dual personalities

Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I take advantage of any opportunity to feature a picture of Steve McQueen. Well, today it’s Steve McQueen day on TCM all day–12 movies!

So quick, set your DVRs! They’re not showing The Great Escape (1963), but they are showing The Magnificent Seven (1960), which stars many of the same actors and is also directed by John Sturges. It’s the classic re-make of Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai–a great idea which they actually pulled off pretty well. In this version embattled Mexican peasants hire seven American gunfighters to protect their village from Eli Wallach and his army of bandits. The seven include Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and the German Horst Buchholtz as “Chico”. What a line-up! It also features the famous score by Elmer Bernstein.

Bonus points to anyone who can explain to me what Vin means when he says: “It took me a long, long time to learn my elbow from a hot rock.”

P.S. I just got my pillow back from the finisher.

Isn’t it adorable? It is a present for someone. Lucky, eh?

Have a great weekend!