Seven Still Magnificent

Scottish author and columnist for Cinema Retro magazine Brian Hannan has recently published an outstanding, well-illustrated book The Making of the Magnificent Seven: Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western (McFarland, $45). Hannan’s timing could not be better as M-G-M/Village Roadshow is in post-production of a remake of the 1960 Western classic. Anyone who is a fan of the film will love Hannan’s comprehensive research on the United Artist film, the director John Sturges, the politics in c