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| Director: Peter Yates
Actors: John Lithgow, Bob Hoskins, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Lambert Wilson
Studio: Turner Home Ent
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 6320
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0780630920
UPC: 053939832136
EAN: 9780780630925
ASIN: B0000541V7
Theatrical Release Date: April 9, 2000
Release Date: February 6, 2001
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 16
 One of the greatest movies that really stick to the book! July 25, 2004
D. Wang
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS GREAT! This movie is one of the few movies that actually stick to the book, with only a few minor changes! The movie is about Alonso Quixada, an old gentleman who loves reading about chivalry. The books of chivalry change his mind, so he escapes from his home to become a knight-errant, despite his niece and housekeeper's pleas to keep him at home. Alonso, who has renamed hisself Don Quixote de la Mancha, takes Sancho Panza, his neighbor, as a squire. Together, Don Quixote on his horse and Sancho Panza jauntily riding on his donkey, encounter many adventures. For example, once, Don Quixote mistakes windmills to be giants. When he rushes towards the "giant" and is about to strike "the giant," despite Sancho's saying that it is just a windmill, his breath is knocked out of him. When he sees that the giant is really a windmill, he blames and curses the "great magician 'Malfatto'" who is really made up in his mind. While this is happening, Quixote's friends, the curate and the barber, his niece, and his housekeeper seek for ways to make Quixote realize his foolishness. The curate enlists the help of his nephew, Sampson Currasco, to help him cure Don Quixote of his foolishness. Sampson sets out to find Don Quixote and bring him back to his senses. The first time, he pretends to be a knight and tries to win a joust with him. However, Sampson loses. After Don Quixote wins, he sets out for the palace of the Duke and Duchess. There, he is entertained by them. However, he is merely a joke to them. The Duke and Duchess play many jokes on them. One day, the "knight of the mirrors," Sampson Currasco, demands to have a joust with Don Quixote. The terms are that if Quixote loses, he will have to return to his hometown and have no more adventures. However, if Quixote wins, the "knight of the mirrors's" fate is in his hands. This time, Sampson wins, and Don Quixote returns to his hometown. There, he lives until he dies peacefully.
The casting of this movie was great. All the actors protrayed the characters very well. John Lithgow was very able in protraying Don Quixote, and so was Bob Hoskins as the potbellied Sancho Panza. I must say that Amelia Warner as Don Quixote's niece was my favorite character. Amelia's beauty and heartfelt acting really made a spark to her character.
All in all, I give this movie a 10+. This movie is really one of the best, and I liked the fact that it sticked to the book really well. Enjoy the movie!
an amazing tale without gunfight December 26, 2004
C. Krolyn (Hungary)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have just seen this movie and it was absolutly brilliant. The scenery, the actors the story which is pretty similar to the original Servantes book. John Lithgow is fabulous as the don, sometimes funny, sometimes very serious and sometimas extremely shy. You cannot help but listen to him and you belive him more than the family who tell that the don has only dreams. When the prince and his wife (the beautiful - just like her mother - Isabella) make fun of him, you can really hate them and want to help Quijote and Pansa. John Lithgow has played not just with his body but with his eyes too. His eyes. At the end he has pratically no lines he just look at us and it is perfect. It was a beautiful story with a talented, real actors. Don't miss is if you like films that touch you heart and soul. I give 5+1 stars.
Fantastic! February 27, 2001
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I loved the novel, and rented this video for myself. It was wonderful. I was surprised when my husband and children loved it as much as I did. We bought this movie and so far have watched it together at least once a week. The acting was perfect, it could not have been better!
 Fun, but... December 15, 2004
Laura
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Although I found this film to be light and enjoyable, I would have to disagree with anyone who claims that it is "quite true to the book." True, it follows an outline of the most basic plot, but do not buy into the idea that seeing this movie is anything like reading Cervantes' original work. A lot is left out, both in the extensive storyline and in the complexity of the characters. It is also set in a time period approximately two hundred years after the original book was written.
That said, this is still a delightful movie in its own right. I beg you, however, not to believe that this is an accurate representation of the novel.
Super movie May 2, 2001
D. Milburn (Farmington, KY USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ok so the book is better and a lot longer, but this is one rare care where the movie was as good as the book and John Lithgrow is prefect in this role. The filming is great and the setting are wonderful, the only thing I would change is to make in widescreen, but as for a made for TV movie they don't get much better. I would like to see this on DVD with all the extras, but for now the VHS will do. Well worth the money and well worth the time it thats to watch it, a great film for the entire family and those are hard to find. Both young and old well enjoy this film as it full of the adventures of the ever imagitive Quixote and his stead fast loyal and saine sidekick.
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