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BULL RUNNERS OF PAMPLONA

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10:00:21:02

Larry [Belcher]

There are coming down that strait, six fighting bulls.

10:00:27:11

Larry Belcher

And this maddened mass of humanity. It is life and death and it's a risk and it's a challenge and it's wonderful.

10:00:41:01

Joe Distler

In Pamplona for seven days, you know, you get to be Peter Pan, you have to run around and do something totally insane. You know Hemingway said, the greatest thing in the world is to be shot and missed and that's what running bulls is like.

10:00:56:13

Male Bull Runner

We have, in this 21st Century, a very organised life, we have insurance all around us. Everything is so organised and prepared. But if you run the bulls, sometimes tragedy happens. Today in Pamplona we have five dead people in the same morning. I'm sure that the European Union is going to forbid it, I'm sure of that and I'm sure that my Grandsons will not see the bull running.

10:01:36:18

TITLE:

The Bull Runners of Pamplona

10:01:47:07

NARRATOR

in the rural high country of northern spain, called the kingdom of navarre lies the ancient city of pamplona. cradled in the foothills of the pyrenees mountains, this quiet citadel remains nearly dormant for most of the year. however, each july, over one million people arrive to take part in the eight day San Fermin fiesta. preparations start early and the old town becomes like a garrison under siege. they are making ready for one of the most dangerous and exhilarating rituals of the fiesta, known as the encierro or bull running.

10:02:25:15

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:02:26:23

10:02:51:07

CAPTION

Javier Solano

Translation for Javier Solano

The first written evidence that bulls ran through the streets of Pamplona dates back to 1385. At that time, there was an early form of game played with bulls in the town square. Of course the bulls were living in the countryside and had to be brought to the town, so that people could run and play with them. The bulls were ran quickly into town in the early hours of the morning, because it was a time when it was the most convenient for the town folk and that was when the bull running was born. And of course, throughout history, it has continued until what we see today has become a completely different event from that of 600 years ago.

10:03:12:17

NARRATOR

meanwhile, outside the walls of the city, foreign invaders from all over the world pitch tents and make camp. they're here for one reason only, to be in the streets of pamplona at dawn and in a rush of euphoria, dance on the horns of a bull.

10:03:28:08

Interviewer

Guys, what you here for?

10:03:29:22

Foreign Visitor

Well running with bulls, that's what we're here for.

10:03:31:08

Interviewer

Are you?

10:03:31:22

Foreign Visitor

Absolutely.

10:03:32:13

Interviewer

Are you nervous about that?

10:03:33:11

Foreign Visitor

No, why would we be?

10:03:35:08

Foreign Visitor

Safety in numbers, safety in numbers.

10:03:37:04

Interviewer

Where you from?

10:03:38:02

Foreign Visitor

[UNSURE OF WORD].

10:03:55:24

Interviewer

This the first time you guys have done this?

10:03:57:11

Foreign Visitors

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

10:03:58:15

Interviewer

And are you nervous?

10:04:00:08

Foreign Visitor

No.

10:04:00:21

Foreign Visitor

Not really.

10:04:01:16

Foreign Visitor

Sangria. (Laughter)

10:04:03:22

Foreign Visitor

The odds are in our favour. So many people do it, not that many people get gorged, so I think we'll be alright. Hopefully, fingers crossed.

10:04:15:15

Interviewer

Tell me where you're from?

10:04:16:12

Foreign Visitor

Australia.

10:04:17:04

Interviewer

Yeah? And why are you here?

10:04:18:10

Foreign Visitor

To run with bulls.

10:04:19:20

Interviewer

You done it before?

10:04:20:17

Foreign Visitor

No.

10:04:21:14

Interviewer

And what do you think's gonna happen with that?

10:04:23:03

Foreign Visitor

I don't wanna know, just go and run, see what happens. Anything, anything could happen.

10:04:28:06

Interviewer

D'you know how dangerous it is?

10:04:29:07

Foreign Visitor

Yeah, know it's dangerous, we've seen a few videos and everything but, you can get hit by a car walking down the street can't you? (Shouting)

10:04:38:12

Foreign Visitor

I'm here to run the bulls. Run with the bulls. [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER].

10:04:47:02

Foreign Visitor

Scariest thing in my life. (Shouting)

10:04:59:08

NARRATOR

the local people are more interested in the maestros, the expert bull runners. Julen medina is legendary in the world of the encierro and takes the noble art extremely seriously.

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Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Firstly, we all run because we like it.

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Nobody gets anything out of it.

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We are artists

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we are not involved

in the huge money making circle

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that surrounds Pamplona.

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We are outsiders.

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We run because

we are passionate about it.

10:05:33:05

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Normally there are ten runners

who know what they are doing

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amongst 50, 60, 70, 80 or 100 people

who do not have a clue

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about what they are letting

themselves in for.

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And well, that is the way it is.

10:05:50:12

Jakin [Zuosti]

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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I am from Pamplona.

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I was born next to the route

in a street called Tejena

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which is next to Estafela Street.

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Back then, most 15, 16-year-old kids

would start to run

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they wanted to see

what it was like.

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CAPTION

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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Having your son take part

in a dangerous sport

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means added pressure

but you have to come to terms with it.

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He's chosen to do it, so the best thing

is to try to give him advice

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based on your own experience.

10:06:22:12

Foreign Visitor

This is my love shack.

10:06:28:13

Foreign Visitor

It's got the old South Sydney shirt here. [UNSURE OF WORD] shirt hasn't been opened yet, but tomorrow it'll be worn. Got the runners, hopefully these things come in handy tomorrow. I only found out today that they're the big bulls, I thought they were all small ones.

10:06:43:08

Interviewer

D'you know how dangerous it is?

10:06:44:16

Interviewer

Yeah I've heard it's pretty dangerous now, I never knew before. That's alright though, it's all part of the fun.

10:06:53:08

Event Organiser

Thanks very much Nick.

10:06:54:16

Event Organiser

D'you wanna try the pants on?

10:06:55:22

Interviewer

Yeah probably.

10:06:57:05

Event Organiser

Just don't tie that on until midday tomorrow, [UNSURE OF WORD] the festival, you'll see that everyone waves them around and then at midday you'll hear a big cannon, you tie around your neck and the way the festival works is that you leave that on for the whole festival and that's tradition. So where your white things tomorrow, white pants, wear your white t-shirt and just join in the festivities.

10:07:15:22

NARRATOR

every year at noon on the 6th july, the opening ceremony, called the chupinazo marks the official start of the San Fermin fiesta. half a million people pack the town square in the narrow streets of the city, ready for the party. for most, saintly virtues aren't uppermost in their thoughts.

10:07:34:01

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CAPTION

Father Santos Villanueva

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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San Fermin dates back

to the third century.

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As a bishop here undertook

the evangelism of France.

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The authorities there disapproved

of his message

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and decided to get rid of him,

so he was beheaded.

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That is why we all wear

this redneck-scarf.

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It's a symbol of the death

of our patron saint,

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whose throat was cut.

10:08:02:19

NARRATOR

a sea of humanity swells on a tide of red and white, rejoicing at the sense of freedom and liberation.

10:08:17:01

NARRATOR

a countdown drives the crowd into a frenzy and on the ignition of a rocket, the carnival explodes into life.

10:08:29:21

(Shouting and frenzy)

10:09:56:11

NARRATOR

in the days that follow, the streets and squares of pamplona resemble a battlefield covered with the debris of celebration and the smell of garbage mixed with human detritus is overwhelming, but still the party goes on.

10:10:17:11

NARRATOR

the unsung heroes of the fiesta are the municipal workers whose job is to clear the dirt and filth away each morning, in readiness for the encierro.

10:10:31:16

NARRATOR

the course needs to be clean and above all safe for both the bulls and the runners. the public also have to be protected, so barricades are put up, to ensure that a [SPANISH DIALOGUE], a loose bull, cannot escape into the crowd.

10:10:45:15

Dr Javier Sesma

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:10:45:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's true, the more runners,

the bigger the risk.

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We try to minimise this risk

as much as possible

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through prevention

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and with a large

medical presence.

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There are up to 15 ambulances

and ten doctors

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in charge of providing first aid

on the spot.

10:11:19:08

Dr Javier Sesma

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

There are many other

precautionary measures.

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The bull shepherds and police

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who control

the access to the bull run

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make the whole experience

far less dangerous.

10:11:41:16

Interviewer

So are you nervous?

10:11:43:02

Foreign Visitor

Not me, no I'm more excited than anything. I don't know why I'm not nervous but I was earlier this morning but no, it's exciting, I can't sit still.

10:11:50:20

Interviewer

Nervous?

10:11:51:15

Foreign Visitor

Oh a little bit. Got a bit of Dutch courage right here. (Laughter)

10:11:57:19

Foreign Visitor

These bulls are nothing compared to any back home. We've got bulls this tall. [UNSURE OF WORD]. These bulls are like puppy dogs.

10:12:15:21

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:12:16:23

Translation for Javier Solano

I once met a very old gentlemen, he was the first person to carry a roll up newspaper in Pamplona. He told me the story. I bought the newspaper that morning to read about San Fermin and all of a sudden, I heard the sound of the rocket and I hadn't finished reading it. So he rolled it up and thought, I will read it later and he ran with the newspaper. From then on, many people carry English papers, but it has no use from a practical point of view. It is called the exhaust pipe for fear. (Singing)

10:12:57:01

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:12:58:00

Translation for Javier Solano

We thank our Patron Saint, San Fermin for his guidance during the running of the bulls and for him to give us his blessing. Those four lines ask for the saint's protection in the next few minutes. It is curious because I'm certain that in those moments, three minutes to eight, even convinced atheist recover the faith.

10:13:32:03

10:13:44:02

CAPTION

Javier Cabonas

I think the timing starts a lot of minutes before the run. You can't sit down, you can't move your legs, you just start to think, oh, what's gonna happen today. Oh, you start to feel in the stomach. (Chanting)

10:13:53:12

10:14:01:07

CAPTION

Tom Turley

Encierro is three minutes of your day. Maybe count the half hour before, which is a lot of build up and emotion and butterflies and nerves and laughter with friends to kind of shake off those nerves.

10:14:06:11

10:14:10:05

CAPTION

Joe Distler

I get up every morning with cramps in my stomach. I've gotta take Tums. I lay there, I meditate, I start thinking.

10:14:13:19

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The street is a spectacle.

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When I arrive in Estafela Street,

I feel as if I'm entering a temple.

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I feel shivers.

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If they tried to redesign

the bull run in Pamplona

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They could never do it any better

than it is now.

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For me it's something magical.

10:14:34:11

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CAPTION

Larry Belcher

The worst part is the wait, it's claustrophobic. There have been days when I nearly walked out. I said, I can't take this, the claustrophobic feeling of all these people and the pressure. It's like, it used to be, not any more, it used to be a fear of failure, that I wasn't going to get on the bull, you see.

10:14:57:04

10:15:14:08

CAPTION

Rick Musica

The thrill, the moment from sheer utter terror to exhilarance in a matter of seconds. The ability to do something you can't do anywhere else, because of the bureaucracy we have in the rest of the world. This is what this is about. Who am I to argue with thousands of years of Spanish tradition. This is what they do and I feel, a very big part of it is a part of me.

10:15:23:22

10:15:38:21

CAPTION

Robert Kiely

Robert [Kiely]

You're going through your normal preparations, everyone has their own little things that they do to prepare, to get yourself mentally ready. You go through rituals. But then, when it gets starting to be closer to that eight o'clock strait up, closer and closer, your heart is pounding, your adrenaline's starting to come to your head and to your body.

10:15:48:01

Robert Kiely

The moment when that rocket goes off, I don't know what it is, when you hear that explosion, all that anxiety just goes away and it just becomes something that, you've done this, you know what to do, you wanna do it right and that just takes over.

10:16:27:23

Larry Belcher

When I see the bulls, [UNSURE OF WORD], I'm not nervous, I'm not afraid, I feel no fear. I'm thinking, which is what you better be doing, be aware and think. (Shouting)

10:16:56:00

Tom Turley

It is a mind over matter game. Stay in there, hold the centre of the street. Which is the best place you can be, because it's a funnel. If you're there, you can run freely. As soon as you get to the side, that's when the elbows are flying, the people who are panicking are grabbing at you. It took me a long time, mind over matter, to convince my body to hold the centre.

10:18:00:07

Robert Kiely

Afterwards, it's a lot of pure joy then, you're doing a lot of hugging and high fiving and a little bit later, a little bit of drinking as well.

10:18:08:04

Javier Cabonas

When you finish and the bull is gone and you've stopped and you say wow, I've been running a lot because I need more oxygen and you have maybe two or three minutes, (panting) starting to remember all the things that's happened on the run.

10:18:22:17

Tom Turley

I guess by risking life, you're enhancing life as well and it's all part of that sensation and my friends call me an adrenaline junkie and I'm a little bit of that. But there's so much camaraderie too, now I've gotten to know runners. It's like a reunion of old friends, a certain spirit and camaraderie that we share.

10:18:56:06

Female Demonstrator

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

This is the eight year in a row that

we are protesting against bull fighting

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and the running of the bulls

in San Fermin.

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We are going to form the figure

of a giant bull in agony and then dying.

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We demonstrate for an hour.

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because we want the tourists

from all over the world

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to be aware that by participating

in the San Fermin festival and the bull run

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

they support bullfighting

and the mistreatment of animals.

10:19:21:21

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:19:22:18

Translation for Javier Solano

Well, let's begin with a piece of information which might surprise you, that the love of bullfighting in Spain is in the minority. The vast majority of the population never go to the bullfight. They don't watch it and they don't like it. But the struggle between a weak human being and a strong animal is so embedded in the culture of this society, that even those who never go to the bullfight, those who don't like it, defend bullfighting when others criticise it.

10:20:25:06

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:20:26:14

Translation for Javier Solano

Ernest Hemingway arrived in Pamplona when he was very young, at the beginning of the 1920s and he was typical of the kind of writers who wrote between the two wars. They here were adventurers, they were drunks, they were womanisers and quarrelsome. So he fit into that mould. He was working in Paris and then came to Pamplona and the truth is that he was faced with a new world. He thought, what's going on? I mean, a town that seemed to have gone mad, with thousands of people always singing, dancing and drinking in the streets.

10:21:09:19

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:21:12:00

Translation for Javier Solano

Imagine for a North American of that time, it was like a kind of organised anarchy. So he thought that Pamplona could be the setting of his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, which was translated into Spanish as Fiesta. It is a typical love story about couples with their troubles and their arguments and the action all takes place during the San Fermin festival.

10:21:38:12

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:21:39:14

Translation for Javier Solano

That was very important national publicity for the town and this was reflected, especially in the 50s and the 60s in the number of North Americans, some of them famous, who came to Pamplona to see, whether what they had read in Hemingway's novel 30 years earlier was true. And they found that the events of the San Fermin festival was exactly the same. A type of organised anarchy.

10:23:42:12

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:23:42:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

When I began running

there were already quite a few Americans

10:23:45:15

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who came here

to run with the bulls.

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They were people

who showed a lot of respect

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and became friends with us.

10:23:53:05

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They entered into the spirit of Pamplona

and into the tradition of bull running.

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I could see that

they respected the traditions

10:24:00:20

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and it wasn't just to get

an emotional buzz from the run.

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They were hooked on it

10:24:06:09

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and they really felt part of it.

10:24:13:23

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CAPTION

Jim Hollander

I came here first in 1963, when I was 13 years old with my Dad. I didn't know who Ernest Hemingway was, I didn't know what an Encierro was, I didn't know what Pamplona was and one of the last days I popped into the street and I saw the steer go by, like in a flash and I went wow, this is cool, maybe I can get a little closer. So I came back next year with him, with the family. I think the first two years he came or maybe three and I started to run the bulls.

10:24:46:04

10:24:59:23

CAPTION

Larry Belcher

I knew about Pamplona through reading Hemingway and watching Walt Disney and I was 12 years old and I said, that's where I want to go. I'm 60 years old now and I know that I don't run as I used to, I know that, but I, I still need to get in there, I need that, I think it's fabulous. Here we are in the 21st Century and we can actually run with a fighting bull. Oh.

10:25:15:22

NARRATOR

fighting bulls are the direct descendants of the PREHISTORIC aurochs.

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NARRATOR

they lived in the wild all across europe and were often depicted in cave paintings. today the are a unique breed that are reared on specialist ranches across rural spain.

10:25:40:06

10:25:51:02

CAPTION

Victoriana del Rio

Victoriano del Rio

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Since 1780

my great-great-grandfather

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was a cattle rancher

and was born in this region.

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That means that I am the fifth generation

who has bred these fierce animals.

10:26:03:21

Ricardo

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:26:03:17

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Right now the bulls

are running a strait.

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We make them do this

three times a week.

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Bulls are sedentary animals

and if they don't exercise

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they aren't fit enough

for the huge physical effort

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that the have to make

in such a short time

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and they won't do their best.

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They are by nature

aggressive and fierce animals.

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But in their natural habitat

there are few problems.

10:26:33:08

NARRATOR

the victoriano del rio bulls have been invited to run in pamplona for the first time this year. it is a great honour for the ranch.

10:26:41:05

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CAPTION

Ricardo del Rio

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:26:40:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

With so many spectators

in San Fermin

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who have so much passion

for the bulls

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the most important thing

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is the public recognition

of our success.

10:27:02:08

Ricardo del Rio

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The object is to get the bulls

to the bullfight.

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That is the aim.

If they weren't used for fighting

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then I'm sure

they would disappear.

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You have to select the bulls

from the herd

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that are in the best physical condition.

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You must take the finest,

the strongest, the biggest

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and the ones with the best horns.

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Only then will you be asked

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to supply bulls

on future occasions.

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If you don't present them well,

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that will mean an instant criticism

of the breeder.

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When it comes to the bullfight,

one cannot tell what they will be like,

10:27:43:02

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but at least their appearance

must be impeccable.

10:27:57:07

10:28:26:16

CAPTION

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:27:56:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's difficult to say how long you need

to prepare for a bull run.

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Fitness is a fundamental part.

10:28:07:04

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You have to run well

but physical fitness isn't everything.

10:28:12:22

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It's also vital to control

other aspects of yourself

10:28:16:24

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which are what makes running

such a complicated task.

10:28:19:22

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

How you run, measuring your space,

evaluating situations,

10:28:23:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

otherwise it would be

very easy and simple.

10:28:26:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I train, I am fit, I can run with the bulls,

but that's not everything.

10:28:34:14

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:28:33:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I started in 1971.

10:28:37:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I was 15.

10:28:38:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

This year will be my 40th year of running with the bulls.

10:28:43:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's a good round figure.

It's nearly a whole life running the bulls.

10:28:49:21

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I know that I am approaching

the end of my career

10:28:54:14

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and that I should make wise decisions.

This is difficult for me.

10:29:03:15

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:29:03:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

What is clear is that I don't want

to drag myself through the streets.

10:29:08:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

When I retire,

10:29:11:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I have to do it at the top.

10:29:17:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Then I could say, "I am leaving now."

10:29:19:19

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

People might say, "But..."

and I would say, "I'm leaving."

10:29:30:14

10:29:33:12

CAPTION

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:29:30:10

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Well the photo I have here

is a very special photo for me.

10:29:33:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's a picture taken in 1977.

10:29:35:17

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

You can see Joe Distler,

10:29:39:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

this is me

and there's Julen Medina.

10:29:43:02

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

So here are five friends

running together with one bull.

10:29:49:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

That is unthinkable nowadays,

it's nearly impossible.

10:29:54:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

You can maybe run

with one or two friends,

10:29:56:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but a whole group of friends together

is very difficult.

10:29:59:17

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

So it's a very important photo for me.

10:30:05:17

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:30:05:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

You are here surrounded

by all the "monsters" in the bull run.

10:30:09:04

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

You are there trying to get in

but you can't do it.

10:30:11:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's impossible

with all those runners around you.

10:30:14:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

This is also a photograph

of the same day, the day you started.

10:30:19:06

[Iker] Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:30:19:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Yes, there I am.

10:30:21:02

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:30:21:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

That is a beautiful photo.

10:30:23:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

- And then there is this one.

- I'm in the bullfighting ring.

10:30:25:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

This is the picture in the ring,

the bull run has finished.

10:30:28:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I'm with Julen.

10:30:30:00

Iker Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:30:29:14

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Congratulating me.

10:30:37:04

NARRATOR

each day, after the bull run, traditional parades pass through the narrow streets. it's an opportunity for families and their children to enjoy another side of the fiesta.

10:30:47:11

Jesus Pomares Esparza

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:30:47:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The first record of giants in Pamplona

dates back to the 1600s.

10:30:53:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They were originally

theatrical characters

10:30:56:19

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

from religious ceremonies that started

during the Counter-Reformation.

10:31:07:16

Jesus Pomares Esparza

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:31:07:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

If you are hit by a big headed figure

or a kiliki as we call it,

10:31:12:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

or the horseman,

you are considered blessed.

10:31:15:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It gives you luck.

10:31:19:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

My name is Jesus Pomares Esparza.

I'm from Pamplona.

10:31:24:05

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's here that we make costumes

for the dance and theatre groups.

10:31:30:21

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

These are the faldicos.

10:31:34:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's a hybrid word, a mixture

of Basque and [UNREADABLE] languages..

10:31:37:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

These are the kilikis.

In Basque that means drunkards.

10:31:43:22

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They are wearing three cornered hats

10:31:45:21

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

like the old civil servants

in the 18th century.

10:31:48:06

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

These are people

who are unpleasant.

10:31:52:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

And these are the bigheaded figures.

There are five of them.

10:31:56:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

A Japanese, a town mayor,

this one moves his eyes.

10:32:01:00

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's very theatrical.

10:32:02:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

And these are the giants, they represent

the four corners of the Earth,

10:32:06:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

the Europeans, the Asians, which in this case are Turkish

10:32:10:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

the Arabs and the Africans.

10:32:30:14

NARRATOR

the bulls from the victoriano del rio ranch have arrived and are prepared for the following morning's encierro.

10:32:36:23

10:33:00:10

CAPTION

Miguel Reta

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:32:37:01

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

My name is Miguel Reta

and I have been working for 17 years

10:32:40:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

as a bull shepherd during the running

of the bulls in Pamplona.

10:32:43:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

This is one of the few traditions

that still remains pure

10:32:46:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

since the old days

regarding the handling of the bulls.

10:32:51:02

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

We leave at night in silence,

10:32:53:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and they are taken

to the Santo Domingo Corrals

10:32:57:01

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

in a fast, smooth run.

10:33:00:11

Miguel Reta

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:33:00:04

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Nowadays this tradition still remains

and I think that is it a way

10:33:05:06

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

of maintaining cultural history

and protecting the bull.

10:33:15:17

Miguel Reta

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:33:15:02

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Our aim is to protect them,

10:33:18:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

so they can get there as fast as possible

so that they remain calm.

10:33:24:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The bull is something

that transmits this danger

10:33:30:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but with amazing beauty.

10:33:32:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It is a very noble animal,

very noble to handle.

10:33:37:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They are animals

that are very sure of themselves.

10:33:40:17

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

But of course, they have that element

of danger about them.

10:33:44:02

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

If someone with a newspaper

or a piece of fabric

10:33:47:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

attempts to dominate them

10:33:49:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

it's like absorbing

the bull's essence.

10:33:54:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The bull for us is the ultimate animal,

it is their force we aspire to.

10:34:07:04

Dr Angel Hidalgo Overjero

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:34:07:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

My name is Angel Hidalgo Overjero.

I'm a traumatologist.

10:34:12:14

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I work here in the bullfighting ring

infirmary as the head surgeon.

10:34:18:05

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

We have two perfectly equipped

operating theatres,

10:34:23:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and we have enough staff

to use them both at the same time.

10:34:26:22

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The days that we fear the most

10:34:29:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

are when the bull running takes place

during the weekend

10:34:33:17

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

because there are more visitors

and more runners

10:34:37:05

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and it's normal to have

more people injured.

10:35:22:08

10:35:37:15

CAPTION

Ricardo del Rio

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:35:21:22

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

We saw from the start

that it was going to be a fast run.

10:35:27:10

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's actually something that you cannot

quite describe until you see it.

10:35:32:03

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's something

I had never experienced before.

10:35:34:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

We have done many other runs,

less important ones

10:35:37:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but this one has been amazing.

10:35:39:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Very impressive and very lively.

All of it, very joyful.

10:35:50:21

Ricardo del Rio

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:35:50:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The bulls have come out well

10:35:52:02

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They have not suffered injuries

or any harm.

10:35:55:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It's something very exciting

10:35:57:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

that perhaps I will be telling my children

and grandchildren about.

10:36:26:01

[TALKING OVER EACH OTHER].

10:36:41:07

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:36:41:01

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

A very last, strong run

with the bulls out in front.

10:36:45:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The bulls [UNREADABLE] excellent.

10:36:47:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

It was a [UNREADABLE]

in which you had to [UNREADABLE].

10:37:09:23

Conor Cantori

The whole idea of running with the bulls is to basically take your life in your hands and have a go. It's like running in a football crowd with a whole load of livestock running through you. Roads themselves are just sheer walls and so there's nowhere to run.

10:37:27:03

10:37:31:20

CAPTION

Conor Cantori

There's a long straight road that leads up to the bull ring called [SPANISH DIALOGUE] and as I was running up, as always is the problem with these things, it's the mountain of people that fall over in front of you. I could hear the bull on my shoulder, looked over my shoulder, fell over one guy. I looked around and the bull was like there in my face.

10:37:51:24

Conor Cantori

So I turned to push away and its horn went in at the bottom of the knee, like a knife through a sausage, it just cut through the meat. Those barriers are eight feet tall, I climbed that barrier like it wasn't even there and I jumped off the other end, pumped full of adrenaline. We hear every year about people who get injured and people do die, but on other respects, it's part of the heritage and the tradition of this place. It's what makes Pamplona one of the most interesting places in the world to go. Hemingway didn't write about this town because it has great pictures, he wrote about it because of the Encierros and the tradition of the bull.

10:38:34:14

10:38:58:12

CAPTION

Bamber Baumchen

You can't plan what's gonna happen each and every day. It's a split second, either you make it or you don't. The thing that I saw was actually that last wall bull up and went through the gentlemen's throat and lifted him up. You think about something like that every day. I mean you're dealing with an animal that in any second can change his attitude and change your whole life.

10:39:11:07

Rick Musica

98% of the time they'll come right around that curve and they may have a few hiccups, but in my memory I've never seen that big of a pile-up like that where there are four bulls and they're all facing four different ways.

10:39:36:11

10:39:40:11

CAPTION

Rick Musica

The first time in 11 years in the street, where I’m one on one, just like basically about the distance we are, just making eye contact with a bull and, you know, that was my moment.

10:39:59:01

Male Bull Runner

Jose Antonio, he was able to take that bull, give his attention and get it back to where it needed to be.

10:40:06:11

Bamber Baumchen

And a man who doesn’t speak, can speak very well and his body language, his hands, with is motions. He’s not thinking that he’s gonna be a hero, he is there to get the bulls from one end of the street to the other.

10:40:27:15

Rick Musica

What seemed to me an eternity was more like two seconds. He’s an amazing guy, just amazing. He has this sixth sense. He’s often the seventh bull on the street. Had Jose Antonio not been there, we probably would not be sitting here today. He goes back, why, why is anybody doing this and then you get done and you’re high fiving each other and like, d’you see that? You know, I can go skydiving, that’s fun, nothing like this, nothing.

10:41:45:18

10:41:59:11

CAPTION

Nicholas Ward

10:42:10:24

CAPTION

Howard Ward

Nicholas Ward

I was excited to be doing it, it was something I wanted to do. I was told of the dangers by the tour group I was staying with. Yeah, they certainly painted a pretty clear picture for me before we ran, but I just figured, you know, it’s something that the Spanish consider a very big tradition, so I wanted to be part of it, you know, I wanted to experience the culture, you know.

10:42:11:02

Howard Ward

Well we’d arranged to meet at a point after the run and then when he hadn’t turned up, after about half or three quarters of an hour, I was concerned then that something had happened, so I found our tour group and they hadn’t seen him and then I had someone from the tour group come and help me and contact the police and we found out where he was and we came straight to the hospital.

10:42:32:12

Nicholas Ward

Started off right up the end of Estafela Street, saw the bulls, so started having a proper run. Then I got quite close to the gate of the arena and suddenly someone tripped in front of me and then I, yeah, fell down and got stood on by the bull. They started examining me pretty thoroughly, they started with the neck and slowly worked down. That was to see whether I was paralysed and once they figured out that I could get my legs moving, they tried to pull me up. But I’ve broken my second, third and fourth lumbers, so I couldn’t stand up. So then they stretchered me and put me into an ambulance, brought me here and from here I just can’t speak highly enough of the medical teams, you know, they’ve been really professional.

10:43:25:13

Interviewer

How much [INAUDIBLE]? (Crying)

10:43:35:06

Howard Ward

Sorry.

10:43:53:23

10:44:00:07

CAPTION

Jim Hollander

In what I do as a photo journalist and I’ve had a conversation with a lot of filmmakers about this too is that, there’s like the money shot, you know, and that’s usually somebody getting hurt You don’t wanna see somebody dying in front of your camera, you’re not hoping this is gonna happen, but if it happens and you happen to see it and capture that, that’s the one thing that sort of ties the whole documentary in. It gives it some grit, you know, and teeth. Same thing with me, you know, I don’t wanna see somebody gored, but one of my most famous pictures is a guy getting a horn right through his butt and being carried down the street. Now it’s a graphic picture, it’s a hard picture, but it’s what the Encierro is. Without the blood, without, you know, somebody being hurt, you don’t have the emotion of the Encierro, ‘cause this is death in the street really, it’s not just a lark, you know, it’s serious stuff and the TV has to get that or you’re really missing something. It’s a Disneyland production, you know, a nice, you know, jog in the park and that’s not what it is. You need something dripping, you know. If we show somebody being killed, there’ll be some, you know, stupid American kid’ll say, well I don’t wanna do that. Well good, he shouldn’t do it, he shouldn’t be forced to go in there and maybe by seeing some blood on the street, that people do get hurt, there’ll be less runners in the street. I’m all for that.

10:45:28:11

Dr Angel Hidalgo Overjero

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:45:27:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

When Julen was gored

it had a big impact on the media

10:45:31:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

because Julen is well known

both in and around Pamplona.

10:45:38:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

As we were coming in that day

10:45:40:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

the people in the emergency room

watching TV shouted,

10:45:43:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

“Look, it’s Julen.”

10:45:51:04

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:45:50:24

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I felt as if I was a victim

of nature’s force

10:45:55:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and nature could do

what it wanted with me.

10:45:58:04

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

What I did was to stay still,

not to move at all

10:46:01:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

because with all the excitement

10:46:03:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I know that the bull

will generally look up and go away

10:46:06:07

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but with me it didn’t,

it stayed there for longer.

10:46:13:22

Dr Angel Hidalgo Overjero

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:46:13:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

So Julen’s injuries were very nasty.

10:46:16:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The horn had punctured the gluteus

10:46:20:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and it had [UNREADABLE]

in several places.

10:46:23:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They were penetrating injuries.

10:46:25:10

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

There are no beautiful injuries,

10:46:28:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but these were particularly

ugly wounds.

10:46:32:17

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:46:32:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Well, the horn that got me

was this one.

10:46:36:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The left one caused the most damage.

10:46:39:00

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

All the goring was done

with the left horn.

10:46:42:22

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

In the medical report the wounds

were approximately 25 centimetres long,

10:46:47:21

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

up to here.

10:46:51:02

Dr Angel Hidalgo Overjero

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:46:50:19

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

His injuries were not lethal,

although they were very large.

10:46:54:08

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

His family’s biggest fear was whether

he would be able to run again.

10:46:57:11

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

That was their biggest worry.

10:46:59:17

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:46:59:06

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

A bull was not going to make me stop

unless it caused an injury that was lethal.

10:47:03:10

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

No bull was going to stop me

from running.

10:47:22:15

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:47:23:20

Translation for Javier Solano

What has happened in the last few years, little by little, the animal rights associations have gradually become stronger and one of the issues that they have really fought for is the abolition of bull fighting, because of course, the bull fights are big business [UNSURE OF WORD] of human cruelty towards an animal.

10:47:44:23

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:47:45:21

Translation for Javier Solano

So, slowly the animal rights group have acquired more and more influence in the media and at social gatherings and it is a topic which has become more involved in political debate.

10:48:00:21

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:48:01:23

Translation for Javier Solano

I am convinced that in 25 or 30 years time, possibly through laws in the regional or even in the national parliament, it might well be that bullfighting is banned.

10:48:19:10

Javier Solano

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:48:21:09

Translation for Javier Solano

How could this affect Pamplona and the running of the bulls? Well, in a big way because the running is the precursor to the bullfight, if there is no bullfight, then there will not be bulls to be taken to the ring and the running of the bulls would cease to exist. I would not rule out the Pamplona council bought very expensive bulls just to run them. That way they could keep the tradition of the running and the number of people coming to the festivals. Even if there were no bullfights in the ring in the evening, however, it would be very difficult to find ranchers willing to breed bulls just to run them through the streets. The ranchers won’t take the risk and breed 400 bulls every year to find that they are unable to sell them. This might very well happen.

10:49:15:04

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:49:14:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The aim of it all

is to run in front of a bull

10:49:17:21

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

to enjoy the bull,

seeing comfortably and having space

10:49:21:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

but that has become impossible.

10:49:25:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

That was something

that we were lucky enough to enjoy.

10:49:28:06

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

But now it’s a struggle

and very difficult for our children,

10:49:31:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

because of the overcrowding.

10:49:36:08

NARRATOR

meanwhile, in another part of the city, jakin’s son AITOR tries out a different way of experiencing the encierro.

10:49:56:23

10:50:07:18

CAPTION

Aitor Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:49:56:16

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The simulation of the running of the bull,

the virtual simulator,

10:49:59:06

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

was created for one reason:

10:50:01:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

to give an idea of what it is like to be

a runner in front of a 500 kilogram bull

10:50:06:13

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

that wants to survive and escape.

10:50:14:19

10:50:25:22

CAPTION

David Simon

You are inside Pamplona, you can look anywhere and you will see exactly the same streets, the same balconies. This is not a training platform, this is just a platform where people can come here, just have fun about it, learn about it and feel the excitement, ‘cause you really get excited.

10:50:33:17

Aitor Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:50:33:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

In order to achieve this, we had

the collaboration of the main runners,

10:50:37:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

the ones who have been running

for many years.

10:50:40:09

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

They gathered their experiences

of the Encierro

10:50:42:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and the game is a reflection of this.

10:50:51:17

[Iker] Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:50:51:12

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

Well, it’s [UNREADABLE]

but it’s just a game, isn’t it?

10:50:53:18

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

The feelings are similar,

the noise and seeing the bull behind you.

10:50:58:14

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

However, you can’t compare it

with the real running of the bull,

10:51:02:00

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

because it’s just a game.

10:51:20:18

Iker Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:51:20:14

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

I have only just started

so, well I like running

10:51:25:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

and I hope that with more years

and experience.

10:51:29:05

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

As my Dad said,

nowadays it’s not like before,

10:51:31:20

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

it’s a lot more complicated

but I hope that with experience

10:51:34:23

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

to be able to find a better space

in the Encierro. I hope I can.

10:51:46:14

Joe Distler

In America, there would be 55 lawyers sitting on a bench saying, oh, can I represent you? It would be impossible. It would be outlawed, in one run it would be outlawed.

10:52:00:20

Jakin Zuosti

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

10:52:00:15

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

When we go to the run we hardly talk

because it’s all been said beforehand.

10:52:04:10

LANGUAGE SUBTITLE:

There is something

that I have always told him,

10:52:07:10

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“Keep a cool head

and if at some point

10:52:13:08

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“you become nervous

and you don’t have self control,

10:52:15:20

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“the best thing is to leave it.”

10:52:20:15

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But he is very good

at remaining calm,

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at being able to control the situation

from the personal point of view.

10:52:35:03

Julen Medina

[SPANISH DIALOGUE]

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Obviously time does not go

in my favour.

10:52:38:14

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Going to Pamplona to stand on a balcony

and watch all my friends running,

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that would be very difficult

very difficult indeed.

10:53:47:00

NARRATOR

in the 21st century, it is a rare opportunity to take your life in your own hands, but in pamplona, for a few minutes of each day, on eight consecutive days, the encierro defies expectation and allows the human spirit to plan with death.

10:54:30:07

NARRATOR

some might say it’s madness, but the right to participate needs no reason or justification. it is a very private and personal experience, played out during a very public spectacle and most of the runners are there for the sheer joy of it.

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NARRATOR

for some, the event marks the awakening of a new chapter in their lives, for others, they will never run again. either way, the encierro is an experience no-one will ever forget.

10:55:35:12

END CREDITS:

Written and Directed by

Aubrey Powell

Executive Producer

Christopher Cory

Producer

Fiz Oliver

Associate Producer

Andrew Phillips

Co Producers

Ross Jones

Simone Crane

Ian Stafford

David Campbell Watson

Diarmaid Kelly

David Stroker-Smith

3D Producer

Jonathan Kitzen

Director of Photography Brett Turnbull

Commissioners Steve [UNREADABLE]

[UNREADABLE]

3D Commissioners [UNREADABLE]

[UNREADABLE]

Steadicam [UNREADABLE]

Key Grip [UNREADABLE]

Grips [UNREADABLE]

Perry [UNREADABLE]

Sound [UNREADABLE]

Tim [UNREADABLE]

[UNREADABLE]

Production Manager Imogen de [UNREADABLE]

Production Co-ordinator/[UNREADABLE] Martin [UNREADABLE]

Production Assistant Natalie [UNREADABLE]

High Speed Tech Support [UNREADABLE]

Off-Line Editor David [UNREADABLE]

Online Editor Rory [UNREADABLE]

Colorist Andrew [UNREADABLE]

Sound Editor Sandra [UNREADABLE]

Dubbing Mixer Steve [UNREADABLE]

Stills Photography Jim Hollander

Spanish Production Facilities

[UNREADABLE]

Producers [UNREADABLE]

Juan [UNREADABLE]

Production & Location Managers Maria Cabonas

Carlos [UNREADABLE]

3D Consultant David [UNREADABLE]

3D Post Programming & Image Control [UNREADABLE]

3D Rig Cameraman Jose Luis [UNREADABLE]

3D Stereographer Alfredo Gonzales

Director’s Assistant [UNREADABLE]

Contributors

Jose Antonio, Bamber Baumchen, Ricardo Del Rio

Victoriano Del Rio, Larry Belcher, Dr Javier Sesma,

Javier Cabonas, David Simon, Conor Cantori, Javier Solano,

Joe Distler, Tom Turley, Jesus Pomares Esparza, Jim Hollander,

Robert Kiely, Julen Medina, Howard Ward, Nicholas Ward,

Rick Musica, Aitor Zuosti, Dr Angel Hidalgo Overjero, Iker Zuosti,

Miguel Reta, Jakin Zuosti, Father Santos Villaneuva

With thanks to

MKBK

Vision Research Inc

ACS France

[UNREADABLE]

Lowry Digital

Soho Film Labs

Molinare Post Production

SPECIAL THANKS

[UNREADABLE]

For Goldie

[UNREADABLE] San Fermin 1

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Film: Bull Runners of Pamplona

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