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Man of La Mancha

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Man of La Mancha
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PG,2hrs 10min
Genres:
Action,Musical
Release:
1972
Director:
Arthur Hiller
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco  ...more
Synopsis: Dale Wasserman's long-running Broadway smash comes to the screen in this musical based on Miguel de Cervantes' classic satire Don Quixote de la Mancha. Cervantes (Peter O'Toole) is arrested and put in prison by the soldiers of the Spanish Inquisition after staging a comic performance which mocked the Spanish government. Cervantes' fellow inmates are eager to divvy up his belongings, but the author is desperate to save a manuscript of his latest work; in order to win the prisoners over, he stages, ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
Adapting a literary masterpiece for film is a formidable challenge for directors and producers. But what if the classic work is a 17th century Spanish novel, Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha, being adapted for a modern English-speaking audience? And what if the filmmakers are adapting their script from a Broadway musical, Dale Wasserman's Man of La Mancha, loosely based on the original ... Full Review
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Peter O'Toole
Cervantes-Don Quixote-Quijana
Sophia Loren
Dulcinea/Aldoseza
James Coco
Sancho Panza
Harry Andrews
Governor-Innkeeper
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