Source: Europress Spain
Translation of Original Spanish Article Below:
SEGOVIA, 12 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The actor and director Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python group, plans to resume filming of ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ in several Spanish cities like Segovia, Toledo and Valencia.
According to Europa Press reported sources Segovia City Council after a meeting with the director of officials from the Film Office Segovia (SGFO), Gilliam and producer representatives Kanzaman Madrid (The Spain Location Company) met today with the Councilor of Tourism Claudia de Santos, and SGFO team to discuss different aspects of filming to take place in Segovia from September. Also visited one of the locations that will be the Alcázar and its gardens.
The actor and director Terry Vance Gilliam was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He has directed films like ‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ (1975), ‘The beast of the kingdom’ (1977), ‘Brazil’ (1984), ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’ (1989), ‘The fisherman of illusions’ (1991), ‘Twelve Monkeys’ (1995), ‘Grima Brothers’ (2005), ‘The imagination of Dr. Parnassus’ (2009).
It currently has several projects in various stages of development, one of them ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote!’ Based on the work of Miguel de Cervantes, and already addressed in the documentary “Lost in La Mancha ‘(‘ Lost in La Mancha ‘).
Gilliam takes up the idea after unsuccessful earlier efforts, and its release is planned for 2011. The other cities selected by the producer are Valencia and Toledo.
It is the second time that the producer Kanzaman, which manages the film locations, choose Segovia to that end, the first was in 2006 during the filming of ‘Goya’s Ghosts’.
Film Office Segovia began in January 2008 and since then the increase in filming in the city of Segovia has been dramatic, according to City Hall. They have also been many individuals interested in working as extras, or have offered their homes or establishments as scenes of movies through the website www.segoviafilmoffice.com.
Among the basic functions are the SGFO facilitate relations with the audiovisual production services and facilities of industry in the city, permitting, support service during filming, to facilitate negotiations and proceedings before different The location scouting, promotion and support of activities related to the audiovisual sector and provide useful information.