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Lost in La Mancha
| Rating: | R (for language) |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Release Date: | January 31, 2003 |
| Running time: | 92 minutes |
| Cast: | Jeff Bridges, Terry Gilliam, Jean Rochefort, Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis |
| Director: | Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe |
| Producer: | Lucy Darwin |
| Writer: | Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe |
| Distributor: | IFC Films |
Description: A documentary that details and depicts the pre-production and the first six days of production of acclaimed director Terry Gilliam's ill-fated attempt to film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in late 2000. Piece by piece, the entire production ended up falling apart. A series of events conspire to shut down the project altogether: a severe storm washing away equipment; jet fighters interrupting the filming of the pivotal and somber Inquisition scene; and the star suffering a damaging back injury. Gilliam's decades-long dream to make a film based on Don Quixote came to a grinding halt--but it was all captured on film. Thus, what was expected to be, simply, a special documentary featurette--shown as part of the film's eventual DVD package--is now the basis of the film, itself.
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