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By Brian Hannan

the tale at the back of The terrific Seven might have been a film in itself. It had everything—actors’ strike, writers’ strike, Mexican govt interference and a row among the screenwriters that left one elimination his identify from the credit, all less than the lingering gloom of post–McCarthy period Hollywood. A flop on unencumber, it later turned a field workplace hit.
This booklet tells the behind-the-scenes tale: how Yul Brynner turned the most important autonomous manufacturer in Hollywood; why John Sturges was once no longer the 1st selection after Brynner surrendered the director’s chair; why Sturges give up; the reality in regards to the Mirisch corporation (producers); the main points of the film’s botched unencumber and not likely redemption; the construction of Elmer Bernstein’s vintage ranking; and the way internecine battling avoided the making of the tv sequence in 1963.
Myths approximately Steve McQueen, his feud with Brynner and the scene-stealing antics of the solid are debunked. an in depth exam of many of the screenplay drafts and the writers’ resource material—Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai—shows who wrote what. broad research of Sturges’ directorial paintings is provided.

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