"The Magnificent Seven" is being remembered as a Western classic and the start of a franchise. Western historian Rob Word says the original film was not seen as an instant classic at first. He credits ...

The 1960s were arguably the best years for the Western genre. The decade was defined by the rise of the twisty Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, as well ...

If you want to explain the joy of westerns to someone, play them Bernstein’s main theme from “The Magnificent Seven.” It’s the ultimate setup for a movie about cowboys and gunfighters, settling their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "When United Artists first looked at it, they said, 'Nothing happens—it just sits there,'" he recalls. And yet, over time, the ...

The basic outline was adapted from Kurosawa’s classic Seven Samurai and made into an American Western by one of the great innovators of the genre, John Sturges. The film led the way for other all-star ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's especially interesting is that the original 1960 film wasn't viewed as an instant classic at the time. "When United Artists ...