On January 23, 2012 at 7 p.m. there will be a live stream interview and screening of Terry Gilliam’s latest short film, Wholly Family. During this event, iconic director, Terry Gilliam will be interviewed by Peter Bradshaw and answer questions from the audience and online community. Be sure to log in at the link below for this very special live stream event with Terry Gilliam!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/series/terry-gilliam-live-stream?fb=native

You can also catch Terry on Jan 19th @ 4PM on BBC Radio 4.

Enjoy!

Congratulations to Terry Gilliam on winning Best Short Film at the European Film Awards last night for his latest film, Wholly Family. A well deserved honor! Way to go Terry!

Source: Daily Telegraph

After reading this article from The Telegraph, especially the quote below, I couldn’t help but be curious if Terry Gilliam was indeed considering playing one of the dwarfs in the upcoming Universal version of Snow White starring Kristen Stewart. So, I decided to appease my curiosity and go to the source.

Universal is still pinning its hopes on a dream list of actors as Stewart’s dwarfs, including Sir Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, and Terry Gilliam.

So this morning I contacted Terry Gilliam and asked him if he was going to play a dwarf in the upcoming film. He assured me that he is NOT. So, I am curious to see if Universal will pursue casting Sir Ben Kingsley and Bob Hoskins and if so, who they will find to fill the role they had hoped Terry would fill. Should be interesting.

You can read the entire Telegraph article HERE.

Like all of you I have heard talk that Terry Gilliam was adapting Mr. Vertigo for the screen. I was, of course, curious if this was true or if it was a definite thing. So, this morning I asked Terry, it’s going around the internet that you are going to make a film of “Mr. Vertigo.” Is this true? Would you be doing this prior or after “Quixote” or do you know yet? His response was,

Just seeing if we can get a script that works then we’ll see what happens.

So, we have it straight from Mr. G. that he’s definitely seeing if he can get a script he likes and whether or not the project comes to fruition is yet to be seen. But, at this point it isn’t a definite project that he’s moving forward with, but rather in its infancy.

I’ll let you know when and if there is more info to come on this project as I receive the information.

By Theresa Shell

This morning Terry Gilliam confirmed to me that he will not have a role in the upcoming BBC dramatization of the “unholy row” over Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. The film will focus on Monty Python’s battle with church, council and critics in their journey to get the film released. When I asked Terry if he would have any role in the film he replied, “I’m being played by someone else. A real actor. I haven’t seen the script.”

When I asked Terry if anything else was up at the moment he replied, in his most Gilliamesque manner “…Nothing more to report. I’m in Poland in Wroclaw at a brilliant festival. Otherwise my life is meaingless.” That’s our Terry!

By Theresa Shell

This morning I asked Terry Gilliam, who is in Warclaw, Poland for the New Horizons Film Fest, whether or not the reports of his role in the BBC mockumentary, “Cricklewood Greats” were true. So many times when I ask him about these projects the reports prove false so I always like to make sure. Well, great news! Terry confirmed to me that he will indeed be playing himself in the mockumentary. According to Gilliam, the mocumentary which is about fictional has been movie stars, was written and directed by Peter Capaldi. No news yet as to when we can see the project, but I will let you know as soon as I have that information.

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam's "The Damnation Of Faust"

We have all been hearing that BBC would be airing “The Damnation Of Faust”. Now it has been confirmed. This morning Terry Gilliam has confirmed to me that his opera, “The Damnation Of Faust”, will air on BBC this autumn. The opera played to critical acclaim in London and will also be playing in Italy. We are in hopes here at the Don Quixote Support Site that it will play in the USA as well, though no plans for this have been announced.

The date of the airing of the program has yet to be announced. We will let all of you know as soon as it is announced and confirmed.