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The man who killed Don Quixote, a Screen Media release ; Alacran Pictures present ; a Tornasol production ; with Kinology ; in co-production with Recorded Picture Company ; produced by Mariela Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero, Amy Gilliam, Gregoire Melin, Sebastien Delloye ; written by Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni ; directed by Terry Gilliam

Label
The man who killed Don Quixote, a Screen Media release ; Alacran Pictures present ; a Tornasol production ; with Kinology ; in co-production with Recorded Picture Company ; produced by Mariela Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero, Amy Gilliam, Gregoire Melin, Sebastien Delloye ; written by Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni ; directed by Terry Gilliam
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
The man who killed Don Quixote
Responsibility statement
a Screen Media release ; Alacran Pictures present ; a Tornasol production ; with Kinology ; in co-production with Recorded Picture Company ; produced by Mariela Besuievsky, Gerardo Herrero, Amy Gilliam, Gregoire Melin, Sebastien Delloye ; written by Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni ; directed by Terry Gilliam
Runtime
132
Summary
Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional duties and rescue a young woman who believed his seductive words in the past
Technique
live action
Classification
resource.filmdirector
resource.screenwriter