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- BFI identifier202385
- Date1959 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisGomez, an arrogant bull-fighter, gets the best wine, the most beautiful women and the adoration of the crowds due to his skill as a matador. Lopez, his jealous rival, discovers the secret of his success - he only fights short-sighted bulls. When Lopez gives one of the myopic bulls a pair of glasses, Gomez gets his come-uppance. From the 'HaBa Tales' series. (Synopsis)
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Title
The Insolent Matador (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsInsolent Matador - Papers relating to The Insolent Matador. Part of the Habatales series. Including storyboarding, festival certificates and publicity - HAB-1-56-5
Document: pre-production - Forty six pages extracted from the original storyboarding [there would have been more than 240 according to the numbered pages] drawn in pencil, without colour, on A4 size sheets. [This material has been encapsulated in a timecare box] - HAB-1-56-5-1
Document: exhibition - File containing: - certificate of participation for the 13th Edinburgh Film Festival August - September 1959 - certificate of participation for the Biennale Di Venezia, 1960 - certificate of participation for the Melbourne Film Festival 1961 - HAB-1-56-5-2
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2619409
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2619410
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- Haba Tales
Series Work - 798206
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
- +The Insolent Matador
Work - 202385 - 1959 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
- +The Insolent Matador
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