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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767055680
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767055683
Label: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Manufacturer: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 20335
Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Editorial Review:
Description:
A tantalizing documentary as hilarious as it is tragic, the critically acclaimed theatrical hit LOST IN LA MANCHA tracks maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam's madcap mission to film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. As he struggles to complete his masterpiece,
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Because Terry Gilliam is unquestionably one of the great film directors of our time, Lost in La Mancha, a documentary that captures the collapse of his attempt to make a movie out of Don Quixote, makes for fascinating but painful viewing. Dogged by a reputation for being wasteful and out-of-control, Gilliam had to fight to gather the funding for the project, but the assembled cast (including French actor Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp) and the fantastic design elements promised something glorious. Then jets flying overhead, flash floods, and the ill health of a lead actor completely sideswiped the already delicate production. The increasing stress and unhappiness of the filmmakers is gripping, but what truly tantalizes are the few bits of film that Gilliam managed to shoot--only two or three minutes of screen time, but enough to suggest a magnificent vision. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - one last chance to raise money
This film is, basically, about an effort to raise money. In that the film failed, literally due to circumstances beyond the film maker's control, doesn't alter the fact that the film failed in production. The lead actor, playing the elderly Don Quixote, simply is too old and broken to carry the film to completion. In that the initial scenes are of this particular actor, the film simply doesn't have the money to start over again. Tragic, really, because a great film about the tragicomic Don Quixote ... Read More
Rating: - Dreams washed away ...
Yes, Lost in La Mancha is the documentary that you've heard about and seen snippets of on TLC and IFC late at night. It's the film that chronicles the misadventure of Terry Gilliam and his crew trying to reclaim ground over one of the most seemingly cursed film projects in cinema history.
Lost in La Mancha was supposed to be the big budget film that was going to showcase Johnny Depp, who, during the documentary says that he supports his friend, but very wisely keeps the whole production at ... Read More
Rating:  - The 'Burden' of Terry Gilliam's Quixotic Dreams.
This film reminds me of Les Blank's Burden of Dreams, a documentary about the many hardships director Werner Herzog encountered in making Fitzcarraldo. Many directors have tried to adapt Don Quixote to film, and at least several (Orsen Welles, for example) have lost their shirts in the process. Lost in La Mancha is a documentary (narrated by Jeff Bridges) about Terry Gilliam's very own failed Quixotic quest in filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a movie adaptation of the novel. As Gilliam (known for ... Read More
Rating: - If anything could go wrong,IT DID!
LOST IN LA MANCHA is a rare look at the production team's struggles to bring Cervantes' THE MAN OF LA MANCHA starring Johnny Depp to the silver screen.EVERYTHING GOES WRONG! Knowing people in the film industry, I realize that this kind of scenario happens over and over;weather cancels days of shooting,sickness ensues,mechanical and technical devices malfunction,scripts need to be rewritten and plans need to be scrubbed and be taken back to the drawing board.This is is a very interesting,but quite specific ... Read More
Rating: - Required viewing for every project manager
I loved this film because it really takes you behind the scenes of how a movie is really made, if a normal film is just half as hard as this than any movie that makes the screen is a miracle.
I wanted to send Terry Gilliam a sympathy letter and contribution, he's rich enough so I just sent the letter.
Movie production is really the epitome of project management, you deal with supply chain issues, site allocation, resource banding, timelines...THEN THE ECCENTRICITIES OF THE ARTISTS ! ... Read More
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