Don Quixote de La Mancha/Miguel de Cervantes/Alonso Quijana
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Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his 17th-century novel Don Quixote.
The film is based on the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha, which in turn is inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote. It stars Peter O'Toole as Cervantes and Quixote, Sophia Loren as Aldonza and Dulcinea, and James Coco as Sancho Panza.
Sep 8, 1973 · With Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews. The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.
71% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. In the volatile days of the Spanish Inquisition, the writer Miguel de Cervantes (Peter O'Toole) and his manservant (James Coco) make livings as tax collectors ...
In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an...
Roger Ebert criticizes the musical adaptation of Cervantes's story, starring Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren, as uninspired and dull. He argues that the film fails to capture the fantasy and the message of the original tale, and that O'Toole should not have been cast as a singer.
Don Quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Backed by his faithful sidekick Sancho Panza, he duels windmills and defends his perfect lady Dulcinea (who is actually a downtrodden whore named Aldonza). — Reid Gagle.
