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Re: was Re: Lost Empire? now Kurosawa westerns
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Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:28:07 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.ninja, Chris Barker writes:
> "Marc Nelson Jr." wrote:
> > > Set your VCR...
> > > Incidently, Kurasawa's 7 Samurai is on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) on Monday
> > > from 4:30 - 8:00PM. It's been a long time since I have seen this movie, but
> > > I am looking forward to it. This movie was made in the 50's I believe, and
> > > has been remade into numerous westerns and TV shows.
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> > That was the basis for The Magnificent Seven, right? I love that movie, so I'll
> > have to get somebody to tape 7 Samurai for me. Isn't The Good, the Bad, and the
> > Ugly based on a Kurasawa movie? What other westerns have come from Kurasawa?
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> These three are basically the same movie:
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> title
> Yojimbo • A Fistfull of Dollars Last Man Standing
> dir • Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Walter Hill
> star • Toshiro Mifune Clint Eastwood Bruce Willis
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> Yojimbo is an absolute classic, Fistfull is darn good in its own right,
> but Last Man Standing really stank.
Thanks for the title of the Kurosawa film. You're right about Last Man
Standing. It's only redeeming quality was that Bruce Willis got to blow people
away with a big ol' .45 auto instead of a revolver.
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> Seven Samurai was only remade as The Magnificent Seven. IMNSHO, Yul
> Brenner was not fit to cary Takashi Shimura's spear. Not that
> Magnificent Seven is a bad movie, just that it pales next to the
> original. Seven Samurai is worth watching for the whole 203 minutes if
> you can ever see the full version.
If I can get somebody at home to tape it, I'll have all of Spring Break to
enjoy it. Thanks for the info.
-Marc
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