Don Quixote (2000 film)
Don Quixote | |
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Robert Halmi Sr. | |
Cinematography | David Connell |
Running time | 138 minutes[1] |
Budget | $15 million[2] |
Don Quixote is a 2000 television film made by
The film was produced by
Production
Yates had not worked in television since the 1960s but was persuaded to try it by his friend John Frankenheimer. "He said I should do some TV, that it could be fun as long as you take the same care as you do with feature films--get good actors, do something that's going to be special. It was good advice."[2]
He discovered a friend of his, John Mortimer, had just written a script of Don Quixote and offered it to Yates to read. "I did, and I really liked it," said Yates. "When my agent established no director was attached, I went to see [producer] Robert Halmi and said I'd like to make 'Quixote'."[2] By coincidence, Yates had been attached in the 1970s to direct a film version of Don Quixote, based on a screenplay by Waldo Salt, which would have starred Richard Burton in the lead and Peter O'Toole as Sancho Panza; the film was never produced.[2]
Home media
Of all the Hallmark adaptations of classic novels which premiered on
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for three
References
- ASIN B00DRHTYCI.
- ^ a b c d Gritten, David (2 Apr 2000). "TELEVISION; Taking a Classic Turn; With TNT's movie of 'Don Quixote,' Peter Yates joins a list of feature film directors who say that the small screen allows them to present a bigger vision". Los Angeles Times.
- Seattle Times. July 21, 2000.
- ^ "Nominees for 7th annual Actor Awards". UPI. January 30, 2001.
External links
- Don Quixote at IMDb