Bienvenido Mr. Heston

Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2016) is a documentary film directed by Pedro Estepa Menéndez, Elena Ferrándiz Sanz.

Spain, 1961. Life in the small village of Torrelobatón, in the province of Valladolid, was turned upside down when the cinematic magic circus of a future Hollywood blockbuster, produced by Samuel Bronston, the rogue mogul of his own film empire, came to town: its inhabitants became participants and witnesses of the shooting of “El Cid,” a film directed by Anthony Mann, starring mythical actors Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. Those days, legends came alive.

Cast

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gil Parrondo

Self - Art Director

Fraser Clarke Heston

Self - Filmmaker

Andrea Bronston

Self - Actress and Singer

Jesús García de Dueñas

Self - Film Historian

Ricardo Huertas Frutos

Self - Producer

Charlton Heston

Self (archive footage)