Don Quixote (1934)

[seansotheman]

I laughed out loud when Don got spanked by a windmill.

[lithaine]

are there any movies out about Don Quixote? more modern ones i mean, not cartoons.

[sillie4cats]

Not yet, but they're actually in the process of getting one together. Last I heard, Johnny Depp is supposed to be in it, along with Orson Welles, but they're waiting on Johnny Depp's schedule to open up so they can continue filming (they starting previously) that's all i know about it, but you might wanna check out the video "Lost in La Mancha", a documentary about why production was cut short

[ProductionsCaBoom]

our highly cappeable reading class is watching one right now. search don quixote movie trailor or something, and see what you get.

[InsertName125]

Maybe the production was cut short because Orson Welles died in 1985.

[seansotheman]

Orson Welles died about 25 years ago, in 1985; I don't expect he will be appearing in any movies anytime soon.

[riskyshotz]

I'm curious, how is Orson Welles going to be in this movie, being dead for 24 years and all?

[squishington1]

There are some Spanish films. One of them includes the Mexican actor "Cantinflas".

(And I like that man, ¿but why is a Mexican interpretating an Spaniard?)

Sorry for the English.

[azukita18]

@squishington1

Cantinflas' version was not intended to be a legitimate version of Don Quixote. It was more like 'spoof' of the whole thing.

[winggoddess]

Man of La Mancha (a musical) and Orson Welles' Don Quixote (worse in my opinion).

[seansotheman]

There is a musical. If I'm not mistaken, it stars Peter O'Toole.

[Ponchodelamancha]

There's a great one with John Lithgow and Bob Hoskins. Next to impossible to find on DVD, but you can find it to download. Look it up on IMDB.

[TheCanadianPrairies]

A good cartoon of my favorite novel!

[erracht]

Thanks a lot. It's a nice piece, when I was in high school, it was sometimes played in the morning (in honor of a recently retired vice-principal who had liked classical music, as one of a number of pieces, in order to remind students that they had a minute to get to class). I remember it having a soothing effect on me.

[luudnoma]

Yes, it's funny... Classic music has a power that influences our emotions, more than another kind of music.

[erracht]

Say, Luudnoma, do you know what piece the music from 0:49 to about 1:05 is from? I've been curious about this for about 12 years.

[luudnoma]

yes, friend Erracht. Is the famous "Leichte Kavallerie" by Franz von Suppé. I think Carl Stalling was an enthusiastic admirer from Von Suppé's music. You can hear "Leichte Kavallerie Overture"opening several Comicolor cartoons

[luudnoma]

i find the Rossini's Wiliam Tell(composed in1829)Overture piece (3:31 to 4:40),very similar to Von Suppé's Poet and Peasant(composed in 1846)Overture piece (1:26 to 2:53).An influence of Rossini on Von Suppé's music ? Both my favorites operas.

[luudnoma]

yes, friend Erracht. Is the famous "Leichte Kavallerie" by Franz von Suppé. I think Carl Stalling was an enthusiastic admirer from Von Suppé's music. You can hear "Leichte Kavallerie Overture" opening several Comicolor cartoons.