Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Movie: Shichinin no samurai (1954)
“A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village’s request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village. Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}”
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Release Date: 19 November 1956 (USA)
- Run Time: 160 min (international version) | Argentina:163 min | Japan:206 min (initial release) | Sweden:202 min (2002 re-release) | UK:150 min (original version) | UK:190 min (1991 re-release) | USA:141 min | USA:203 min (re-release) | USA:207 min (restored version)
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama
Tagline: The Mighty Warriors Who Became the Seven National Heroes of a Small Town
Trivia: According to a Japanese film scholar, one of the things that inspired this film was an account that director Akira Kurosawa read about a village that actually did hire samurai to protect them from marauding bandits.
Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: During the final battle, when first we see Kikuchiyo enter the females’ hut retreat, it appears that he backs the bandit out twice. In reality, it is two different bandits, as can be seen by the fact that they are wearing different hats.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
“The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse’s hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight’s tales appear and why they have the name they have. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they were not able to get into the castle. Written by Zucco”
- Release Date: 10 May 1975 (USA)
- Run Time: 91 min
- Country: UK
- Genre: Adventure , Comedy
Tagline: Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic
Trivia: Many of the extras in the film are actually technicians and stagehands, including the designer and the editor playing policemen, the film’s musician playing the bearer killed by the Trojan Rabbit, the costume designer playing one of the minstrels and the wife of the producer of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) playing the dead historian’s wife.
Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Near the end of the Monks’ head pounding scene, the monk in the foreground appears to hit himself so hard that he stumbles.
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