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February 1973 (USA)
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Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren and James Coco dream 'The Impossible Dream' in...
Plot:
This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes...
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter O'Toole | ... | Don Quixote de La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana | |
| Sophia Loren | ... | Dulcinea / Aldonza | |
| James Coco | ... | Sancho Panza | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | The Innkeeper / The Governor | |
| John Castle | ... | Sanson Carrasco / The Duke | |
| Brian Blessed | ... | Pedro | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | The Padre | |
| Julie Gregg | ... | Antonia Quijana | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | ... | The Housekeeper | |
| Gino Conforti | ... | The Barber | |
| Marne Maitland | ... | Captain of the Guard | |
| Dorothy Sinclair | ... | The Innkeeper's Wife | |
| Miriam Acevedo | ... | Fermina | |
| Dominic Barto | ... | Muleteer (as Dominic Bartó) | |
| Poldo Bendandi | ... | Muleteer |
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Also Known As:
L'uomo della Mancha (Italy)
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132 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints)
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Australia:PG |
Germany:6 |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:PG |
West Germany:6
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The original stage production opened at the ANTA Washington Square theater in New York City on 22 November 1965, moving to Broadway after a short run, and eventually having a total of 2329 performances. The cast featured Richard Kiley in the role of Don Quixote who won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. "Man of La Mancha" won the 1966 Tony Awards for the Best Musical and Best Score.
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Anachronisms: Cervantes is shown using both hands, but he wrote Don Quixote years after he lost his left hand in the Battle of Lepanto.
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Sancho Panza:
Many a man has gone to bed feeling well, only to wake up the next morning and find himself dead.
Don Quixote: That's a proverb.
Sancho Panza: Yes, Your Grace.
Don Quixote: I don't approve of them.
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Don Quixote: That's a proverb.
Sancho Panza: Yes, Your Grace.
Don Quixote: I don't approve of them.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Pinky and the Brain: Ambulatory Abe/The Mouse of La Mancha (#1.12)" (1996)
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Man of La Mancha
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I consider myself somewhat of a movie aficionado, having seen several thousand movies over the past forty years; and I can unequivocably say that "Man of La Mancha" is my all-time favorite movie. While some of the familiar criticisms lodged against it are valid, there is still no other movie that can approach its depth or poignancy. I judge a movie by its ability to move me: to make me laugh, to make me cry, to make me think. This movie tackles one of the greatest themes of life: whether to live in a helpful illusion or live in the harshness of reality. Don Quixote's story is the ultimate in human heroism, a tragic man of courage struggling to see and live life, not as it is, but as it should be. His unwavering idealism in the face of all-too-familiar cynicism and skepticism is both foolhardy and inspiring. This movie always leaves me, not with tears trickling, but with great sobbing. I strongly recommend it for both your heart and your head.