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The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

  • 20182018
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  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
20K
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Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Adam Driver, and Joana Ribeiro in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
The long-gestating release of Terry Gilliam's 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' is set for April 2019.
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Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams fro... Read allToby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
20K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
5,330
519
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    • Director
      • Terry Gilliam
    • Writers
      • Terry Gilliam
      • Tony Grisoni
      • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra(novel)
    • Stars
      • José Luis Ferrer
      • Ismael Fritschi
      • Juan López-Tagle
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Terry Gilliam
    • Writers
      • Terry Gilliam
      • Tony Grisoni
      • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra(novel)
    • Stars
      • José Luis Ferrer
      • Ismael Fritschi
      • Juan López-Tagle
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 137User reviews
    • 177Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 8 nominations

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    Terry Gilliam, Rossy de Palma, Olga Kurylenko, and Joana Ribeiro at an event for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce, Olga Kurylenko, Adam Driver, and Joana Ribeiro in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Adam Driver, and Joana Ribeiro in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Jonathan Pryce in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
    Joana Ribeiro in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

    Top cast

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    José Luis Ferrer
    • Don Quixote (commercial)
    Ismael Fritschi
    • Sancho Panza (commercial)
    • (as Ismael Fritzi)
    Juan López-Tagle
    Juan López-Tagle
    • Spanish Propman
    • (as Juan López Tagle)
    Adam Driver
    Adam Driver
    • Toby
    William Miller
    William Miller
    • 1st AD - Bill
    Will Keen
    Will Keen
    • Producer
    Jason Watkins
    Jason Watkins
    • Rupert
    Paloma Bloyd
    Paloma Bloyd
    • Melissa
    Óscar Jaenada
    Óscar Jaenada
    • Gypsy
    Sonia Franco
    • Flamenco Dancer
    José Aser Giménez
    • Flamenco Guitarist
    José Antonio Fernández
    • Flamenco Percussionist
    Viveka Rytzner
    Viveka Rytzner
    • Junior Creative
    Alberto Jo Lee
    Alberto Jo Lee
    • Chinese Translator…
    Bruno Sevilla
    Bruno Sevilla
    • Client Rep
    Stellan Skarsgård
    Stellan Skarsgård
    • The Boss
    Olga Kurylenko
    Olga Kurylenko
    • Jacqui
    Jordi Mollà
    Jordi Mollà
    • Alexei Miiskin
    • (as Jordi Mollá)
    • Director
      • Terry Gilliam
    • Writers
      • Terry Gilliam
      • Tony Grisoni
      • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Production finally finished on June 4, 2017. A few days later, Gilliam jokingly posted on Facebook that he had accidentally deleted the film.
    • Quotes

      Rupert: We become what we hold on to.

    • Crazy credits
      Terry Gilliam's "a Terry Gilliam film" credit is preceded by "and now... after more than 25 years in the making... and unmaking..." at the start of the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies That Took FOREVER to Make! (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Tarde Azul de Abril
      Written by Tessy Díez (as Tessy Díez Martín) and Roque Baños

      Performed by Carmen Linares

      Vocals Roberto Lorente

      Guitar José Luis Montón

      Guitar Jesús Gómez

      Percussion David Mayoral

      Recorded at Meliam Music Studios of Madrid

      Sound Engineer and Mixer Nicolás Almagro

    User reviews137

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    7/10
    An autobiographical tale about films, stories and dreams
    Not a masterpiece, not a disaster, The man who killed Don Quixote has the qualities and faults of what it is, that is to say, basically, a film for one spectator only : Terry Gilliam himself. Announcing its legend in the opening credits, the film takes pleasure in referring quite openly to the misadventures of Lost in La Mancha, most often through lines put in the mouth of the producer played by Stellan Skarsgard. These winks would be at best anecdotic, at worst narcissistic, if we didn't realize little by little that, we are in the presence of a true cinematic exorcism. Exorcism of this damned project, certainly. Exorcism also, through the character of Toby, of what Gilliam could have become if he had listened to the sirens of advertising and had become a soulless hack. Exorcism finally, and this is the most touching, of what Gilliam is afraid of becoming (and that he may have already become for some), that is to say an old fool who no longer interests anyone, an old dreamer in a materialistic world, a relic from another time, mocked and ridiculed. Thus, despite all its failures (problems of rhythm, lack of breath due to lack of money, episodic structure that works randomly and unfortunately makes Quixote disappear many times), we can only admire this film which bears on its face its testamentary dimension. Transmission, summary of a life, return on his youth, everything is there. Gilliam is Quixote, Gilliam is Toby, Gilliam will die but Gilliam is immortal since his dreams are forever with us on film. This is the bittersweet and somewhat crazy statement of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a film about films, a story about stories, an endless dream.
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    • jay-ros
    • May 24, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • Belgium
      • Portugal
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Чоловік, який убив Дон Кіхота
    • Filming locations
      • Portugal
    • Production companies
      • Alacran Pictures
      • Tornasol Films
      • Entre Chien et Loup
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €17,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $391,963
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,433,457
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 12 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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