El último truco

El último truco – Spanish title

A 2008 Spanish documentary production [Aiete-Ariane Films (Madrid)]

Producer: Andrés Santana, Imanol Uribe

Director: Sigfrid Monleón

Screenplay: Asier Mensuro, Sigfrid Monleón

Photography: Rafael Cedres, Gonzalo F. Berridi [color]

Music: Joan Valent

Running time: 92 minutes

Story: Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari.

Cast:

Ginette Angosse, Eugenio Caballero, Enzo G. Castellari, Guillermo del Toro, Biel Durán, Mateo Gil, Ray Harryhausen, José López Rodero, Juan Mariné, Juan Piquer (Juan Simón), Emilio Ruiz del Río, Jacinto Soria, David Trueba, Fernando Trueba, Ariadna Gil [archive footage],Ray Loriga            [archive footage], Jordi Mollà [archive footage], Eduardo Noriega [archive footage], Vicky Peña [archive footage], Antonio Resines [archive footage], Jorge Sanz [archive footage],

Joan Saura [archive footage], Miroslav Táborský [archive footage], María Valverde [archive footage], Paz Vega [archive footage]

Story: Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari.