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RIC #520
07-15-2013, 03:16 PM
Some of you may know this already. I was watching an old 1960 western yesterday called, The Magnificent Seven. The movie was about a group of Mexican peasant villagers oppressed by bandits and they hired a group of seven gunfighters (slingers) to defend them. In the movie Vin said..

Vin: We deal in lead, friend.
Calvera: So do I. We're in the same business.
Vin: Only as competitors.

Just interesting because I thought "We deal in lead" was a King original... not so...
tippy4
07-15-2013, 03:19 PM
Some of you may know this already. I was watching an old 1960 western yesterday called, The Magnificent Seven. The movie was about a group of Mexican peasant villagers oppressed by bandits and they hired a group of seven gunfighters (slingers) to defend them. In the movie Vin said..

Vin: We deal in lead, friend.
Calvera: So do I. We're in the same business.
Vin: Only as competitors.

Just interesting because I thought "We deal in lead" was a King original... not so...

I too was watching that yesterday on TCM...a classic!

King has mentioned that Wolves of the Calla had some roots from The Seven Samurai...which was the basis for The Magnificent Seven (plus A Bug's Life and Three Amigos)....so he has most likely seen the film...but then again...who hasn't?
Randall Flagg
07-15-2013, 05:52 PM
Grant thoughts. This will be re-directed to The Baronies (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/forumdisplay.php?20-The-Baronies)

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WeDealInLead
07-16-2013, 05:28 AM
Well, this is just perfect.
BobbyOodle
07-16-2013, 09:55 AM
I think stuff from TM7 is ripped off (for lack of a better term) in the final showdown in The Wolves of the Calla.
fearless-freak
07-16-2013, 10:04 AM
Seven Samurai actually
RIC #520
07-16-2013, 02:43 PM
WeDealInLead...
Did you think it was a King original, like I did?
Merlin1958
07-16-2013, 02:48 PM
Well, this is just perfect.

I thought the thread was about you!!! LOL LOL LOL

No disrespect intended, but that expression is older than dirt (as am I) as I recall. LOL
WeDealInLead
07-17-2013, 04:43 AM
WeDealInLead...
Did you think it was a King original, like I did?

To be honest, I didn't give it much thought. I picked it because that's the most memorable line from the book. It sent chills down my spine.
Jean
07-17-2013, 06:36 AM
Seven Samurai actually
precisely
mae
07-17-2013, 07:08 AM
In Wolves of the Calla the phrase is an epigraph at the beginning of the book, credited to Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven, so...
Nick Stefanos
02-28-2014, 07:14 AM
Seven Samurai actually



Seven Samurai actually
precisely

Though of course the Seven Samurai deal in what I assume is steel. ;)