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The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The horse that Yul Brynner was riding was Pie, the same one that James Stewart rode in all or most of his westerns. It was found while researching Stewart's horse.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Yul Brynner was married on the set; the celebration used many of the same props as the fiesta scene.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Ironically, though Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen's characters didn't die in the film, in real life they were the first two among the "Magnificent Seven" actors to pass away. McQueen died in 1980 while Brynner passed in 1985.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
George Peppard was first considered for the role of Vin. Gene Wilder also auditioned. Peppard would later star in the remake "Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)," and Wilder would play a disillusioned gunslinger in Mel Brooks' western satire "Blazing Saddles."
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Yul Brynner studied shooting and the quick-draw method with Rodd Redwing, a Native American actor (he played one of the Gurkha scouts in the Errol Flynn film Objective, Burma! (1945)) and firearms expert who had taught many other Hollywood actors, including co-star Steve McQueen.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The events in the film must have taken place in or after 1896. Steve McQueen mentions something as "Cracker Jack." Cracker Jack was created in 1896.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
James Coburn's friend Robert Vaughn recommended him to director John Sturges for the last remaining lead, the role of Britt. Sturges said he needed a Gary Cooper type of actor, and Vaughn said Coburn was the actor he needed.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
According to a John Sturges interview given in 1990 for the book "John Sturges, Stories of a Filmmaker" by Emmanuel Laborie, the music for the movie was to be composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. However, the director had a quarrel with his favorite composer because Sturges did not agree with a song during the opening credits, as he did in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Tiomkin was dismissed and replaced by Elmer Bernstein.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
O'Reilly (Charles Bronson) is the last of the seven to die. O'Reilly's counterpart in Seven Samurai (1954), Heihachi Hayashida, is the first of the seven to be killed.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
James Coburn was a big fan of "Seven Samurai (1954)" and his favorite role in that film was the character that he ended up playing in the Americanized version. He deliberately incorporated Seiji Miyaguchi's performance as Kyuzo into his performance.
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The cup game Harry Luck (Dexter) shows to the villagers is actually impossible. Harry cheats when he shows them by having one cup already upright, whereas he makes the villagers try to do it with all three cups upside-down. Presumably, this was an intentional ploy to trick information about hidden treasure from the villagers.
The Magnificent Seven - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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