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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0842139451953
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: Import, PAL
Label: Divisa Red
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Divisa Red
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Divisa Red
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Divisa Red
Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 2000
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Somewhere in the great wlsewhere there is a higher calling, a nobler ambition. Don Quixote is sure because he's read so in books about chivalry. But aged Quixote is not merely content to read. So he adorns himself in armor, takes up a makeshift lance and rides off to set the world right. Peter Yates directs from a script by John Mortimer and serves up a dreamy array of special effects both subtly and grandly scaled. Why would Quixote engage windmills in battle? Better yet, why not? To see the world through his eyes is to embrace life as the fullest adventure...
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Emmy Awards,
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I am so glad to have a version of Don Quixote that my English 12 students might enjoy. Last year all I could find was the cartoon version.
Rating: -
A really elite cast with Bob Hoskins as Sancha Panza - can't get any better than that unless Akim Tamiroff is still around - a charismatic performance by Lithgow with other great actors in the supporting roles and a very good director (Peter Yates) attached to the project. BUT - the special effects are really cheap and hurt the project bad. I mean really bad. The attack on the windmills was great but as he ventures on a magical horse ride and visits magical kingdoms....yikes!!
That aside, ... Read More
Rating:  -
The movie is reasonably made and it somewhat sticks to the original story. However, the casting of Vanessa Williams as Dulcinea is wrong. Dulcinea was a Spaniard from La Mancha in the city of El Toboso. 99.9% of Spaniards are white, mostly with dark hair but light to olive skin and fine facial features. Vanessa Williams is a mulata (a mix of white and african black). The Cervantes story originates in the 15th century (around the time of Christopher Columbus' Discovery). The mulatos did not come into ... Read More
Rating:  -
This film does an amazingly good job of balancing the humor (or should I write "humour"?) of the novel with the serious themes. The settings seem very authentic, and the English phrasing of the lines is impeccable. It takes a mature viewer to appreciate the film throughout, as just viewing it for entertainment value (instead of for reflection) will have you tiring of the theme at several spots. I think that if Cervantes were a film-maker, this is what he would have given us!
Rating:  -
This movie completely misses the mark. Notwithstanding the assurances of other reviewers, it does not adhere to Cervantes' story. The instances of deviation are far too numerous to mention in spite of the fact that I was unable to watch beyond the 32nd minute. (The speeding automobile in the background almost forced me to stop even sooner.) It is apparent that these reviewers have either not read the book or have forgotten the details.
To begin with, John Lithgow's performance is condescending ... Read More
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