Don Quixote (2000 film)

Don Quixote
Based onDon Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Screenplay byJohn Mortimer
Directed byPeter Yates
StarringJohn Lithgow
Bob Hoskins
Isabella Rossellini
Lambert Wilson
Music byRichard Hartley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersDyson Lovell
Robert Halmi Sr.
CinematographyDavid Connell
Running time138 minutes[1]
Budget$15 million[2]
Original release
NetworkTNT
ReleaseApril 9, 2000 (2000-04-09)
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Don Quixote is a 2000 television film made by Hallmark Entertainment and distributed by TNT. It was directed by Peter Yates, and the teleplay, by John Mortimer, was adapted from Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote. The film was shown in three parts in Europe but in one installment in the U.S.[citation needed]

The film was produced by Dyson Lovell, with Robert Halmi Sr. and John Lithgow as executive producers and cinematography by David Connell. The original music is by Richard Hartley. The film stars Lithgow as Don Quixote de La Mancha (Quixote's real name is Alonso Quijano), and Bob Hoskins as Sancho Panza, and features Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Lambert Wilson, Amelia Warner, Tony Haygarth, Peter Eyre, Lilo Baur, James Purefoy, and Trevor Peacock.

  1. ^ Don Quixote (PAL DVD - Region 2, Japan, Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East, including Egypt) (in English and German). Amazon. 2000. ASIN B00DRHTYCI.
  2. ^ 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.

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