HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Magnificent Seven

When:Monday, August 10, 2009
Time:8:00 p.m.
Where:Bryant Park
Bryant Park Lawn
42nd Street and 6th Avenue
Manhattan
Cost:Free

The nation’s premier outdoor film festival brings classic films to the big screen for the 17th consecutive year. Thousands of movie fans flock to the park for picnics and an evening of film’s biggest stars in Bryant Park. The lawn opens at 5 p.m. and the films start at sunset.

This week’s presentation is “The Magnificent Seven.” One of the most beloved Westerns of all time with one of the greatest scores of all time (by Elmer Bernstein). Seven mercenaries, including Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, and Charles Bronson are hired to protect a Mexican village under siege by large group of bandits led by Eli Wallach.

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