Poster for the film 'Lost in La Mancha'

Made:
2002 in unknown place

Poster for the film 'Lost in La Mancha', 2002.

'Lost in La Mancha' is a 2002 documentary film about the making of Terry Gilliam's first attempt at 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'. His effort was a film adaptation of the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The documentary was shot in 2000 during Gilliam's first attempt to make the film, as an intended work of the genre known as the "making-of". But Gilliam's failure to complete his movie resulted in the documentary filmmakers retitling their work as 'Lost in la Mancha' and releasing it independently.

Written and directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, 'Lost in La Mancha' presents Gilliam's effort to make Don Quixote as a parallel to Quixote's quest to become a hero. It features Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort, and Vanessa Paradis, who were cast as stars for 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'. It is narrated by Jeff Bridges.

Gilliam ultimately succeeded in making 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote', which was released in 2018. Fulton and Pepe have made a follow-up documentary, titled He Dreams of Giants, which covers Gilliam's entire scope of work on the Quixote project.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
2017-5208
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
poster