The Magnificent Seven (1998–2000)

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Plot Summary
When an Indian village is threatened by ex-Confederate soldiers
, several villagers head out to seek help.
They recruit seven men, each with unique skills, who return to the village
and take on the raiders.
Following this, the men take up residence in a small town,
making their skills available to those in need.
- Written by Tom Campbell

Series Cast
Eric Close ... Vin Tanner (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Michael Biehn ... Chris Larabee / ... (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Ron Perlman ... Josiah Sanchez (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Andrew Kavovit ... John "J.D." Dunne / ... (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Dale Midkiff ... Buck Wilmington (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Anthony Starke ... Ezra Standish (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Rick Worthy ... Nathan Jackson (22 episodes, 1998-2000)
Laurie Holden ... Mary Travis (18 episodes, 1998-2000)
Johnny Luckett ... Towns-person (10 episodes, 1999-2000)
Dana Barron ... Casey Wells (6 episodes, 1998-2000)
Robert Vaughn ... Judge Oren Travis (6 episodes, 1998-2000)
Karen Hensel ... Mrs. Potter / ... (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
and many others...

Series Directed
Gregg Champion ... (5 episodes, 1998-2000)
Christopher Cain ... (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
William Wages ... (4 episodes, 1998-2000)
and many more...

Series Produced
Walter Mirisch ... executive producer (10 episodes, 1998-1999)
Lynne Symons ... producer (10 episodes, 1998-1999)
and many others...

Trivia
Robert Vaughn plays Judge Oren Travis in the series.
He appeared in The Magnificent Seven (1960) as Lee.

An Internet fan campaign was partly responsible for CBS'
decision to renew this series.
A team of fans organized and coordinated their efforts through a Web site,
recruiting the internet fandom in e-mailing CBS executives
and affiliates and raising $5,000 of their own money for ads
in Variety and USA Today thanking the producers, the cast,
and the extended crew members.
Patti Kleckner, a Chicago-based fan, who was part of the team
who organized the campaign, offered her services as a contact on behalf of the effort.
She was offered a free trip to California by executive producer John Watson
to make her television debut with a walk-on part in the
"New Law" episode which started the second season.

In this series, the main character, played by Michael Biehn is named
'Chris Larabee' where, in the original 1960 movie,
Yul Brenner played 'Chris Larabee Adams'.
Eric Close played Steve McQueen's original role of 'Vin Tanner'.
Most of the other characters are based upon roles from the movies
"Return of the Seven" 1966, and "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" 1969.

As additional homage to Steve McQueen, Eric Close's character Vin Tanner
carries a modified, shortened rifle like McQueen's character did in
McQueen's tv series Wanted Dead or Alive.

Yes, the modified lever action rifle Steve McQueen carried in
Dead Or Alive and The Magnificent Seven is called a "" Mares leg"

Filming Locations
Mescal, Arizona, USA (Pilot)
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
Sonoita, Arizona, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Newhall, California, USA

The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie,
which was itself a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai.
The series aired between 1998 and 2000.

The cast of The Magnificent Seven included Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman and Dale Midkiff.
Robert Vaughn, who played one of the seven gunmen in the original 1960 movie,
guest-starred frequently as a crusading judge.

The series was largely filmed in Newhall, California.
The pilot, directed by New Zealander Geoff Murphy (Young Guns II), was shot in
Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone.
The pilot was scripted by Chris Black and late writer/director
Frank Q. Dobbs (Streets of Laredo).

User Review

GREAT SHOW, GREAT ACTORS, GREAT HISTORIES!!!
27 July 2001 | by zanadc (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Quote from ZANAC

The Magnificent Seven is one of the best series already shown in the TV.

In spite of a minority not to like of the show, happily for us a minority,
the Internet is full of sites about the series, proving that it´s really an excellent show.
With great actors and great histories. I hope that this show returns some day.