The Making of The Magnificent Seven: Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western
Brian Hannan, "The Making of The Magnificent Seven: Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western"
English | ISBN: 0786496959 | 2015 | 288 pages | PDF | 79 MB
English | ISBN: 0786496959 | 2015 | 288 pages | PDF | 79 MB
The story behind The Magnificent Seven could have been a movie in itself. It had everything–actors' strike, writers' strike, Mexican government interference and a row between the screenwriters that left one removing his name from the credits, all under the lingering gloom of post-McCarthy era Hollywood. A flop on release, it later became a box office hit.
This book tells the behind-the-scenes story: how Yul Brynner became the biggest independent producer in Hollywood; why John Sturges was not the first choice after Brynner surrendered the director's chair; why Sturges quit; the truth about the Mirisch Company (producers); the details of the film's botched release and unlikely redemption; the creation of Elmer Bernstein's classic score; and how internecine fighting prevented the making of the television series in 1963.
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