The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote |
| Country of production | Spain , France , Belgium , Portugal |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 132 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| script | Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni |
| production | Jeremy Thomas |
| music | Roque Baños |
| camera | Nicola Pecorini |
| cut |
Teresa Font , Lesley Walker |
| occupation | |
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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is a feature of the American- British director Terry Gilliam from the year 2018 .
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The cynical advertising director Toby finds himself trapped in the delusions of an old Spanish shoemaker who thinks himself Don Quixote . While the shared adventures take comic and increasingly surreal turns, Toby is confronted with the consequences of an event from his own past. As a young and idealistic director, he once made a film that forever changed the hopes and dreams of a small Spanish village. The question arises as to whether Toby can make amends and in this way regain his humanity.
The first failed implementations
First attempt (1998-2000)
Filming first began in October 2000. Due to adverse circumstances, overly optimistic financing and, above all, an illness of the main actor Jean Rochefort , production had to be stopped after a few days. As a result, both the film material and the script rights fell to a German insurance company.
The failure of the shooting was accompanied by an independent film team led by American director Keith Fulton . The award-winning documentary Lost in La Mancha was made from the material .
Second attempt (2003–16)
In May 2006, Terry Gilliam announced that all legal disputes with the German insurance company had been resolved and filming would resume. Robert Duvall was hired as the new lead actor . Instead of Johnny Depp , Ewan McGregor was supposed to play the second lead role. The budget was reduced from $ 35 million to $ 20 million. Nevertheless, there were still problems with funding. In the fall of 2010, Gilliam announced at the Deauville Film Festival that filming would start in September 2011 at the earliest.
Production (2014-18)
Pre-production
In January 2014, Gilliam announced the resumption of preproduction for the film. First, John Hurt was supposed to replace Robert Duvall in the role of Don Quixote.
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The main actors have been changed again: The role of Don Quixote is now taken on by Jonathan Pryce , who had already played the lead role in Gilliam's film Brazil (1985) and has since appeared in two other Gilliam films, Adam Driver took over the role of Toby , Stellan Skarsgård as the supervisor of Tobi and Olga Kurylenko as the wife of the boss.
Filming
Filming began in March 2017. In early June 2017, Gilliam announced the end of filming on Facebook .
Was shot u. a. in the Spanish region of Navarra , on the island of Fuerteventura and in the Portuguese monastery complex Convento de Cristo ( World Heritage Site since 1983 ).
Film music
The score was composed by Roque Baños . The soundtrack for the film, which includes 19 pieces of music, was released as a download by Meliam Music in mid-June 2018.
Publication and consequences
On May 19, 2018, the film celebrated its world premiere as a graduation film at the 2018 Cannes International Film Festival . The German premiere of the film was on June 30, 2018 at the Munich Film Festival . The German theatrical release fell on September 27, 2018. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is dedicated to the deceased actors Jean Rochefort and John Hurt, who were originally intended to play Don Quixote.
Litigation with Paulo Branco
In June 2018 Terry Gilliam lost a legal battle in France against the film producer Paulo Branco . In 2016, Gilliam had signed a contract with Branco and the production company Alfama Films. After the contractual partners fell out, Gilliam looked for new donors to implement the project anyway, wrongly in the opinion of the Paris court. After the media initially reported that the court's decision meant that Gilliam had lost the rights to his film, producer Mariela Busuievsky told the Spanish press that the court decision meant compensation to be paid by Gilliam to Branco's production company , But Gilliam kept the rights to the film. According to Busuievsky, Branco exaggerated his victory. No frame of the film was shot under the contract between Gilliam and Branco, which means that the legal dispute does not affect the publication.
Web links
- Profile at festival-cannes.com (English)
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 182219 / K).
- ↑ Profile at festival-cannes.com (English; accessed on May 3, 2018).
- ↑ My latest is a disaster movie The Guardian, February 4, 2001.
- ↑ Can anyone lend me $ 40m? The Guardian, July 19, 2002.
- ↑ Don Quixote horror film - Ewan McGregor replaces Johnny Depp IMDB, May 17, 2010
- ↑ Ewan McGregor replaces Johnny Depp ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. RP online, May 18, 2010
- ↑ Terry Gilliam : Dreams of Don Quixote have begun again. Facebook , January 12, 2014, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Caitlin PenzeyMoog: John Hurt says he'll star in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote movie, if it ever happens ( English ) In: AV News . September 23, 2014. Accessed September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Michael Nordine: Terry Gilliam Wraps Production on 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' After 17 Years. indiewire, January 12, 2014, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Soundtrack Released. In: filmmusicreporter.com, June 16, 2018.
- ↑ Elsa Keslassy: Cannes Adds Lars von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built,' Sets Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' as Closer. In: Variety . Penske Media Corporation, April 19, 2018, accessed April 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Gilliam and Thompson honored in Munich , dw.com, July 3, 2018
- ↑ Matthias Lerf: «I could die. But I won't do it » . In: Tages-Anzeiger / SonntagsZeitung . September 2, 2018. Accessed September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Terry Gilliam loses battle for "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" . Article dated June 18, 2018, accessed June 18, 2018.
- ↑ Drama for Terry Gilliam: Cult director loses all rights to "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" - cinema release in danger . Article dated June 20, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018.
- ↑ Hoai-Tran Bui: 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Isn't Dead Yet: Terry Gilliam Still Retains Rights ( English ) In: Slashfilm.com . June 22, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
