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An advertising executive, who finds himself unstuck in time, unwittingly travels between modern day London and 17th century La Mancha, where he participates in the adventures of Don Quixote, who mistakes him for Sancho Panza. Read more

Starring Robert Duvall
Director Terry Gilliam
Genres Action/Adventure

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    More troubles for Gilliam's Don Quixote

    • 07 Aug 2010

    Terry Gilliam has confirmed his troubled Don Quixote movie is on hold again after experiencing a "financial hiccup". The director has spent more than a decade trying to get the picture into production but the project has been dogged by disasters from the outset. The film, originally titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, first starred Johnny Depp in the lead role, but a series of problems including financial troubles and destroyed sets led to the movie being shelved and the Hollywood actor... Read more

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    Gilliam: 'Financing for Quixote has collapsed'

    • 07 Sep 2010

    Director Terry Gilliam has opened up about the extent of the "financial hiccup" which has threatened to derail plans for his troubled Don Quixote movie, confessing the investment completely "collapsed" earlier this summer (10). The filmmaker has spent more than a decade trying to get the picture into production but the project has been dogged by disasters from the outset. He revived the movie, originally titled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, earlier this year (10), casting Star Wars actor... Read more

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    Gilliam hopes to revive Quixote film

    • 16 May 2009

    Eccentric moviemaker Terry Gilliam is planning to revive his 'disaster' movie about Spanish literary legend Don Quixote. The director's attempts to make the oddball epic, starring Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort, were chronicled by filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe in 2002 movie Lost in La Mancha. In the documentary, Gilliam lost his cool on set as he was faced with scheduling and financial issues and weather-damaged sets. But the experience hasn't put the former Monty Python star off - he' Read more

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    Depp pulls out of Don Quixote movie

    • 06 Aug 2009

    Johnny Depp has pulled out of starring in a movie about Spanish literary legend Don Quixote - after a series of disasters delayed the filming schedule by a decade. Eccentric director Terry Gilliam lined up Depp and Jean Rochefort to appear in the film back in 2000, and his attempts to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote were chronicled by filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe in 2002 movie Lost in La Mancha. The filming of the oddball epic was set back by scheduling and financial issues and... Read more

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    Farrell to replace Depp as Quixote?

    • 10 Aug 2009

    Colin Farrell has been tipped to take the lead role in a movie about Spanish literary hero Don Quixote after Johnny Depp pulled out due to scheduling conflicts. Director Terry Gilliam lined up Depp in 2000 to star as advertising executive Tony Grisoni in the movie, originally entitled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. A series of disasters delayed production of the oddball epic, prompting the Pirates of the Caribbean actor to bow out. Now the 68-year-old film-maker is said to be eyeing Irish... Read more