Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns (SEVEN MEN FROM NOW [1956], RIDE LONESOME [1959], COMANCHE STATION [1960]) pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.
Credits
Arruza Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Anthony Quinn
He was 57, 86 years old when he died
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as Narrator |
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Carlos Arruza
He was 52, 46 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Arruza Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Lucien Ballard as Director of Photography. He was 64 (80) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Budd Boetticher as Director. He was 56 (85) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Budd Boetticher as Writer. He was 56 (85) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Raúl Lavista as Original Music Composer. He was 58 (66) years old when He died
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Sound |
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George Crone as Editor. He was 77 (71) years old when He died
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Editing |