favorite movies. Just in case no one has said it yet, that term means to keep the butt of the weapon tight against your shoulder because the recoil or kick of the weapon when fired can hit hard and could break a bone. A couple of good westerns are Shane - 1953 and Silverado - 1985 with Kevin Costner. I'd also love to see you react to the Yul Brynner movie The King and I - 1956. I think you'd love it. Great reaction all around, thank you for sharing yet again.

[@harley4230]

I was confused on what she meant at first but started laughing so hard when I finally realized what she was confused about. I then started laughing even harder once she attempted to get her butt tight in her shoulder lol. It's a great Cassie moment.

[@donlatt]

Yul Brynner used the same look of the man in black for his role in West World. He also has a great tough guy role in the "Ultimate Warrior" 1975. You missed a great line where they get shot at on the hearse " Did you get elected ? " "No. But I got nominated" Great movie.

[@gog583]

I also liked him in "Children of the Sun".

[@ianstopher9111]

@@gog583 Don't you mean Kings of the Sun? Also starring Brad Dexter.

[@gog583]

@@ianstopher9111 Yeah, that's probably it. been a while since I've seen it. But to confirm, it's the one where Yul Brenner play an Indian (and involves Milans, or Incas, or Aztecs. )..

[@joesky011]

The theme song to this movie has been regarded as one of the top 25 American film scores. It was written by Elmer Bernstein who wrote the soundtracks to many big movies including The Great Escape, My Left Foot, even comedies like Airplane, The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters and more. This theme song was also used in the TV commercial for Marlboro cigarettes...."come to where the flavour is, come to Marlboro country". 😄

[@Daniel24724]

...and the soundtrack of "THE 10 COMMANDMENTS" ! 🤷‍♂

[@larrywong6331]

Tom Selleck was one of the Marlboro actors in the commercial.

[@tinderbox218]

Love seeing her make the connections in her head when she remembers what other classic films she saw this or that actor in. 👍🎥

[@coyotefever105]

Yul Brynner, I say this as a heterosexual male, made bald look beautiful

[@LordVolkov]

He does the cowboy look in the original Westworld too. Just sayin...😉

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Agreed

[@CloneByDesign]

In an era where your hair was everything, he did the impossible.

[@McPh1741]

Another really good ensemble cast western is “Silverado” starring Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Scott Glenn, Kevin Klein, and a bunch of others. It had a story similar to this.

[@christianemden7637]

While I agree that Silverado, is an excellent movie with a fantastic cast, I would strongly disagree that the stories are even remotely similar.

[@Nevets1073]

@@christianemden7637 I think the plot is actually pretty similar in a lot of ways. It's about a group of guns who decide to do the right thing against foes who outnumber them and have way more power over the people. But it definitely has a different tone than "The Magnificent Seven", that's for sure.

[@thepayne7862]

Such a great Western.

[@russelturner5771]

Not sure how the two movies are similar.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

I saw this film at the Brevoort Theater in Brooklyn, New York when it was first released in 1960. I was ten years old at the time. It remains one of my all-time favorite films! Great selection, Cassie 🤠

[@donnieloco4909]

I was born Jan 08, 1950. Same birth DAY as Elvis & David Bowie but younger of course. I see you were also born in 1950. We grew up with the best music & movies didn’t we? I also loved this movie.

[@jefferybarnett6056]

The Butt of the rifle is the part that fits against your shoulder. Keeping it tight against your shoulder reduces the recoil a bit allowing for more accuracy and the rifle doesn't beat you up as much. The larger the caliber of the rifle, the more recoil against your shoulder ( generally ). Also, chaps are worn to help prevent chaffing and protection from brush and briars while on horse-back...they won't stop a bullet. As a chick flick recommend: I think you and your sister would love The King and I, which stars Yul Brenner, the leader of this group of seven. This movie ( The Magnificent Seven ) was jam packed with big named stars, all great in their own right. You were correct early on when you recognized Eli Wallach as being in The Good The Bad and The Ugly..He performed for over 60 years.

[@TheKasualkid]

One of the best movie scores of all time. A super memorable theme.

[@seanmorehouse2834]

Cassie becoming the kind of person that throws Lord of the Rings references into everything is what this channel is all about.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

You're right!

[@AMortalDefiant]

That was so out of left field, I had to rewind a few times. 😂

[@nicks3766]

Hear, hear!

[@o0pinkdino0o]

Cas is no longer a girl that has not watched movies. One of us ! One of us ! One of us !

[@oakinwol]

I'm here for it!

[@torreyholmes7205]

Love the viewing of these 3 stories all in one week. Two more westerns to consider: "Shane" is a rather noble western from the 1950s and "The Wild Bunch" was made in 1969 is a more jaded look at Western violence from an era when people were dealing with Vietnam and Good and Bad were not clear cut. Both movies also touch on the idea that somebody wins, but it's not always the protagonists.

[@sdkelmaruecan2907]

"High Noon" would be a good one, too

[@PrinceofArfon]

"Shane" is wonderful and so powerful, but far sadder than "The Magnificent Seven." She should see it, but it's good to be prepared for tragedy!

[@perolavhavik2585]

More "must see" westerns: The Searchers, True Grit (both of them), Once upon a time in the West, Red River and the Man with No Name-trillogy starring Clint Eastwood

[@Hexon66]

Definitely "The Wild Bunch". For what it's worth, a much better (classic, in fact) iteration of the final battle as an assault, rather than defense. A deviation in this film from the original Seven Samurai that I never felt really worked. The assault on Agua Verde and Mapache, The Battle of Bloody Porch, however, is brilliant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/larWh6KMaN1okNE

[@thomast8539]

Cannot wait for Cassie to get around to watching Shane (1953).

[@nedporkus8602]

if there is a single movie that encapsulates the whole mythology of the American Frontier it is Shane.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Greatest western of all time!

[@Emma-3010]

"Shane" was remade by Clint Eastwood as "Pale Rider" in 1985. The two films might make for another "twofer" for Cassie. BTW, "Shane" stars Jean Arthur, an ageless beauty who began her career in the silent era. She did a LOT of great films. I'd love to see Cassie watch "If You Could Only Cook" or "The More the Merrier."

[@vlofvl]

Need to recognise the fantastic sound track to this movie

[@hurricane1951]

"That man from The Great Escape" is Steve McQueen, possibly the biggest male lead in movies at that time.

[@browniewin4121]

You recognized Steve McQueen from The Great Escape, but didn't recognize Charles Bronson the wood chopper as having been in the same movie as one of the tunnel kings. Yul Brenner was a big star, his most famous role was on stage and screen in The King and I (1956) for which he shaved his head and then kept it that way the rest of his life. He is also well known for The Ten Commandments (1956), West World (1973).

[@Vinterfrid]

Yul Brynner!!!

[@chardtomp]

James Coburn was in that movie as well.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Or James Coburn (Britt) as Sedgwick, the Australian guy who makes all the equipment and gets away when the French Resistance gets him to Spain. John Sturges directed both films, so it's not surprising he brought back several of the same actors.

[@hughjorg4008]

*James Coburn* (the knife thrower) was in THE GREAT ESCAPE too. He's the one escapes by crossing the border between France and Spain.

[@brycehiigel235]

This is one of my all time favorite westerns. Side note. When he talking about the snugging the butt to the shoulder he was talking about the butt of the firearm. You want to snug up to the shoulder so the recoil is closer to a push on the shoulder however different calibers have harder recoils. He was also talking a bout squeezing which is when you pull the trigger to fire the firearm. If you jerk the trigger it affects the accuracy. So squeezing evenly helps.

[@tomtom34b]

Steve McQueen wasn´t the only actor who was in the great escape as well. Charles Bronson (the guy with the flowers on his grave) and James Coburn (the knife-thrower) were in the great escape.

[@bmbirdsong]

You know, of course, that A Bug's Life has a rightful place in the Magnificent Seven playlist.

[@keng4847]

Not only was Steve McQueen also in the "Great Escape, so was Charles Bronson. He was the gunfighter befriended by the little kids in "The Magnificent 7", and in The Great Escape," he was the claustrophobic tunnel digger. And James Coburn was also in "The Great Escape". He was the knife-thrower in "The Magnificent 7" and in "The Great Escape" he was the escaped prisoner who successfully escaped the country by riding a bicycle. And you've seen Yul Brynner before. He was "Chris" the bald gun-fighter in "The Magnificent 7", and you saw him before in the "Ten Commandments" as the Pharhah who ultimately LET MOSES' PEOPLE GO.

[@garrymoore2161]

And, he was the King of Siam in Anna and the King.

[@dougsdiscourse8939]

​@@garrymoore2161The King and I. Rex Harrison was the king in Anna and the King.

[@The101Shadow]

@@dougsdiscourse8939 there was TV series under that name and Yui was main cast

[@dougsdiscourse8939]

@@The101Shadow Thanks for the info, I didn't know.👍

[@losthor1zon]

@@The101Shadow - Yul Brynner played the King of Siam in the musical; Harrison played in the non-musical version. Brynner played the King of Siam for years on stage. Maybe decades. This was both before and after the film. I heard him interviewed by Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. Brynner told how a violinist once asked him if he didn't get bored playing the same part over and over. He told the violinist "Play me an A." The man did. He told him, "Now play exactly the same A." The violinist started to play, then stopped, got angry, and cursed at Brynner. 🤣 He said that for him the role was never the same twice.

[@LokRevenant]

I think the ending means that the moral victory of coming back even when they didn't have to is more important than who won the fight. The farmers get to continue farming. That's what they were fighting for. Yes, four of the seven died, but they died fighting for a worthy cause.

[@cornelldgreen]

Also, in both, the "we lost" might refer to the fact that the victory is not in what you fight or die for, but what you live for. Noble cause or not, the samurai/gunmen fought for pay. The farmers fought to protect their families and defend their way of life, against superior forces.

[@whoarocket]

Cracking up moment part two was Cassie saying the scene needed music and choosing "Here Comes the Hot Stepper", of all things! And the attempt to sing it was fantastic too.

[@kenlawton1531]

Yul Brynner, born a Russian in Vladivostok. Amazing actor, you should react to The King And I. His signature movie and theatre production that he performed 4,625 times on stage. Very romantic film, you'd love it.

[@TheRealMediaMan]

I HIGHLY recommend. “The Thing From Another World “. A classic horror film but one that still holds up today. And given the recent high level government discussions it’s more timely now than ever. It’s a great film. And still creepy to this day

[@chetcarman3530]

Newcomer Steve McQueen giving established lead actor Yul Brynner a Masterclass in scene-stealing and focus-pulling.

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Actually no, he tried it in the riding the wagon up the hill scene at the beginning.... Constantly fidgeting with his neck tie, trying to scene steal.... Yul famously stopped him and said.... You keep trying to draw the attention to yourself, all I have to do is this.... And he lifted his hat. Yul Brynner was a master and Steve the pupil ... Not to say that Steve wasn't great... But Yul was next level

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

Steve later said, he was in absolute awe of Yul Brynner and Charles Bronson

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

He was The Terminator before The Terminator

[@larky368]

​@@SJ-GodofGnomes21 Exactly! McQueen always had to ham it up to look cool. Brynner WAS cool just by breathing and staring.

[@chetcarman3530]

@@SJ-GodofGnomes21 watch the movie again & do some more fact-checking.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Elmer Bernstein's musical score for this is magnificent by itself. Yes that's Eli Wallach from The Good the Bad and the Homely...Steve McQueen from the Great Escape. Charles Bronson, the "wood chopper" was also in the Great Escape as "Danny the tunnel King."

[@rodneybarton-hall3867]

Music for 'The Great Escape' - Elmer Bernstein.

[@RetroClassic66]

4:49 The man in the middle here, in the brown hat and suit, is Bing Russell, Kurt Russell’s father.

[@fireballfireball6962]

Its the guy from the great escape right? he he Steve Mcqueen must be smiling up there in heaven. He's one of the most highly influential actors ever. The King of Cool!

[@johnnyringo80]

Since you stumbled again over the "we lost" phrase, let me explain what I think it means. There's a theme in the movies that the heroes - the gunmen as well as the ronin samurai - are aimless drifters who have nothing to gain from the fight. While the farmers get their lives back and return to their peaceful ways, the fighters will be off to the next fight and the next one, probably until they die eventually like the four they lost this time. They sort of lost with their life choices and now they're so addicted to the thrill-seeking that they are unable to settle down. That's a common theme by the way; that the "tough guy"'s life is hard and not a preferable lifestyle. They are tragic heroes at best - and at worst, they are themselves the bad guys.

[@pauld6967]

The butt of the rifle is the portion of the stock that you place against your shoulder as you aim along the sights. Yul Brynner was telling them to pull the butt of the rifle in tight against the shoulder pocket. Charles Bronson was telling the farmer to squeeze the trigger. Steady pressure rather than trying to suddenly jerk it. The motion, Cassie, that you keep making is called "fanning the hammer" or just "fanning." It is a staple in Westerns but in reality, it is horrible for accuracy.

[@coffee-xg6my]

"How do you get your butt tight in your shoulder?" That was great, lol. 😂 He's talking about pressing the butt of the gun tighter against his shoulder to keep the jerking of the gun (the recoil) from hurting or breaking his shoulder when he fires it. If there's space between the butt of the gun and his shoulder it will kick back hard when he shoots and it will hurt him. This is particularly true with a shotgun or high powered rifle.

[@lastrada52]

Very good observance -- yes! That's Eli Wallach (Calvera) who was also in The Good, the Bad & The Ugly as Tuco. Died 2014. The man in the blue shirt is Yul Brynner (he was also The Egyptian pharaoh in "The Ten Commandments," & the King in the classic "The King & I," (film & Broadway play). The young guy is Steve McQueen starred in "The Blob," the year before this western. He went on to the original "Thomas Crown Affair," "Papillon," & YES! you guessed right again young lady "The Great Escape." Died from cancer in 1980. The younger black-hat fella following up behind them on foot is German actor Horst Bucholtz (Chico) who was also in the Academy Award-winning 1997 film "Life Is Beautiful." He died in 2003. The man chopping wood is Charles Bronson (Bernardo). Major box office movie star in the 70s. "Hard Times," & "The Dirty Dozen," (another all-star cast film). All Bronson films are action-packed. The tall slender guy with the knife James Coburn was also with Bronson in "Hard Times" & with Bronson-McQueen in "The Great Escape." Coburn (d. 2002) won an Academy Award in the Nick Nolte 1997 film "Affliction." The bully in the train yard, who challenges Coburn's knife against his gun is character actor Robert J. Wilke. He was a gunman in the classic Gary Cooper western "High Noon" & went on to major films 1978's "Days of Heaven," with Richard Gere, & 1981's "Stripes," with Bill Murray Brad Dexter was after the "gold" and made several films but wasn't as famous. In reality, he was known for having saved Frank Sinatra from drowning in 1964. He was one of the producers of the 1972 Diana Ross film about Billie Holiday, "Lady Sings the Blues." He made other films with Yul Brynner & Charles Bronson. The man with vest & leather gloves seated on a bed is Robert Vaughan (died 2016). Became famous in the TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E," & went on to make 2 great exciting films with Steve McQueen -- "Bullitt," & "The Towering Inferno." The last major cast member to pass away was the gorgeous Mexican girl Rosenda Monteros. (Passed in 2017). You did a great job as usual...facial expressions are wonderful. Smile sparkles. But I think you know more than you're letting on. Do some John Wayne films.

[@MrDeejf]

The reason for the ending ("we lost") in both movies is that the world is changing, and there is no place for the samurai/cowboys in the new world. It's not meant to be a statement of despair or total defeat, but more a melancholy observation of that which cannot be changed. In fact, that sentiment and ending state is one of the major components of the myth of the west as it exists in the American imagination. Without getting into spoilers for any particular movie, the image of the hired gun, or professional gunman, who has defended the forces of civilization successfully, but cannot join the characters whose lives he has saved and must ride off into the distance alone, is _primal_ and key to understanding many of the greatest westerns ever written or filmed. There is a quality of Moses to it: he brought his people to the Promised Land, and saw it, but could not enter it himself. On another note, it's a canard among certain kinds of critics (and non-critics) to claim that "such and such actor can't act". They usually reserve this disdain for popular masculine actors who play masculine men --- John Wayne and Charles Bronson got it a lot. Anybody who thinks Bronson cannot act has never seen this movie, in particular the scene where he tells the boys how courageous their fathers are, and what a coward he is by comparison.

[@nitaweitzel822]

Clint Eastwood wore the same boots on all his Westerns. They were his personal boots. Cool

[@ericsinger2692]

I have seen this movie. Perhaps a dozen times or more. Each time I see it, I noticed something that I did not notice before. This is one of the greatest movies, not just Western movies ever created

[@neilgoloy3582]

The character named Chris is Yul Brynner, who appeared in the movie THE KING AND I in 1956, one of his most popular roles as an actor. You can find John Wayne in movies such as The Undefeated (1969) and The Alamo (1960) just to name a few. Many thanks, blessings to you and yours.

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Not to forget Wayne's debut in Stagecoach in the 30s, one of the first "adult westerns."

[@kingleech16]

Some of my favorite John Wayne films were The Searchers and The Quiet Man, even though they are absolutely on the opposite ends of the hope vs cynicism scale. Although now that I'm thinking about his filmography, I keep thinking of others I really like...

[@russellockwood8621]

I just watched your reaction to "The Magnificent Seven" 1960 and I'm very surprised that a woman of your age doesn't know anything about John Wayne, nicknamed the Duke. Anyway, if you are interested in seeing the best of the best classic westerns to react to you MUST see the 4 best ever, 2 of which happen to be starring John Wayne. 2 are black and white and the others are color. The first one, and my favorite starring John Wayne, is "Red River" from 1948 (b+w). The next one is "High Noon" from 1952, also b+w. The 3rd on is "Shane" from 1953. This one is in color. The 4th one, also starring John Wayne and in color, is called "The Searchers" from 1956. All of these are directed by award winning directors. Very important. The great thing that distinguishes these films from other westerns is that they are not just shoot 'em ups. They are great stories about the human interactions of the people in the stories and some very strong women characters. I strongly suggest that you check these films out. Old movies are some of the greatest movies ever made. ENJOY!

[@cjpreach]

"Come on, boys. Meat's back on the menu." Great line, Cassie.

[@cookcountyjoe]

One of the best westerns ever made. Chris was played by Yul Brynner who won an Oscar and a Tony for the movie and stage versions of The King and I. He also played Ramses in The Ten Commandments. Steve McQueen (Vin), Charles Bronson (Bernardo) and James Colburn (Britt) were huge stars who all appeared in the Great Escape. Steve McQueen in particular was a very good actor, if you ever get a chance watch him in movies like The Sand Pebbles, Papillon and The Towering Inferno. Eli Wallach (Calvera) was a great character actor in many movies.

[@charlieeckert4321]

And, yes, Eli Wallach was The Ugly in YG,TB & TU.

[@classiclife7204]

Cassie deserves hazard pay for doing the same story back to back, Japanese and American style.

[@kevindown1592]

Another film based on 7 Samurai is A Bug’s Life by Pixar Studios. It is well worth watching after seeing 7 Samurai.

[@richardhilliard5611]

Another film based on magnificent seven is Battle Beyond the Stars. Robert Vaughn, who played the coward that suddenly showed bravery and inspired the farmers to fight, is also in Battle Beyond the Stars. It's an outer space version of this movie.

[@Cheepchipsable]

...and The Three Amigos.

[@shanegraham2500]

There's a Sci-Fi version of this trope called 'Battle Beyond the Stars' - starring Richard Thomas (John-Boy from the TV series 'The Waltons'). Also stars Robert Vaughn playing pretty much the same character as Lee - the best dressed of The Seven. You can be forgiven if you don't watch it. John Boy's spaceship has big boobs! The singer Sting has a song called Love is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) which plays on this theme.

[@dedcaesar2325]

Five good John Wayne movies to watch: -The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -Rio Bravo -Red River -The Searchers -The Cowboys

[@keithbrown8490]

Beside McQueen, Bronson and Coburn returning in "The Great Escape" both movies were directed by John Sturges and the music for both was done by Elmer Bernstein .

[@chrismais]

I chuckled when she said Steve McQueen was cute. A ladies man decades past his death.

[@RuphusR]

You should watch Silverado (1985) with Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, and Brian Dennehy. Its a fantastic western with a great cast and a similar story.

[@kuribayashi84]

Robert Vaughn (Lee) would go on to play basically the same role in _Battle Beyond the Stars,_ a fun little 1980-Sci-Fi-remake of _The Magnificent Seven._

[@mechagodzilla5660]

They feel like they lost because they made 6 great friends, and then lost 4 of them. While it's a huge burden lifted from the town, they're moving on and are only taking with them the painful memories of the struggle. As bystanders, we share the village perspective of a huge victory, but it most have been very sobering for the surviving 3.

[@mikes4865]

If you like Steve McQueen, other good movies he's in are "The Thomas Crown Affair" (original version), Bullit and Papillon. This is one of many westerns influenced by Kurosawa.

[@tomcolby5821]

What about "The Blob"?

[@Daniel24724]

@@tomcolby5821 "The Blob" was the only science-fiction movie made by Steve McQueen. He hated it and never worked again in this genre. (He refused to be Han Solo !) 😒

[@josephdimalante7023]

The War Lover

[@alolkoydesigns]

Jame Coburn was in a series of tongue in cheek 007 styled movies where he played a character named Flint which were the inspiration for the Austin Powers movies.

[@derBenIsPlaying]

Yul Brynner is the actor playin Chris. The cast of the movie was highly decorated actors, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, even Horst Buchholz, world famous east german actor. But there's no John Wayne in this lol. The butt against the shoulder (or rather, part of the chest where the shoulder and arm attach to), well, if you fire a high caliber rifle or one that shoots a heavy projectile, the recoil somewhat is equal to the force the bullet gains to be propelled forward, and if there is space between the rear end of the gun, the buttstock, it hits your clavicle or the joint of your arm and has a chance of breaking it or at the very least, bruising. Not quite taking out the arm directly, but your arm would be somewhat incapacitated anyways, so Chris is somewhat right on it. Squeezing the trigger like you squeeze a tomato with your fingers, or squishing a grape with your thumb and index finger is better to maintain a constant appliance of force. All in all this movie is great but cheesy, the gunplay is a bit weird here and there because of the shooting action, the way Chico flings his gun around with each shot is just either to show that he is only a farmer, or it's bad gun acting. The story is nice though. If you want to watch similar movies, the movie "Indio Black" with Yul Brynner is equally nice, if you like the "man gets hired to take care of something", even though the plot is even more fantastic and somewhat absurd.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Welcome to Marlboro country. The musical theme from The Magnificent Seven was used for years in TV commercials for Marlboro cigarettes, until tobacco advertising on TV was prohibited. Elmer Bernstein wrote the music for this movie, as well as for The Man with the Golden Arm, The Ten Commandments, Sweet Smell of Success, Birdman of Alcatraz, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hud, The Great Escape, The Sons of Katie Elder, Thoroughly Modern Millie, True Grit, The Bridge at Remagen, The Liberation of L.B. Jones, The Shootist, National Lampoon's Animal House, The Great Santini, Airplane!, Stripes, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Three Amigos!, My Left Foot, The Grifters, and many other movies. Yul Brynner thought Steve McQueen upstaged him at every opportunity in this movie, and he really resented it. I don't know whether McQueen was really doing this, or it was just Yul Brynner's ego. More movies featuring Yul Brynner: The King and I, The Ten Commandments, and Westworld. Movies featuring Steve McQueen: The Great Escape (which Cassie has already seen), The Cincinnati Kid, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno. Of these, the closest to being a rom-com is The Thomas Crown Affair, which is a rom but not a com. There was a lot of talk about John Wayne in the chat. I didn't see anyone mention The Searchers, which I think has one of his best performances. He played a problematic character, but he was really good in the role, and the character's personal views are not the same as the point of view of the story. The deeper meaning of "only the farmers won" is that the farmers won back their livelihoods, their families, and their productive lives, while the hired guns were really no better off than they were before: a solitary, violent existence in which they didn't create any legacy or future for themselves. May I suggest Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt? It's a western, though it's not about cowboys. It won Oscars for best directing and best screenplay, and was nominated for best picture and best supporting actor. IMO it should have won best picture that year.

[@MetalEyeWierdo]

"Meats back in the menu!" nice. LOL!! All that movie watching is paying off!

[@DWrathborne]

Hope you'll also check out Battle Beyond the Stars as well. The 1980 sci-fi that merges the Magnificent seven with a Star Wars/space opera aesthetic. It even has Robert Vaughn playing a futuristic version of his M7 character.

[@gazoontight]

That maneuver with the revolver that you like is called fanning. He was shooting a single action revolver. Fanning allows you to shoot faster but it's not very good for the revolver.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

And it’s not very accurate either. Only recommended if surrounded by bad guys at very close range. Unless you’re a good guy in a movie.

[@murrayroodbaard207]

Fun fact: there was some rivalry on set between main stars Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. Steve thought he was the bigger star and he constantly did things to make the audience notice him, like play around with his hat. Yul got tired of it and said "You know, the only thing i need to do is take off my hat and people will stop noticing you." Steve then stopped showboating.

[@tremorsfan]

One of the greatest theme songs ever.

[@Philistine47]

Chris's line at the end about "Only the farmers won. We lost." calls back to an earlier scene, when Chico talked about how everything Chris (and Vin and the others) had in life was won by being good with their guns, and Vin in particular emphasized the _cost_ of the life they'd chosen to lead - that while they seemed to be "living the dream," they'd all sacrificed any chance of living a normal life themselves to get there.

[@Hexon66]

Yeah, well it's taken from the original Seven Samurai, and I'm not sure she entirely got it then, either.

[@drhkleinert8241]

In germany synchro he said "The farmers won. We lost. We lost every time."

[@AmericaSpeaks1]

When you think about it, "TM7" has the the same themes as "The Wild Bunch"; men out of time and out of place in a changing world.

[@xTomWolfx]

"A Bug's Life" is based on the Magnificent Seven. Hope it's on the list.

[@Animeabe]

I love this movie. I haven't seen the 2016 version. I was just being stubborn about remaking something that was already great. I think, as a kid, this was the first movie I had seen where a lot of the heroes died, and the ending wasn't "happy." It meant a lot to me back then. I'll always remember Yul Brynner as Pharoah, though.

[@johncampbell756]

Steve McQueen - Vin - was The Cooler King, Charles Bronson - O'Brien - The Tunnel King with claustrophobia, James Coburn - Britt - was Sedgewick, the manufacturer and he and Bronson were two of the only three escapees in The Great Escape. John Wayne played "Sir Not Appearing in this Film." Chris is Yul Brenner, who was famous for the King and I and the original Westworld film as well as this. Filmed in Mexico and Tucson, AZ.

[@shadowqueen99]

Great reaction! This was one of my first exposures to older classic movies - watched it in my teens and loved it! I was laughing when you were trying to figure out how to put your butt into your shoulder- not sure if you were just joking but they were talking about the butt of the gun!

[@philmullineaux5405]

One of the most epic theme songs , ever! Like star wars, Indiana Jones, etc.

[@richardb6260]

The 2016 version is completely different. It doesn't even have the same characters. It's a remake in name only. Yul Brenner (Chris) became an unlikely cowboy star. He made several westerns. often wearing the same all black outfit. The most interesting is Westworld, where he plays a robot gunslinger in an amusement park of the future.

[@jasonward1470]

Cassie, please watch Silverado next time you want to do a Western. It's one of my favorites, and it has one of your favorites too, Kevin Costner

[@clintizzo7693]

I think it’s going to be her favorite western ever.

[@jasonward1470]

I do too

[@zziicckk01]

Thank you for your reaction! There was an episode in Cheers (80s tv show) where the guys in the bar were going to Sam's apartment to watch the "The Magnificent Seven"; Diane Chambers (a bar maid and scholar) wanted to come along to watch, as she put it, an inferior version of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"... I couldn't agree more. :) The Maginificent Seven is a very good Western, but Seven Samurai is a classic, epic film.

[@PhantomObserver]

My favorite character in this was James Coburn's Britt. He was probably the closest adaptation of his Kurosawa counterpart. And Coburn was a confirmed Kurosawa fan. I also regard this as a measure of how powerful Toshiro Mifune was, that they gave part of his character to McQueen and part of it to Buchholtz. I wouldn't discount Robert Vaughn's Lee, who doesn't really have a Kurosawa counterpart but is a classic Western character of a gunfighter who's lost his nerve.

[@BogeyTheBear]

I can describe Britt with one sentence: The Grim Reaper, Wearing a White Hat.

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

18:44 the stock of a rifle is also called the “rifle butt”. It’s meant to rest on the shoulder instead of against the forearm to brace for the kickback of the shot.

[@donwild50]

You should have recognized Bernardo from "The Great Escape" too. That was Charles Bronson, "Danny, Tunnel King." The digger who was claustrophobic and was one of the escapees that got away in the end when he and his partner got on the ship to Sweden.

[@stubbystubby7177]

Leonard Bernstein's Score makes the movie 10 times better

[@stubbystubby7177]

Sorry Elmer Bernstein

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@stubbystubby7177 But Leonard did turn in a fine score for "On The Waterfront."

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

@@stubbystubby7177 Elmer and Leonard actually knew each other and joked how they kept being mistaken for each other.