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Seven (1979 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Seven
| image = Seven-1979-film-poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director =Andy Sidaris
| producer =Andy Sidaris
| screenplay =
| story = Andy Sidaris
| starring = William Smith
Barbara Leigh
Art Metrano
Martin Kove
Susan Kiger
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing = Alan E. Ferguson
| production_companies = Melvin Simon Productions
| distributor =American International Pictures (US)
| released =
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'Seven' is a 1979 American action film directed by Andy Sidaris and starring William Smith as Drew Sevano, a freelance agent hired by the government to eliminate a cartel of seven mobsters attempting to take over Hawaii. To help him accomplish this, Drew recruits a team of seven individual operatives with their own special talents.
Cast
*William Smith as Drew
*Barbara Leigh as Alexa
*Guich Koock as The Cowboy
*Christipher Joy as T. K.
*Art Metrano as Kinsella
*Ed Parker as Himself
*Richard LePore as The Professor
*Reggie Nalder as The Hermit
*Seth Sakai as Keoki McDowell
*Kwan Hi Lim as Mr. Chen
*Tino Tuiolosega as Mr. Lee
*Lenny Montana as The Kahuna
*Martin Kove as Skip
*Susan Kiger as Jennie
*Peter Knecht as Kimo Maderos
*Terry Kiser as Senator
*Nicholas Georgiade as Niko
*Tadashi Yamashita as Swordsman
*Andy Sidaris as White Hat Man
Production
'Seven' was filmed at Oahu and Kauai in Hawaii. Robert Baird, who is credited along with William Driskill as screenwriter, is a pseudonym for writer and photographer William Edgar. 'The Hollywood Reporter' budgeted the film at $2 million and noted that the film had "just completed" in their February 7, 1979 article.
Release
'Seven' was released in the United States on September 21, 1979, where it premiered in Los Angeles. The film distributed by American International.
Reception
'Variety' stated that 'Seven' is "filled with stock Hawaiian footage, and not very good stuff at that. Pic lags continually, which won't pacify the action audience." The review also noted that "product plugs are also heavy-handed, and enumerated again with a final credit." The 'Monthly Film Bulletin' stated that the film was "rendered thoroughly mechanical by the laborious business of pairing off its seven hit men with their seven underworld targets. The film's trite efforts to make an impression with its bizarre methods of execution-by hang-glider, lasergun and inflatable sex doll-do little to offset the interminable exposition."
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