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''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' eventually resumed filming with a new cast in 2016 and was completed in 2017, a testament to Terry Gilliam's sheer [[{{Determinator}} resolve]] in finishing his passion project.
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* TemptingFate: When the early production troubles start showing up, line producer José Luis Escolar states that he's sure that the ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' still can't be a nightmare on the scale of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''. Truth is... it ended up a ''much'' worse nightmare .

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* TemptingFate: When the early production troubles start showing up, line producer José Luis Escolar states that he's sure that the ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' still can't be a nightmare on the scale of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''. Truth is... it ended up a ''much'' worse ''much worse'' nightmare .
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* MovieMakingMess: ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is one of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction for the sheer bad luck involved. To wit:

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* MovieMakingMess: ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is one of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction for the sheer amount of bad luck and unpreparedness involved. To wit:

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's [[TroubledProduction disastrous first attempt at filming]] ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'' that was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's [[TroubledProduction disastrous first attempt at filming]] ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'' that was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni.

It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie back then led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.
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* CreditsGag: A "Coming soon" message was superimposed on the footage of the giants and put at the end of the documentary -- that version of the film would never happen.
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** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him. He had to go back to France to see a doctor, which delayed the filming of his scenes indefinitely.

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** Jean Rochefort had a double spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him. He had to go back to France to see a doctor, which delayed the filming of his scenes indefinitely. It was the final nail in the coffin of that version of the film.
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** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him. He had to go back to France to see a doctor, which delayed the filming of his scenes for a couple of days.

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** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him. He had to go back to France to see a doctor, which delayed the filming of his scenes for a couple of days.indefinitely.
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** Endless insurance problems, especially with Jean Rochefort's health problems.
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* MovieMakingMess: ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is one of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction. To wit:

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* MovieMakingMess: ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is one of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction.TroubledProduction for the sheer bad luck involved. To wit:
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* MediumBlending: There are animated sections here and there, animated storyboards to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene or DerangedAnimation to explain Gilliam's situation in Hollywood.

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* MediumBlending: There are animated sections here and there, there at the beginning, animated storyboards to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene or DerangedAnimation to explain Gilliam's situation in Hollywood.
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* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction. To wit:

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* MovieMakingMess: One ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' is one of the most infamous examples of TroubledProduction. To wit:
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* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples in RealLife. It included:

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* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples in RealLife. It included:of TroubledProduction. To wit:



** In Madrid, Creator/TerryGilliam wanted a sound stage and was given a "warehouse" (in his own words) with dreadful acoustics. It was anything but a sound stage.
** Creator/JeanRochefort's arrival on set being delayed due to his prostate problems.

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** In Madrid, Creator/TerryGilliam Terry Gilliam wanted a sound stage and was given a "warehouse" (in his own words) with dreadful acoustics. It was anything but a sound stage.
** Creator/JeanRochefort's Jean Rochefort's arrival on set being delayed due to his prostate problems.
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** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him.

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** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him. He had to go back to France to see a doctor, which delayed the filming of his scenes for a couple of days.
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** In Madrid, Creator/TerryGilliam wanted a sound stage and was given a "warehouse" with dreadful acoustics to film in, in his own words. It was anything but a sound stage.

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** In Madrid, Creator/TerryGilliam wanted a sound stage and was given a "warehouse" (in his own words) with dreadful acoustics to film in, in his own words.acoustics. It was anything but a sound stage.

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* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples in RealLife.

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* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples in RealLife. It included:
** Filming was nearly cancelled due to production company sheananigans.
** In Madrid, Creator/TerryGilliam wanted a sound stage and was given a "warehouse" with dreadful acoustics to film in, in his own words. It was anything but a sound stage.
** Creator/JeanRochefort's arrival on set being delayed due to his prostate problems.
** The desert in which the crew filmed was a Spanish military training zone. F-16s flew over them constantly, which made sound recording impossible.
** An unexpected storm over said desert, with rain then ''hail''. And a resulting mud flood. And it was only the ''third'' day of filming. The dry and sunny desert Gilliam wanted for the film wasn't dry and sunny anymore.
** Jean Rochefort had a spinal disc herniation, which made mounting the horse very difficult for him.
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* FinaglesLaw: Think about anything that can go wrong during pre-production and on a movie set, and see it unfold before your eyes.

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* FinaglesLaw: Think about anything ''everything'' that can go wrong during pre-production and on a movie set, and see it unfold before your eyes.
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* FinaglesLaw: Think about anything that can go wrong during pre-production and on a movie set, and see it unfold before your eyes.
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* TemptingFate: When the early production troubles start showing up, line producer José Luis Escolar states that he's sure that the ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' still can't be a nightmare on the scale of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''. Truth is... it ended up a ''much'' worse nightmare .

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''Lost in La Mancha'' is a making-of turned documentary film directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe and released in 2002.

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''Lost in La Mancha'' is a making-of turned documentary film directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe and released in 2002.
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* TheNarrator: None other than Creator/JeffBridges.
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* MediumBlending: There are animated sections here and there, to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene with animated storyboards or DerangedAnimation to explain Gilliam's situation in Hollywood.

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* MediumBlending: There are animated sections here and there, animated storyboards to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene with animated storyboards or DerangedAnimation to explain Gilliam's situation in Hollywood.
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* MediumBlending: There are animated storyboards at the beginning, to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene.

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* MediumBlending: There are animated storyboards at the beginning, sections here and there, to visualize how Gilliam saw a scene.scene with animated storyboards or DerangedAnimation to explain Gilliam's situation in Hollywood.
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* MediumBlending: There are animated storyboards at the beginning, to materialize how Gilliam saw a scene.

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* MediumBlending: There are animated storyboards at the beginning, to materialize visualize how Gilliam saw a scene.
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* MediumBlending: There are animated storyboards at the beginning, to materialize how Gilliam saw a scene.
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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's [[TroubledProduction disastrous first attempt at filming]] ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's [[TroubledProduction disastrous first attempt at filming]] ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and Mancha]]'' that was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.
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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's [[TroubledProduction disastrous first attempt at filming filming]] ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.
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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes' novel, Cervantes novel ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.
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!!''Lost in La Mancha'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* MovieMakingMess: One of the most infamous examples in RealLife.
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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.independently.
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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote, a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote, ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'', a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.
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''Lost in La Mancha'' is a making-of turned documentary film directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe and released in 2002.

It chronicles director Creator/TerryGilliam's first attempt at filming ''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote, a fantasy-adventure-comedy inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel, ''[[Literature/DonQuixote The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha]]'', and was set to star Creator/JeanRochefort as Don Quixote and Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby Grisoni. It was shot with the purpose of being the film's making-of, but Gilliam's initial failure in making the movie led it to be retitled ''Lost in la Mancha'' and to be released independently.

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