Yates had not worked in television since the 1960s but was persuaded to try it by his friend John Frankenheimer. "He said I should do some TV, that it could be fun as long as you take the same care as you do with feature films--get good actors, do something that's going to be special. It was good advice."[2]
He discovered a friend of his, John Mortimer, had just written a script of Don Quixote and offered it to Yates to read. "I did, and I really liked it," said Yates. "When my agent established no director was attached, I went to see [producer] Robert Halmi and said I'd like to make 'Quixote'."[2] By coincidence, Yates had been attached in the 1970s to direct a film version of Don Quixote, based on a screenplay by Waldo Salt, which would have starred Richard Burton in the lead and Peter O'Toole as Sancho Panza; the film was never produced.[2]
Of all the Hallmark adaptations of classic novels which premiered on Turner Network Television, only Don Quixote is still unavailable on a U.S. DVD. The film was made in English and released on VHS shortly after it was telecast in the U.S. and a region 2 DVD (PAL) was released by Hallmark in 2002, there are also a dubbed-into-Spanish version distributed by Divisa Home Video (Spain), and a DVD available with English or Russian-dubbed voices, with subtitles in Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian.
^Don Quixote (PAL DVD - Region 2, Japan, Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East, including Egypt) (in English and German). Amazon. 2000. ASIN B00DRHTYCI.
^ abcdGritten, 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.
quixote, 2000, film, quixote, 2000, television, film, made, hallmark, entertainment, distributed, directed, peter, yates, teleplay, john, mortimer, adapted, from, miguel, cervantes, classic, novel, quixote, film, shown, three, parts, europe, installment, citat. 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 classic novel Don Quixote The film was shown in three parts in Europe but in one installment in the U S citation needed Don QuixoteWritten byMiguel de Cervantes novel John Mortimer screenplay Directed byPeter YatesStarringJohn LithgowBob HoskinsIsabella RosselliniLambert WilsonMusic byRichard HartleyCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducersDyson LovellRobert Halmi Sr CinematographyDavid ConnellRunning time138 minutes 1 Budget 15 million 2 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 Contents 1 Production 2 Home media 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External linksProduction editYates had not worked in television since the 1960s but was persuaded to try it by his friend John Frankenheimer He said I should do some TV that it could be fun as long as you take the same care as you do with feature films get good actors do something that s going to be special It was good advice 2 He discovered a friend of his John Mortimer had just written a script of Don Quixote and offered it to Yates to read I did and I really liked it said Yates When my agent established no director was attached I went to see producer Robert Halmi and said I d like to make Quixote 2 By coincidence Yates had been attached in the 1970s to direct a film version of Don Quixote based on a screenplay by Waldo Salt which would have starred Richard Burton in the lead and Peter O Toole as Sancho Panza the film was never produced 2 Home media editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Of all the Hallmark adaptations of classic novels which premiered on Turner Network Television only Don Quixote is still unavailable on a U S DVD The film was made in English and released on VHS shortly after it was telecast in the U S and a region 2 DVD PAL was released by Hallmark in 2002 there are also a dubbed into Spanish version distributed by Divisa Home Video Spain and a DVD available with English or Russian dubbed voices with subtitles in Estonian Latvian Lithuanian and Russian Awards and nominations editThe film was nominated for three Primetime Emmys 3 and John Lithgow was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award 4 References edit Don Quixote PAL DVD Region 2 Japan Europe South Africa and the Middle East including Egypt in English and German Amazon 2000 ASIN B00DRHTYCI a b c d 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 Emmys In the Middle Seattle Times July 21 2000 Nominees for 7th annual Actor Awards UPI January 30 2001 External links editDon Quixote at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to an American TV movie is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Quixote 2000 film amp oldid 1212451846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
