Retelling of the Don Quixote story set in present day Scotland. Donovan Quick comes to the rescue of Lucy, the mainstay of the dysfunctional Pannick family.
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| Colin Firth | ... | Donovan Quick | |
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Katy Murphy | ... | Lucy Pannick |
| David O'Hara | ... | Clive | |
| Liz Smith | ... | Granny | |
| David Westhead | ... | George Mackie | |
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David Brown | ... | Sandy Pannick |
| Ford Kiernan | ... | Jim Leahy | |
| Elizabeth Rider | ... | Grief Stricken Woman | |
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Gavin Mitchell | ... | Mr. Clancy |
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Paul Doonan | ... | Jim Pannick |
| Parminder Nagra | ... | Radhika (as Parminder K. Nagra) | |
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Gayanne Potter | ... | WPC |
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Matt Costello | ... | Train Driver |
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Chris Young | ... | Train Conductor |
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James Martin | ... | Elderly Man |
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Lucy Pannick is drinking too much, but trying to somehow hold together her dysfunctional family comprising of a son who is involved in criminal activities, a brother who suffers from a learning disability and her senile mother. A greedy local bus company, Windmill Transport, has monopolized the public transport in the area and cut important but less profitable services, including one that is vital to the lives of the Pannick family. Donovan Quick, a polite stranger newly arrived in town, comes to the rescue and takes on the windmills by setting up his owner operated one vehicle bus service. Against all odds and expectations, he proves to be an adversary to be reckoned with.
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To begin with Donovan Quick is Don Quixote, albeit a modern Don Quixote in a thoroughly modern setting with a modern corporate enemy (Windmill Transport). Donna Franceschild (who also did the tv adapation of Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson) captures something of the dreamer-influencing-reality spirit of the original book in her screenplay for this telemovie. I found myself entranced by the production, going from desperation with the circumstances of of the Pannick family (Katy Murphy turning in a wonderful performance as Lucy Pannick, caretaker of her mentally disabled brother and senile grandmother, girlfriend to the somewhat abusive Clive) to the belief in the grand schemes of Donovan Quick (Colin Firth). What occurs in the confrontation between Donovan and Windmill Transport and what happens in the final twist ending I won't reveal here - go out, find a copy of this telemovie and see it for yourself.
(And for Colin Firth fans - this is a must! As Donovan Quick, Firth gives a brilliant demonstration of his abilities as a character actor, not just as a handsome leading man.)