The Magnificent Seven (2016, D: Fuqua) S: Washington, Hawke, Pratt
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re: The Magnificent Seven (2016, D: Fuqua) S: Washington, Hawke, Pratt
Since when did robber barons lead gangs of rampaging bandits? Robber barons (Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Morgan, etc.) didn't need bandits, they had whole police departments at their disposal and teams of lawyers, all way more powerful than mere bandits.
Did the PR person mean cattle baron? That might make more sense.
Did the PR person mean cattle baron? That might make more sense.
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From Variety:
Peter Sarsgaard is in final negotiations to play the villain in MGM and Sony’s “The Magnificent Seven” remake. He’ll be joining an all-star cast that includes Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke.
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Yeah, Pete's done a lot of great stuff. No need to worry.
Then again, he did star in The Slap.
Then again, he did star in The Slap.
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Antoine Fuqua on James Horner:
James was an incredible human being. He was a filmmaker through and through. He was one of the most gentle people I've ever met. Even the way he spoke was very soft and thoughtful. He was magical. He had this childlike wonderment in his eyes, but he was an amazing artist, an amazing poet. I loved him and we became friends.
James was a family man. He loved his children. He called me on a Saturday after he watched [Southpaw], and I said "I don't have any money," because it wasn't a big budget movie. And he said to me. "I love the movie. I love the father-daughter relationship. Don't worry about the money, I'm just going to do it." And he did it for nothing. He paid his crew out of his own pocket.
And I just found out a few days ago - his team flew out here, to Baton Rouge, and they brought me all the music for The Magnificent Seven. He already wrote it for me based on the script. He did it all off the script because he wanted to surprise me. I thought it was a gift or something. And they all came out here and said, "Antoine, James wrote the music for Magnificent Seven already and it's just glorious." So that's my memory of James.
James was an incredible human being. He was a filmmaker through and through. He was one of the most gentle people I've ever met. Even the way he spoke was very soft and thoughtful. He was magical. He had this childlike wonderment in his eyes, but he was an amazing artist, an amazing poet. I loved him and we became friends.
James was a family man. He loved his children. He called me on a Saturday after he watched [Southpaw], and I said "I don't have any money," because it wasn't a big budget movie. And he said to me. "I love the movie. I love the father-daughter relationship. Don't worry about the money, I'm just going to do it." And he did it for nothing. He paid his crew out of his own pocket.
And I just found out a few days ago - his team flew out here, to Baton Rouge, and they brought me all the music for The Magnificent Seven. He already wrote it for me based on the script. He did it all off the script because he wanted to surprise me. I thought it was a gift or something. And they all came out here and said, "Antoine, James wrote the music for Magnificent Seven already and it's just glorious." So that's my memory of James.
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That is SO cool. They'll need someone to adapt it I'm sure. Still what an awesome surprise farewell work.
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Director Antoine Fuqua knew he’d have to pull out some stops to convince Denzel Washington to saddle up for The Magnificent Seven.
After all, Washington had never done a Western. And there are big shoes to fill: Yul Brynner led an immortal cast (including Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson) in the original 1960 tale of gunslingers banding together to save a Mexican village from marauding bandits.
At lunch, Fuqua painted the whole picture of Washington dramatically riding over the hill on a black horse. He even played a hip-hop version of an Ennio Morricone Western theme to set the heroic mood.
It worked.
“Denzel just smiled and said, ‘All right, let’s do it,' ” Fuqua recalls. “I walked out of the restaurant and said to myself, ‘Denzel Washington is getting on a horse for The Magnificent Seven.' "
It’s not just Washington who is saddling up for Fuqua's remake, but an all-star cast which includes Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio and Ethan Hawke (the latter officially making it a reunion of 2001's Training Day).
The modern retelling rides into theaters Sept. 23 and releases its first trailer online Wednesday, revealing a black-hatted Washington with some serious sideburns and a mustache. The look was Washington’s idea, which shocked fans when he stepped out for the 2015 Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight while starting to grow it out. That became an Internet thing.
“We went to that boxing match in Vegas, and people were seeing Denzel with the chops and were like, ‘What’s going on?’ “ says Fuqua. “I was saying to myself, 'Wait till they see him in full glory.' He looks great. Denzel just locked into that look."
Washington also took horseback riding lessons and bonded any and everywhere with his bounty-hunter character's nickel-plated Colt .45 Peacemaker.
“He had it with him all the time, even when he wasn’t on the set,” says Fuqua. “We’d have meetings and he’d be spinning and twirling his gun while we were talking. He used to walk around his house spinning guns, go to restaurants. Obviously, people knew it was for his character.”
Hawke rides alongside as the Civil War sharpshooter Goodnight Robicheaux, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Pratt, as the charming gambler Chris Farraday, was so amped to be riding in the crew that he kept a positive perspective, despite soaring temperatures on the set in New Orleans.
“It'd be 110 degrees and even the horses wouldn't do what you wanted them to do," says Fuqua. "I’d check in and ask Chris, 'You good?' And he’d say, ‘Let’s do this baby, I’m in a Western.' ”
The gang of misfits who come together for this Magnificent Seven is a diverse one, from its African-American leading man to South Korean star Byung-hun Lee, Mexican actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Native American Martin Sensmeier. That was important for Fuqua, but the killer attitude was paramount.
“These guys are gunslingers, and when they walk into the room, you notice them,” says Fuqua. “These are people you want to be with, or you want to protect you.”
After all, Washington had never done a Western. And there are big shoes to fill: Yul Brynner led an immortal cast (including Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson) in the original 1960 tale of gunslingers banding together to save a Mexican village from marauding bandits.
At lunch, Fuqua painted the whole picture of Washington dramatically riding over the hill on a black horse. He even played a hip-hop version of an Ennio Morricone Western theme to set the heroic mood.
It worked.
“Denzel just smiled and said, ‘All right, let’s do it,' ” Fuqua recalls. “I walked out of the restaurant and said to myself, ‘Denzel Washington is getting on a horse for The Magnificent Seven.' "
It’s not just Washington who is saddling up for Fuqua's remake, but an all-star cast which includes Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio and Ethan Hawke (the latter officially making it a reunion of 2001's Training Day).
The modern retelling rides into theaters Sept. 23 and releases its first trailer online Wednesday, revealing a black-hatted Washington with some serious sideburns and a mustache. The look was Washington’s idea, which shocked fans when he stepped out for the 2015 Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight while starting to grow it out. That became an Internet thing.
“We went to that boxing match in Vegas, and people were seeing Denzel with the chops and were like, ‘What’s going on?’ “ says Fuqua. “I was saying to myself, 'Wait till they see him in full glory.' He looks great. Denzel just locked into that look."
Washington also took horseback riding lessons and bonded any and everywhere with his bounty-hunter character's nickel-plated Colt .45 Peacemaker.
“He had it with him all the time, even when he wasn’t on the set,” says Fuqua. “We’d have meetings and he’d be spinning and twirling his gun while we were talking. He used to walk around his house spinning guns, go to restaurants. Obviously, people knew it was for his character.”
Hawke rides alongside as the Civil War sharpshooter Goodnight Robicheaux, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Pratt, as the charming gambler Chris Farraday, was so amped to be riding in the crew that he kept a positive perspective, despite soaring temperatures on the set in New Orleans.
“It'd be 110 degrees and even the horses wouldn't do what you wanted them to do," says Fuqua. "I’d check in and ask Chris, 'You good?' And he’d say, ‘Let’s do this baby, I’m in a Western.' ”
The gang of misfits who come together for this Magnificent Seven is a diverse one, from its African-American leading man to South Korean star Byung-hun Lee, Mexican actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Native American Martin Sensmeier. That was important for Fuqua, but the killer attitude was paramount.
“These guys are gunslingers, and when they walk into the room, you notice them,” says Fuqua. “These are people you want to be with, or you want to protect you.”
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"hip-hop version of an Ennio Morricone Western theme"?
I'm not liking where this is heading...And that picture of all of them looks like they're one ethnic character short of being able to do an 1860's YMCA.
I'm not liking where this is heading...And that picture of all of them looks like they're one ethnic character short of being able to do an 1860's YMCA.
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Not sure how I feel about this film. Looks fine, I guess. I was never a fan of the 1960 film. It's good... I just don't care for it. It was just filler compared to the Kurosawa original for me.
Probably not going to hear any ethnic slurs in this one, I'd assume.
Probably not going to hear any ethnic slurs in this one, I'd assume.
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Love the original, cast looks good in this one as well.
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Never seen the original (Seven Samurai) but i think i'll wait till I watch this first, otherwise my enjoyment level is going to be less for this movie when compared to the most likely superior Japanese film
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Looks like your typical clichéd action film. Except for Training Day & Brookly's Finest, I'm not a fan of Antoine Fuqua's films. He's not a bad director its just that IMO most of his films are poorly written.