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And I’d mostly disagree that the Three Amigos is related to the Seven Samurai. Seven Samurai is about the abuse of goodness in the world. Three Amigos is about mistaking movie heroes for the real thing, and the ensuing chaos this causes. If you take any movie that has a hero or a group of heroes being called in to save the day, you’re going to have to go back a looooooot farther than Akira Kurosawa to find the originator. I would have to assume that at least somewhere in the Knights of the Round Table tales, there would be an example, and probably in any other big tale of badasses like the Odyssey or the Ramayana.
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Jason and the Argonauts might be the oldest **collection ** of heroes.
I don’t know if anyone has tried to find out the answer to the OP itself. I have and failed. Bruce’s own site is spartan to say the least. Is there any information out there? I kind of figure this will be a straight to video release.
[QUOTE=Loach]
I don’t know if anyone has tried to find out the answer to the OP itself. I have and failed. Bruce’s own site is spartan to say the least. Is there any information out there? I kind of figure this will be a straight to video release.
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It looks so low-budget that I’m sure you’re right. It has also been sitting around without a distributor for a while. I attended a theatrical premiere of The Man With the Screaming Brain back in 2005, hosted by Bruce, and he was talking about production on this movie even back then.
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]
The Sumerian tales of Gilgamesh and other hero’s are older.
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Gilgamesh is older, but it wasn’t about a collection of heroes gathered together for a mission. I think there is a difference. If you recall the story of Jason, you will recall he gathered up many famous heroes to help him.
