Lost in La Mancha Movie Review 2003

Once upon a time, director Terry Gilliam set out to make a film about Don Quixote, called "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp. In August, 2000, Gilliam arrived in Spain to start filming and watched one disaster (illness, weather, budget problems) after another unfold until the project had to be abandoned (and has yet to be resurrected). Gilliam provided the filmmakers with complete access, even after the misfortunes piled up enough to make the cancellation inevitable. The result is a fascinating inside look at the derailment of the creative process.

Distribution

New Video Group, 902 Broadway, 9th Fl., New York, NY 10010, Phone: (212)206-8600, Toll-free: 800-314-8822, Fax: (212)206-9001, Email: customersupport@newvideo.com, URL: http://www.newvideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Filmmaking

Screenplay

Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Cinematography

Louis Pepe

Director

Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Music

Miriam Cutler

Other

Jeff Bridges, Michael Kowalski, Jacob Bricca

Producer

Lucy Darwin, Quixote Films, Low Key Pictures, Eastcroft Productions, IFC Films