Adapt or Perish

The Magnificent Seven (Ep. 142)


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In Episode 142 of Adapt or Perish, we're traveling to the Old West (by way of 16th century Japan) for a look at the heroes of The Magnificent Seven!

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Seven Samurai, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni, and starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Isao Kimura
  • The Magnificent Seven, the 1960 movie directed by John Sturges, written by William Roberts, and starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Eli Wallach
  • The Magnificent Seven, the 1998–2000 TV series developed by Pen Densham and John Watson, and starring Michael Biehn, Eric Close, Andrew Kavovit, Dale Midkiff, Rob Perlman, Anthony Starke, and Rick Worthy
  • The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 movie directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk, and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, and Peter Sarsgaard

Footnotes:

  • See Robert Vaughn shill for the law offices of Bornstein, Bernstein, Keller, Salomone, and Farrin
  • Elmer Bernstein's theme from The Magnificent Seven
  • Now and Again (1999–2000)
  • Time Trax (1993–1994)
  • Rutherford Falls (2021–2022)
  • "The Funny Story Behind Vincent D'Onofrio's Crazy High-Pitched Voice in 'The Magnificent Seven'"
  • The Kid (2019)

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