Summary

PART 2 of 3 - Royal Hunt of the Sun - 1969 featurette / trailer for The Quest - drama - Robert Shaw - Christopher Plummer - Leonard Whiting - Peru - l/s Spanish conquistadors with flags march in line - shot of cross on platform two monks on either side of platform - conquistadors on horseback, c/u of stone Jesus on cross - l/s of conquistadors kneeling to be blessed, thirteen candles burning against black background - carved religious statue of Jesus - c/u rear view of barefooted Peruvian peasant woman - with bundle on her back praying to painting of the Virgin Mary - c/u woman lighting church candles - real candles not in glass containers, another rear view of woman praying - statue of Jesus with crown of thorns head bleeding holding lamb around shoulders - monks walking in monastery one is holding silver cross with Jesus - they walk toward camera - c/u of monk’s belly with his hands folded across it - c/u peasant hand, c/u of peasant woman with child - child is wearing Peruvian hat - great e/c/u baby nursing at mother’s breast - c/u wooden cross pan down to reveal that cross is on top of straw roof of hut with Peruvian peasant seated in front and mountains in background - several c/u of Peruvian Indians - Peruvian in market holding dried corn - c/u of lots of colorful dried corn - Peruvian woman with green vegetables - lots of good shots of Peruvian market place - c/u of mongrel dog walking through crowd at market place - little boy walks over and looks directly into camera - sweet face - Peruvian still photographer - b&w stills of Peruvian peasants - cannon explosion