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Two years
ago Terry Gilliam turned up in Spain with £22m, hoping to
realise his lifelong ambition of filming Don Quixote. The
shoot turned into a disaster and Fulton & Pepe were there
to record this compelling fly-on-the wall documentary. The
relentless stream of shear bad luck unfolds as a hilarious
comedy of catastrophe, and we are left sympathising with
Gilliam's assertion that there is a jinx on Cervantes' book
- after all, it consumed the last 20 years of Orson Welles'
life with little to show for it. It is heartbreaking to
see how, despite Gilliam's adapting to adversity, it all
comes to nought. Let's hope he gets another chance - he's
the right man for the job, after all.
Critics
"The
tantalising vision of an unmade masterpiece." Nick
Dawson, Empire
Awards
Nominated
Best Documentary, European Film Awards, 2002
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Programme
Notes
The
programme notes for this film are available here.
Audience
Rating
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Directed
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Keith Fulton
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Written by
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Louis Pepe
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Documentary
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Terry
Gilliam
Johnny Depp
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Narrated
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Jeff
Bridges |
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Cert |
15 |
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Length |
1hr
33mins |
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Country |
UK
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Language |
English |
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