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Lost in La Mancha

2002Movie1 h 33 minR

79

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79

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Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

Good for

Friends night
Teens
Thought-provoking

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You need an uplifting mood

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Breaks your heart.
Weighs on you.
Feels like real life.
Makes you care deeply.
Pays off your patience.

Not for scares, warmth or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 85Audiences 76GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer94%
Metascore75
Audience score77%
User score7.7
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9693
Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2002
February 11, 2002
24 years ago
Genre
Documentary
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchSpanish
Made in
United Kingdom
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
Directing · 2
Louis Pepe Director, Writer
Keith Fulton Director, Writer
Production · 3
Rosa Bosch Producer
Andrew J. Curtis Producer
Lucy Darwin Producer
Editing · 1
Jacob Bricca Editor
Sound · 1
Miriam Cutler Original Music Composer
Art · 1
Benjamín Fernández Production Design

Tropes

Credits Gagin 737 titlesA "Coming soon" message was superimposed on the footage of the giants and put at the end of the documentary, maybe to twist the knife a bit further given how doomed the project seemed to be.Movie-Making MessRare · in 30 titlesThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote is one of the most infamous examples of Troubled Production for the sheer amount of bad luck and unpreparedness involved.All 8 tropes

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