Terry Gilliam Celebrates Wrapping Dream Project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

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It’s time to breathe a huge sigh of relief film fans as Terry Gilliam has confirmed that The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has finish filming. 

Breaking a long period of silence for the project, Gilliam took to Facebook to make the announcement: 

“Sorry for the long silence. I've been busy packing the truck and am now heading home. After 17 years, we have completed the shoot of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Muchas gracias to all the team and believers. QUIXOTE VIVE!"

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So barring some sort of biblical disaster, the film, which as Gilliam points out has been in development for 17 years in one form or another, culminating in 2002 documentary, Lost In La Mancha, which chronicled the abortive early attempt to make the movie starring Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort. Since then Gilliam has been chasing windmills on the independent financiers’ frontier and attempting to keep his cast in place as he loosely adapts Miguel de Cervantes' novel into a new story.

At last, we have a finished version with Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce starring this time, and will now head into the editing stage. 

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The film tells the story of a deluded old man who is convinced he is Don Quixote (Jonathan Pryce), and who mistakes T...
Release Dates
19 Apr 2019-VOD
4 Jun 2019-DVD
4 Jun 2019-Blu-ray
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