
Director Terry Gilliam is the latest filmmaker to try and bring Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra's "Don Quixote de la Mancha" to the big screen, the movie to be called The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Before filming even begins, Gilliam, who has moved from Hollywood studio to European financing, will have to scale back his vision as his budget has been slashed from $40 million to $32 million, still astronomical by European standards. But Gilliam is a dreamer, much like his title... (Full plot summary below)
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Director Terry Gilliam is the latest filmmaker to try and bring Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra's "Don Quixote de la Mancha" to the big screen, the movie to be called The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Before filming even begins, Gilliam, who has moved from Hollywood studio to European financing, will have to scale back his vision as his budget has been slashed from $40 million to $32 million, still astronomical by European standards. But Gilliam is a dreamer, much like his title character, and his vision for the movie is uncompromising, meaning with the reduced budget that there is no margin for error and that some of his department heads may have to achieve miracles with their allotted moneys. During pre-production and actual filming, what Gilliam does not foresee is contractual and health issues with his actors, and the effects of Mother Nature. The question is does Gilliam have a Plan B if/when things go wrong.
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| Blunt ReviewEmily BluntFilmmaker Terry Gilliam is a genius...in a chitty chitty bang bang meets Orson Welles way. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsThis is a lively film, as optimistic in tone as Don Quixote is in character. And Terry Gilliam is a bright, expansive and enthusiastic filmmaker, a likeable, charismatic guy who jokes about having a budget of US$31.5 million being "half the money we need" |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorToo bad for Gilliam and everyone involved, but in the departments of spectacle and schadenfreude, great fun for us. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxA funny, heartbreaking record of a director's pet project going off the rails. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekWatching it is like being trapped in one of those nightmares where you need to get somewhere, fast, and you're distracted and delayed at every turn. Only in this case, the nightmare is happening to someone else, and it's costing an awful lot of money. |
| Supercala.comJohn VenableA must see for any aspiring filmmaker who thinks that getting a script to the screen is a simple process. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinA fascinating glimpse at the fragile ecosystem of a movie shoot, but I'm bound to say that I don't share its view of Gilliam. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovProbably the most heartbreaking movie I'll see for a while. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceAn absolute must for fans of Terry Gilliam. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreWondrous document of a film gone wrong and an artist who inspires fans, cast and crew, even as he terrifies financiers, insurers and anyone more firmly footed in filmmaking reality. |