Lost In La Mancha (2 discs)
2002, 93 minutes, Rated M
A tantalising memorial to what would have been a cinematic spectacle, that comes right 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 Kille Don Quixote.
Despite an all-star cast including Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis and Jean Rochefort, and one of cinema's most inventive directors at the helm (Brazil, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys), Gilliam's ambitious project was forced to shut down after only six days shooting. Featuring surviving footage from the film, a flood of biblical proportions and extensive, intimate interviews with a compelling animated Gilliam and the rest of the crew, directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe were granted unprecedented access for what must by the only "unmaking of" in the history of cinema.
Lost In La Mancha stands as the greatest and most illuminating work yet on the perils and pitfalls of heroic filmmaking.
- Director:
- Terry Gilliam [15],
- Starring:
- Johnny Depp [88], Jean Rochefort [7], Vanessa Paradis [2],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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