Lost In La Mancha (2002)
Front Cover Actor
Terry Gilliam Himself
Jean Rochefort
Johnny Depp Himself
Jeff Bridges Narrator (voice)
Bernard Bouix Himself
René Cleitman Himself
Benjamín Fernández Himself
Tony Grisoni Himself
Vanessa Paradis Herself
Philip A. Patterson Himself (as Phil Patterson)
Nicola Pecorini Himself
Movie Details
Genre Documentary
Director Keith Fulton; Louis Pepe
Writer Keith Fulton; Louis Pepe
Studio OPTIMUM RELEASING
Language English
Audience Rating 15
Running Time 93 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
A tantalising memorial to what could have been that comes from the very heart of the action, the hugely acclaimed Lost in La Mancha offers a frank, often hilarious and frequently painful account of some of the disasters, natural and otherwise, that befell director Terry Gilliam's attempt to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote . Despite an all-star cast including Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis and Jean Rochefort, and one of the cinema's most inventive directors at the helm, Gilliam's ambitious project was forced to shut down after only six days of production. Featuring surviving footage from the film, a flood of biblical proportions and extensive, intimate interviews with a compellingly animated Gilliam and the rest of his crew, directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (who worked with Gilliam on The Hamster Factory ) were granted unprecedented access for what must be the only "unmaking" of the in the history of cinema. Easily eclipsing Les Blank's Burden of Dreams and Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper's Hearts of Darkness , Lost in La Mancha stands as the greatest and most illuminating work yet on the perils and pitfalls of heroic film-making.
Personal Details
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In Collection Yes
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Release Date 2002
Subtitles none
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Over 2 hours of additional material: Interviews with Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe. Deleted scenes. 2 alternative openings. Video portraits. Costume design and storyboards from The Man Who Killed Don Quixote .
Links
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