With peter otoole, sophia loren, james coco, harry andrews. It tells the story of the mad knight don quixote as a play within a play, performed by cervantes and. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the inquisition. Don quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Peter otoole, sophia loren, james coco, harry andrews en john castle. Theres been a lot of controversy about the movie and the soundtrack over the years but i still prefer this version of the music over the broadway shows. I think this is the way most people have experienced don quixote ive read some of the book, but despite the new translation i was using, the stilted nature of it still sometimes overpowered the comedy, which itself sometimes felt a little too much like mental illness is funny. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. The opening scene and scenes in the dungeon where everyone is waiting to be tortured to death and the ending are my favorites and so moving. The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman don. Peter otoole and sophia loren are no great singers. Arrested and thrown into a dungeon for having offended the spanish inquisition with his supposedly. The film is based off of the popular broadway musical of the same. This musical version of don quixote is framed by an incident.
The acting is excellent as is the direction and writing. Una pelicula dirigida por arthur hiller con peter otoole, sophia loren, ian richardson, james coco. That also required a singingacting lead and cabaret got it with liza minnelli. Oddly enough this was filmed in italy and not spain. The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman don quixote who, aided by his squire sancho panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman. I saw the play in 1969, and heard the soundtrack for the movie and thought it was horrible. Staring peter oh tool, gino conforti, marne maitland and john castle. This is about as much a musical as singin in the rain was a documentary.
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