To dream, the impossible dream...
I liked the film and most of the music.
I like that line by Sancho “Yes, I hit her back, your grace; but she is much harder than I am. And you know what they say, whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it’s going to bad for the pitcher.”
I saw a stage production about 30 years ago with Raul Julia as Don Quiote. It was great.
Little known fact: Man of LaMancha is a one-act play.
So very true.Required reading traditional H.S. curriculum (when Latin was required as well-which served for a lifetime in aiding English language spelling and learning other Romance languages. Made much easier).
One has to know the Don Quixote classic, in order to understand other major literary creations.
And in film there is a satirical movie (Graham Greene- no fan of the faith fairly certain) titled: “Monsignor Quixote”. put on by BBC (who else but anti-Catholic). Starring Alec Guinness small town Spanish priest elevated to Monsignor by chance helping of a stranded Papal legate (Ian Richardson), the Marxist defeated mayor of El Toboso in La Mancha who tours post Franco Spain with the elevated priest as his “Sancho” in their little auto “Rocinante”.
The dialogue in the film on Catholicism vs. Communism is extremely sharp and well done—requires knowledge and focus to keep up with the sharp differences. Not a light play— the ending is incredibly emotional.
Would recommend it— the good days of BBC’s “Great Performances”. Free on youtub iirc.
Don Quixote. I have read it twice. Well worth a read but lo-o-ng. Cervantes must have gotten paid by the word.
I remember a lot about the musical Man of La Mancha. Several TV plots were written about it.
A made-for-TV movie with Rex Harrison in which I can find no listing of, yet I still remember it.
BONANZA in which a crazy man thinks he is a knight.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL in which a crazy man thinks he is a knight.
Wasn’t there a cartoon made?
One of the worst movies of all time. Love the musical but the movie was hideous.