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* LifeImitatesArt: One of the great artistic ironies of the modern age, many Gilliam fans have noted, is the story of how in his [[DevelopmentHell never-ending quest]] to finish this film, Gilliam has become perhaps the quintessential Hollywood WindmillCrusader. Until [[{{Determinator}} he]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome finished it]].
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* LifeImitatesArt: One of the great artistic ironies of the modern age, many Gilliam fans have noted, is the story of how in his [[DevelopmentHell never-ending quest]] to finish this film, Gilliam has become perhaps the quintessential Hollywood WindmillCrusader. Until [[{{Determinator}} he]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome he finished it]].it.
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* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Literature/DonQuixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
** About the actors, Gilliam said "Everyone involved, from the cast to the crew, are all working their asses off for a fraction of what they would normally be paid, because they just want to see this thing done."
** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Literature/DonQuixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
** About the actors, Gilliam said "Everyone involved, from the cast to the crew, are all working their asses off for a fraction of what they would normally be paid, because they just want to see this thing done."
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* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Literature/DonQuixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
**DoingItForTheArt: About the actors, Gilliam said "Everyone involved, from the cast to the crew, are all working their asses off for a fraction of what they would normally be paid, because they just want to see this thing done."
** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Literature/DonQuixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
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** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Don Quixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
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** Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Don Quixote Literature/DonQuixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
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** Production started ''again'' in 2014, with filming to take place in the Canary Islands and Creator/JohnHurt playing the lead role. Then production was delayed ''again'' when Hurt died in 2015, prompting Creator/MichaelPalin to step in to replace him, with Creator/AdamDriver and Creator/OlgaKurylenko as his co-stars.
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** Production started ''again'' in 2014, with filming to take place in the Canary Islands and Creator/JohnHurt playing the lead role. Then production was delayed ''again'' when Hurt died was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015, 2015 (later dying in 2017), prompting Creator/MichaelPalin to step in to replace him, with Creator/AdamDriver and Creator/OlgaKurylenko as his co-stars.
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* NoExportForYou: Played straight at first but then averted. Amazon Studios was to be releasing it in America, but backed out shortly before the Cannes premiere. [=IMDb=] claimed Creator/{{A24}} was distributing it there, but no sources were given. As Screen Media Films is now the film's new distributor, that speculation turned out to be bunk.
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* NoExportForYou: Played straight at first but then averted. Amazon Studios Creator/AmazonStudios was to be releasing it in America, but backed out shortly before the Cannes premiere. [=IMDb=] claimed Creator/{{A24}} was distributing it there, but no sources were given. As Screen Media Films is now the film's new distributor, that speculation turned out to be bunk.
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* TheProductionCurse: The film's early production was so plagued with problems that it was shut down permanently after six days of filming. Watching ''Film/LostInLaMancha'' is pretty heartbreaking.
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* TheProductionCurse: The film's early production was so plagued with problems that it was shut down permanently after six days of filming. Watching it all unfold in ''Film/LostInLaMancha'' is pretty heartbreaking.
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Depp and Paradis never married.
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-->'''Gilliam''': The years I wasted on this one! I was so frustrated with Hollywood, I went after European money, needing $20 million. And they said, 'You're on.' But I found out I needed more money. [...] That really hurts, that I let a project I'm convinced I'm the best director on the planet to do, slip by.
** In 1998, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''. He announced it as his next project at the UK premier of ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. Fed up with Hollywood wanting control of his films, he decided to make the film in Europe instead, which was "one big monstrous problem". Filming was to take place in Spain and throughout Europe and was set to have been one of the biggest continental European films ever made. The cast included Creator/JeanRochefort as Quixote, Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby, his then-wife Creator/VanessaParadis as Dulcinea del Toboso, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, Rossy de Palma, Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/SallyPhillips. Filming started in September 2000, with Nicola Pecorini as cinematographer and following a series of disasters (covered in the documentary ''Lost in La Mancha''), it was cancelled in November of that year.
** In 1998, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''. He announced it as his next project at the UK premier of ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. Fed up with Hollywood wanting control of his films, he decided to make the film in Europe instead, which was "one big monstrous problem". Filming was to take place in Spain and throughout Europe and was set to have been one of the biggest continental European films ever made. The cast included Creator/JeanRochefort as Quixote, Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby, his then-wife Creator/VanessaParadis as Dulcinea del Toboso, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, Rossy de Palma, Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/SallyPhillips. Filming started in September 2000, with Nicola Pecorini as cinematographer and following a series of disasters (covered in the documentary ''Lost in La Mancha''), it was cancelled in November of that year.
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** In 1998, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''. He announced it as his next project at the UK premier of ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. Fed up with Hollywood wanting control of his films, he decided to make the film in Europe instead, which was "one big monstrous problem". Filming was to take place in Spain and throughout Europe and was set to have been one of the biggest continental European films ever made. The cast included Creator/JeanRochefort as Quixote, Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby, his
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/TerryGilliam started working on this project in 1991. He found closed doors in Hollywood and decided to do it in Europe instead. The first filming attempt started in 2000, ended up a disaster (as chronicled in the highly praised documentary ''Lost in La Mancha''), and the next one would not happen until 2016.
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** Gilliam's obsession with Don Quixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
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** Gilliam's Creator/TerryGilliam's obsession with Don Quixote led him to make this film, and he [[{{Determinator}} never gave up]] despite his legendary bad luck constantly getting in the way and countless producers moving away from the project.
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** British actor Creator/JonathanPryce as the Spanish Javier/Quixote.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: After many years of trying to get the film back in production, filming finally wrapped up in 2017. The Man of La Mancha has finally slain his giant.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As if the infamous TroubledProduction on this movie wasn't already a strong contender for the biggest OverlyLongGag in film history, Gilliam was engaged in a vicious [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/paulo-branco-issues-writ-against-cannes-film-festival-over-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote/5128578.article rights dispute]] with producer Paulo Branco threatening to halt the film's release. Branco claimed that the movie is "illegal" and Gilliam [[ControlFreak had no right to make it without Branco's help]]. [[http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-terry-gilliam-wins-cannes-court-battle-1201960054/ Gilliam won]], eventually, but he does now owe Branco €10,000 in damages due to the contract between the two having been terminated improperly.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As if the infamous TroubledProduction on this movie wasn't already a strong contender for the biggest OverlyLongGag in film history, Gilliam was engaged in a vicious [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/paulo-branco-issues-writ-against-cannes-film-festival-over-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote/5128578.article rights dispute]] with producer Paulo Branco threatening to halt the film's release. Branco claimed that the movie is "illegal" and Gilliam [[ControlFreak had no right to make it without Branco's help]]. [[http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-terry-gilliam-wins-cannes-court-battle-1201960054/ Gilliam won]], eventually, but he does now owe Branco €10,000 in damages due to the contract between the two having been terminated improperly.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: After many years Creator/TerryGilliam spent the best part of three decades trying to get the film back made:
** Gilliam first read ''Literature/DonQuixote'' in 1989 and immediately started conceptualizing. In 1990, he signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures to make the film in 1990 under ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget offered him was too low and dropped out to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
-->'''Gilliam''': The years I wasted on this one! I was so frustrated with Hollywood, I went after European money, needing $20 million. And they said, 'You're on.' But I found out I needed more money. [...] That really hurts, that I let a project I'm convinced I'm the best director on the planet to do, slip by.
** In 1998, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''. He announced it as his next project at the UK premier of ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. Fed up with Hollywood wanting control of his films, he decided to make the film in Europe instead, which was "one big monstrous problem". Filming was to take place in Spain and throughout Europe and was set to have been one of the biggest continental European films ever made. The cast included Creator/JeanRochefort as Quixote, Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby, his then-wife Creator/VanessaParadis as Dulcinea del Toboso, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, Rossy de Palma, Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/SallyPhillips. Filming started in September 2000, with Nicola Pecorini as cinematographer and following a series of disasters (covered in the documentary ''Lost in La Mancha''), it was cancelled in November of that year.
** Since 2003, Gilliam kept trying to restart production, but to no avail. His first new attempt, six months after the release of ''Lost in La Mancha'', was quickly turned down. In 2005, he expressed an interest in casting Creator/GerardDepardieu as Quixote. In the meantime, Gilliam made other films, freely admitting that every film he made since was because he couldn't make his dream project.
** In 2006, Gilliam announced that the rights issues between the studio and the financiers had been settled and that he planned to start the film again. In 2008, Gilliam started preliminary work on the new version. In 2009, Creator/RobertDuvall revealed that he had been cast as Quixote, with Depp still attached as his co-star with shooting to start in early 2010, until the latter dropped out due to a busy schedule. In May that year, it was announced that Creator/EwanMcGregor was to replace Depp. Pre-production began in 2009. However, Gilliam revealed in September that year that the funding had collapsed a month and half earlier and as a result shooting was delayed. By 2012, Duvall was still attatched, but [=McGregor=] wasn't. In 2013, while promoting ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' at the Venice Film Festival, Gilliam told ''Variety'', "I'm going to try to do it again, [...] We'll see if it happens. I just want to make it and get rid of it. Get it out of my life".
** Production started ''again'' in 2014, with filmingfinally wrapped up to take place in 2017. The Man of La Mancha has finally slain the Canary Islands and Creator/JohnHurt playing the lead role. Then production was delayed ''again'' when Hurt died in 2015, prompting Creator/MichaelPalin to step in to replace him, with Creator/AdamDriver and Creator/OlgaKurylenko as his giant.
co-stars.
** In 2016, Gilliam was introduced to Portuguese producer Paulo Branco at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Branco promised that he would obtain the needed budget by September, a few weeks before they would start the eleven weeks-long shoot. However, following numerous conflicts with Branco, production was suspended in October of that year.
** Gilliam announced in 2017 that filming would actually start with new producers and Creator/JonathanPryce replacing Palin in the lead role. It was ''finally'' finished in November of that year.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As if the infamous TroubledProduction on this movie wasn't already a strong contender for the biggest OverlyLongGag in film history,Gilliam Creator/TerryGilliam was engaged in a vicious [[https://www.screendaily.com/news/paulo-branco-issues-writ-against-cannes-film-festival-over-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote/5128578.article rights dispute]] with producer Paulo Branco threatening to halt the film's release. Branco claimed that the movie is "illegal" and Gilliam [[ControlFreak had no right to make it without Branco's help]]. [[http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-terry-gilliam-wins-cannes-court-battle-1201960054/ Gilliam won]], eventually, but he does now owe Branco €10,000 in damages due to the contract between the two having been terminated improperly.
** Gilliam first read ''Literature/DonQuixote'' in 1989 and immediately started conceptualizing. In 1990, he signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures to make the film in 1990 under ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget offered him was too low and dropped out to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
-->'''Gilliam''': The years I wasted on this one! I was so frustrated with Hollywood, I went after European money, needing $20 million. And they said, 'You're on.' But I found out I needed more money. [...] That really hurts, that I let a project I'm convinced I'm the best director on the planet to do, slip by.
** In 1998, Gilliam resumed working on the film with co-writer Tony Grisoni, giving it the new name ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote''. He announced it as his next project at the UK premier of ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. Fed up with Hollywood wanting control of his films, he decided to make the film in Europe instead, which was "one big monstrous problem". Filming was to take place in Spain and throughout Europe and was set to have been one of the biggest continental European films ever made. The cast included Creator/JeanRochefort as Quixote, Creator/JohnnyDepp as Toby, his then-wife Creator/VanessaParadis as Dulcinea del Toboso, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, Rossy de Palma, Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/SallyPhillips. Filming started in September 2000, with Nicola Pecorini as cinematographer and following a series of disasters (covered in the documentary ''Lost in La Mancha''), it was cancelled in November of that year.
** Since 2003, Gilliam kept trying to restart production, but to no avail. His first new attempt, six months after the release of ''Lost in La Mancha'', was quickly turned down. In 2005, he expressed an interest in casting Creator/GerardDepardieu as Quixote. In the meantime, Gilliam made other films, freely admitting that every film he made since was because he couldn't make his dream project.
** In 2006, Gilliam announced that the rights issues between the studio and the financiers had been settled and that he planned to start the film again. In 2008, Gilliam started preliminary work on the new version. In 2009, Creator/RobertDuvall revealed that he had been cast as Quixote, with Depp still attached as his co-star with shooting to start in early 2010, until the latter dropped out due to a busy schedule. In May that year, it was announced that Creator/EwanMcGregor was to replace Depp. Pre-production began in 2009. However, Gilliam revealed in September that year that the funding had collapsed a month and half earlier and as a result shooting was delayed. By 2012, Duvall was still attatched, but [=McGregor=] wasn't. In 2013, while promoting ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' at the Venice Film Festival, Gilliam told ''Variety'', "I'm going to try to do it again, [...] We'll see if it happens. I just want to make it and get rid of it. Get it out of my life".
** Production started ''again'' in 2014, with filming
** In 2016, Gilliam was introduced to Portuguese producer Paulo Branco at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Branco promised that he would obtain the needed budget by September, a few weeks before they would start the eleven weeks-long shoot. However, following numerous conflicts with Branco, production was suspended in October of that year.
** Gilliam announced in 2017 that filming would actually start with new producers and Creator/JonathanPryce replacing Palin in the lead role. It was ''finally'' finished in November of that year.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: As if the infamous TroubledProduction on this movie wasn't already a strong contender for the biggest OverlyLongGag in film history,
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Due to the movie's long and ludicrous DevelopmentHell and TroubledProduction, a number of actors who were cast never got to play in it, and the movie was never completed with those of the first filming attempt that was chronicled in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
*** Amongst the actors Gilliam wanted originally were Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterVaughan.
*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version, as Dulcinea del Toboso. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
** The film was rewritten after a decade or two. It was originally supposed to be a genuine TimeTravel story in which Toby would be a marketing executive that got sent back to Don Quixote's time. However, Gilliam and scriptwriter Tony Grisoni instead went for a big costumed party in the 21st century, with Javier/Quixote and Toby (now a filmmaker) having {{hallucinations}} set in the past.
** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
** Due to the movie's long and ludicrous DevelopmentHell and TroubledProduction, a number of actors who were cast never got to play in it, and the movie was never completed with those of the first filming attempt that was chronicled in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
*** Amongst the actors Gilliam wanted originally were Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterVaughan.
*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version, as Dulcinea del Toboso. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
** The film was rewritten after a decade or two. It was originally supposed to be a genuine TimeTravel story in which Toby would be a marketing executive that got sent back to Don Quixote's time. However, Gilliam and scriptwriter Tony Grisoni instead went for a big costumed party in the 21st century, with Javier/Quixote and Toby (now a filmmaker) having {{hallucinations}} set in the past.
** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Due to the movie's long and ludicrous DevelopmentHell and TroubledProduction, a number of actors who were cast never got to play in it, and the movie was never completed with those of the first filming attempt that was chronicled in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
*** Amongst the actors Gilliam wanted originally were Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterVaughan.
*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version, as Dulcinea del Toboso. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
**WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was rewritten after a decade or two. It was originally supposed to be a genuine TimeTravel story in which Toby would be a marketing executive that got sent back to Don Quixote's time. However, Gilliam and scriptwriter Tony Grisoni instead went for a big costumed party in the 21st century, with Javier/Quixote and Toby (now a filmmaker) having {{hallucinations}} set in the past.
** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.past.
** Due to the movie's long and ludicrous DevelopmentHell and TroubledProduction, a number of actors who were cast never got to play in it, and the movie was never completed with those of the first filming attempt that was chronicled in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
*** Amongst the actors Gilliam wanted originally were Creator/IanHolm, Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/PeterVaughan.
*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version, as Dulcinea del Toboso. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
**
** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
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*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
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*** Creator/JohnnyDepp (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/JackOConnell were set to play Toby Grisoni.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The story was inspired by ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''.
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* FakeMixedRace: Óscar Jaenada is Spanish, only not a Spanish gypsy. This is actually a popular belief even in Spain, because Jaenada really does look like a gypsy and had his breakout role playing one (that of popular flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in his 2005 biopic film).
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* FakeMixedRace: Óscar Jaenada Creator/OscarJaenada is Spanish, only not a Spanish gypsy. This is actually a popular belief even in Spain, because Jaenada really does look like a gypsy and had his breakout role playing one (that of popular flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in his 2005 biopic film).
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** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Quincy Jones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
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** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Quincy Jones Music/QuincyJones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
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*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
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*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in this version.version, as Dulcinea del Toboso. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
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*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in the original version of the film. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
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*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in the original version of the film.this version. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
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*** Creator/VanessaParadis (who was also Johnny Depp's girlfriend back then) had a role in the original version of the film. She can be seen in ''Lost in La Mancha''.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Some of the Spanish actors signed up knowing they would have a blast while doing the film, and all were unanimous they really had it.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Some of the Spanish actors signed up either wanting to work with Gilliam and/or knowing they would have a blast while doing enjoy the experience of making such a crazy film, and all were unanimous they really had it.did.
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*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Robert Duvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
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*** Creator/JeanRochefort (''Lost in La Mancha''), Creator/GerardDepardieu, Robert Duvall, Creator/RobertDuvall, Creator/MichaelPalin and Creator/JohnHurt were set to play Javier/Don Quixote. John Hurt's cancer prevented him from taking on the role, and he passed away on January 25, 2017.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/JonathanPryce was already set to appear in the 2000 version (''Lost in La Mancha'') in a supporting role. He ended up playing Javier/Don Quixote.
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*** Creator/JonathanPryce was already set to appear in the 2000 version (''Lost in La Mancha'') in a supporting role. He ended up playing Javier/Don Quixote.
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* ChannelHop: Shortly before the Cannes premiere, Amazon Studios [[NoExportForYou dropped out in distributing the film in the U.S.]] (they still have credit as they produced the movie as well). Whoever is distributing it in the states as of this writing is unknown.
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* ChannelHop: Shortly before the Cannes premiere, Amazon Studios [[NoExportForYou dropped out in distributing the film in the U.S.]] (they still have credit as they produced the movie as well). Whoever is distributing it in Near the states as end of this writing is unknown.2018, indie distributor Screen Media Films picked up the film for its limited US release.
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* NoExportForYou: Amazon Studios was to be releasing it in America, but backed out shortly before the Cannes premiere. As of this writing there's no plans for distributing it in the US, although [=IMDb=] claimed a24 is distributing it there, no sources were given.
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* NoExportForYou: Played straight at first but then averted. Amazon Studios was to be releasing it in America, but backed out shortly before the Cannes premiere. As of this writing there's no plans for distributing it in the US, although [=IMDb=] claimed a24 is Creator/{{A24}} was distributing it there, but no sources were given.given. As Screen Media Films is now the film's new distributor, that speculation turned out to be bunk.
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* ShortRunInPeru: The movie was first theatrically released in France in May 2018. Other countries followed until the end of 2018, and there is still no release date for US theaters.
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* ShortRunInPeru: The movie was first theatrically released in France in May 2018. Other countries followed until the end of 2018, and there is still no with the US release date for US theaters.not commencing until April 2019 in a limited capacity.
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* FakeMixedRace: Óscar Jaenada is not Roma, but he plays here a Spanish gypsy. It is not the first time, actually; he was cast as an ActorAllusion to his breakout role, that of popular gypsy singer Camarón de la Isla in his 2005 biopic film.
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* FakeMixedRace: Óscar Jaenada is Spanish, only not Roma, but he plays here a Spanish gypsy. It This is not the first time, actually; he was cast as an ActorAllusion to actually a popular belief even in Spain, because Jaenada really does look like a gypsy and had his breakout role, that role playing one (that of popular gypsy flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in his 2005 biopic film.film).
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** Gilliam signed a deal with Phoenix Pictures as the studio to make the film in 1990 under the name ''Don Quixote''. Creator/SeanConnery was in talks to star as Quixote, but Gilliam disliked the idea because "Quixote is air and Sean is earth". Creator/NigelHawthorne and Creator/DannyDeVito were also in talks to star as Quixote and Panza respectively. However, Gilliam ultimately decided that the budget the studio offered him was too low and dropped from the project to focus on ''The Defective Detective'', another film he ultimately failed to make. Phoenix Pictures chose Fred Schepisi to replace Gilliam, with Creator/JohnCleese as Quixote and Creator/RobinWilliams as Panza, and Steven Haft, Quincy Jones and David Salzman as producers. This version would have been based on an old screenplay by Waldo Salt. However, it was officially cancelled in 1997.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The story was inspired by ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt''.
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* TroubledProduction:
** Should be subtitled ''Troubled Production: The Movie''. Pre-production began in 1991 and the first filming happened in 2000, but the film remained incomplete for nearly 20 years. The first filming attempt was plagued by a maelstrom of difficulties that included filming near a NATO bombing range in Spain with military jet planes flying over the set (making sound recording impossible), the destruction of sets by a flash flood, the prostate and back illnesses of Creator/JeanRochefort and the withdrawal of other stars due to other projects, to name just a few. These troubles are chronicled in the 2002 documentary ''Film/LostInLaMancha''.
** As one final kick in the pants, the film's former producer Paulo Branco won a lawsuit that Gilliam failed to terminate his contract with him, forcing Gilliam to fork over more than $10,000. However, despite Branco's claims to the contrary, Gilliam still has the rights to the movie and will work on getting it widely released.
** Should be subtitled ''Troubled Production: The Movie''. Pre-production began in 1991 and the first filming happened in 2000, but the film remained incomplete for nearly 20 years. The first filming attempt was plagued by a maelstrom of difficulties that included filming near a NATO bombing range in Spain with military jet planes flying over the set (making sound recording impossible), the destruction of sets by a flash flood, the prostate and back illnesses of Creator/JeanRochefort and the withdrawal of other stars due to other projects, to name just a few. These troubles are chronicled in the 2002 documentary ''Film/LostInLaMancha''.
** As one final kick in the pants, the film's former producer Paulo Branco won a lawsuit that Gilliam failed to terminate his contract with him, forcing Gilliam to fork over more than $10,000. However, despite Branco's claims to the contrary, Gilliam still has the rights to the movie and will work on getting it widely released.
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* TroubledProduction:
** Should be subtitled ''Troubled Production: The Movie''. Pre-productionTroubledProduction: Although its pre-production began in 1991 and the first filming happened in 2000, but 1998, the film remained incomplete for nearly 20 years. The first filming attempt was plagued by twenty years thanks to a maelstrom of difficulties that included including the logistics of filming near a NATO bombing range in Spain with military jet planes flying over the set (making sound recording impossible), Spain, the destruction of sets by a flash flood, the prostate and back illnesses illness of Creator/JeanRochefort the lead actor and the withdrawal of other stars due to other projects, to name just a few. These troubles Its problems are chronicled documented in the 2002 documentary ''Film/LostInLaMancha''.
** As one final kick in''Film/LostInLaMancha''. After many years of trying to get the pants, the film's former producer Paulo Branco won film back in production, filming finally wrapped up in 2017. And then, just as it was ready for release in 2018, Gilliam was hit with a lawsuit by producer Paul Branco. Branco was originally supposed to produce the film through his company Alfalma Films, but couldn't secure funds in time. Fortunately, it still premiered as the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival and got released in France on the same day. [[OverlyLongGag Unfortunately]], Creator/AmazonStudios, who funded much of the production, pulled out of distributing it in the US. It was later reported that Gilliam failed [[https://theplaylist.net/terry-gilliam-don-quixote-rights-loss-20180616/ lost]] the court case with Branco and no longer controled the film. It was later clarified that Gilliam still owned the rights as he did not shoot a frame under Branco's company, but he still had to pay a settlement as he did not terminate his contract with him, forcing Gilliam to fork over more than $10,000. However, despite Branco's claims to the contrary, Gilliam still has the rights to the movie and will work on getting it widely released.deal properly.
** Should be subtitled ''Troubled Production: The Movie''. Pre-production
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