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This is a Brand New, factory sealed Blu Ray of the long awaited 2018 film THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Price. It's the original Blu Ray released by Screen Media and comes in its original case, still factory sealed.
Toby (Adam Driver), a cynical but supposedly genius film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote (Jonathan Price). In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth - a film that changed the hopes and dreams of a small Spanish village forever. Can Toby make amends and regain his humanity? Can Don Quixote survive his madness and imminent death? Or will love conquer all? Witty, goofy, and glorious, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” is Terry Gilliam's
best film in two decades. It's the kind of passionate, creative filmmaking that the director made
back in the ‘80s and ‘90s. After several films in which the mess
overwhelmed him, it’s wonderful to see Gilliam able to finally realize
the vision that eluded him for a quarter-century in such a complete and
satisfying way. “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” has been in production
for so long that Gilliam has gone from the young character of Toby in
his film to the man who believes he is Don Quixote himself, unwilling to
give up on his imaginative dreams. It is a film that only Terry Gilliam
could have made, and nothing was going to stop him from doing so. If you’re not familiar with one of the most remarkable stories of
development hell in the history of film, Gilliam started working on this
film in 1989, although he didn’t secure funding until 1998, and he
started actually filming not long after with Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp in the lead roles. What was intended as a making-of doc that you would
see as a DVD special feature turned into a fascinating behind-the-scenes
full-length film called "Lost in La Mancha," released in 2002. It
appeared then that “Don Quixote” was dead, but Gilliam kept trying to
get it off the ground in the ‘00s and ‘10s, with names like Ewan McGregor and John Hurt attached. Finally in 2017, Adam Driver helped secure financing, agreed to star, and "Brazil" star Jonathan Pryce reunited with Gilliam for the other leading role. It was finally going to happen.
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