Great short interview video with Terry Gilliam and Empire Magazine about his “floating time”, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and Mr. Vertigo.
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Eva Basteiro-Bertoli Cast As Dortea in Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote
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According to IMDb, Eva Basteiro-Bertoli has been cast as Dortea – Princess Micomicona in director, Terry Gilliam’s, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”. The film, whose cast already includes Robert Duvall and Ewin Macgregor is scheduled for production in 2011 according to the IMDb site.
Terry Gilliam’s “Man Who Killed Don Quixote” In Mexico?
Source: Morelia Film Festival
By: Gobi Stromberg
At the press conference on Sunday, hosted by Daniela Michel, Director of the FICM, the media questioned the Festival’s featured Director, Terry Gilliam was asked about his plans for the next project which he is currently in the process of filming, The Man who Killed Don Quixote. After speaking of his personal enchantment with Cervantes’ character, he claimed: “All men are chasing after windmills.”
“Going to Mexico has been a secret in the back of my mind. I love the spirit of Mexico; especially the Day of the Dead…” He added that he is, “blown away by the architecture.” When he further speculated that he is considering filming his next film, The Man who Killed Don Quixote, in Mexico, he surprised –and delighted- his audience, who were hearing this news for the first time.
Gilliam’s Don Quixote Has Hiccup
Source: MTV Movies Blog
Let’s not rehash the appalling collapse of Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” a decade ago, OK? You can read all about the natural disasters, backstabbing producers and injured actors here.
And, hey, let’s not dwell on his latest stalled effort to bring “Don Quixote” to the big screen with Robert Duvall in the title role and Ewan McGregor as an ad exec who travels back in time to the 17th Century. Instead, how about we just check in with Gilliam for a general update on the long-troubled project, which was quietly moving forward until recently?
Gilliam is quite happy to talk about the film. Maybe that’s because, at the moment, he’s hanging out with Arcade Fire in advance of directing a webcast of their live show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday (August 5). Or maybe, at the age of 69, the director has encountered enough professional hardship to be serene about this latest holdup. Whatever the case, Gilliam opened up about the reasons for the “Don Quixote” delay, the difficulty of making films these days, and how he’s rewritten a great deal of the script.
MTV: So…”Don Quixote.” Where are you at right now? I have my fingers crossed that you’re still moving forward.
Terry Gilliam: We moved forward and then we stepped back a bit. Originally, I thought we were going to be in pre-production right now, but there’s been a little hiccup. And me doing this thing with Arcade Fire is a result of this hiccup with “Don Quixote.” Robert Duvall is still Quixote and Ewan McGregor is still involved — all that stuff is still happening. There’s just been a financial hiccup.
MTV: You were so close this time. After all the craziness surrounding the project, to be so close and hit that hiccup, is it just incredibly frustrating or business as usual?
Gilliam: It’s business as usual. That’s the problem. The sad thing is you get used to this, which is a kind of numbing experience. And to be numb is not the best thing to be creative. You gear yourself up for a certain level of work — and then boom: hiccup. Suddenly the energy had nowhere to go. That’s frustrating. So it was extraordinary to get the call from Arcade Fire. I have to thank them for liberating me from weeks of depression. I’ll get back on “Quixote” after I get back.
MTV: Is it really still going to happen?
Gilliam: I’ll get back to it, but at the moment out there, if you’re not spending a couple hundred million dollars in Hollywood, it’s pretty rough. It’s hard to predict anything. Everyone’s having these problems. I’m not different from anybody else.
Terry Gilliam’s New Take On The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
I couldn’t wait to share this great new article by Brendon Connelly with all of you. Brendon has been such a great supporter of our goals at the Support Site and it is my privilege to call him friend. He is one of the best, most knowledgeable film journalists out there and has been a fan and student of all things Gilliam for years. Take a moment to read the new article he has written about the Terry’s big changes to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote below:
Source: Bleeding Cool
By Brendon Connelly
If everything goes to plan, Terry Gilliam will commence production this September on his new, improved, second version of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It’s a full decade now since cameras first turned on the project, and as the tragicomic documentary Lost in La Mancha so painfully showed, quite quickly stopped turning again.
There’s quite a few differences this time: Robert Duvall is the new Quixote, Ewan McGregor is the new “Sancho Panza figure” Toby Grosini and – as a result of Johnny Depp no longer being involved, I’m sure – the budget has been tightened up a little. Perhaps the most dramatic change, however, is one to the very concept at the heart of the film.
Last time around, it went something like this: Advertising ‘creative’ Toby Grosini is in Spain shooting a Quixote-themed commercial. He’s introduced to a man who claims to be the real Don Quixote. A little later, in the midst of a little trauma, Grosini finds himself transported to Quixote’s Spain by a little gypsy magic – either in reality, or by his imagination. Or indeed, in reality by his imagination.
The first big change has already been reported: McGregor’s Grosini is to be a screenwriter of movies, not an ad man. Here’s the second, fundamental difference though: this time, there’s to be no scenes set in period Spain. All of the scenes with Quixote and Grosini as his Sancho Panza are to be set in the here-and-now. READ MORE HERE
Recorded Pictures Man Who Killed Don Quixote Webpage Updated
Recorded Picture has updated it’s Man Who Killed Don Quixote web page and synopsis of the film. Be sure to check it out HERE
EXCLUSIVE! Terry Gilliam Confirms Don Quixote Scouting Trip To Support Site
Today Terry Gilliam confirmed exclusively to The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Support Site that he spent last week in Spain scouting new locations for the film. Gilliam did not give a specific time frame for filming to begin, but did say that the film’s center of operations will be in Alicante/Valencia.
More Info On The Filming Of Gilliam’s Quixote Surfaces From Spain
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.
Terry Gilliam Scouts Don Quixote Locations In Valencia 3/11/10
Source: This Is Valencia
Terry Gilliam is in Valencia today to look for locations for his latest production ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’. He was accompanied to a Mascletà, the midday firework display of noise that takes place each day in the Plaza Ayuntamiento during Fallas, by members of the Valencia Film Office and was said to be very impressed. The movie, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, about a man who time travels between the present day and 17th century La Manchahas been beset with problems since its conception and has been the subject of a documentary ‘lost in La Mancha.
Terry Gilliam To Begin Filming Quixote In Spain This Autumn?
Source: Yahoo News Spain
According to the Spanish media, Terry Gilliam was in Spain about a month ago where he scouted locations and discussed financing for the film. It is being reported that Gilliam is targeting fall to begin filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
The original article states:
“El mes pasado, el director de “Brasil” estuvo en España, de donde quiere conseguir una parte importante de la financiación del filme, que espera comenzar a rodar el próximo otoño.”.
Which roughly translates to:
“The last month, the director of “Brazil” was in Spain, of where he wants to obtain an important part of the financing of films, which he hopes to begin to roll the next autumn.”