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Arruza (1972)

He Was Number One - THE BEST...And He Died That Way!

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 13M

Director : Budd Boetticher

Synopsis

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 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.

Actors

Carlos Arruza
Carlos Arruza
Himself
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Narrator

Crews

Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher
Director
Budd Boetticher
Budd Boetticher
Writer
Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Raúl Lavista
Raúl Lavista
Original Music Composer
Harry V. Knapp
Harry V. Knapp
Editor
George Crone
George Crone
Editor

Posters and backgrounds

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