![]() ![]() In the dungeon, he is subjected to a mock trial, and the other prisoners confiscate many of Cervantes's belongings, but he seeks to save a mysterious manuscript. Squash the movie critic in you for a couple of hours and just enjoy the movie for it's wonderful message! PS: I've been waiting years for Man of La Mancha to come out on DVD. Miguel de Cervantes, an author and part-time actor, has been thrown into a dungeon with his manservant for openly lampooning the Spanish Inquisition. Frankly, I would much rather live in Quixote's "mad" version of the world than I would in the reality of this one. Don Quichot is een kind van Zuid-Europa, met een naar buiten gericht vizier, kleurrijk, expressief, ontvankelijk, een toegewijd idealist. De man van La Mancha (Man of La Mancha) is een van oorsprong Amerikaanse musical uit 1965, die is gebaseerd op de door Cervantes geschreven roman De. In many ways, today's world is every bit as "base and debauched" as it was during the Spanish Inquisition. Knight errantry, chivalry, compassion, and treating women with kindness and respect may be considered terribly out of sync with todays values, but when I read stories about a 16 year-old boy lured, by the promise of sex, to a savage beating death at the hands of his peers, I seriously question the soundness of those values. ![]() Book by Dale Wasserman Music by Mitch Leigh Lyrics by Joe Darion Suggested by the life and works of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra Music arranged by. Selden and Hal James A Presentation of ANTA-Goodspeed. Don Quixote was a madman, yes, but his "quest" is one we should all embrace. Watch or listen to a roundtable discussion with Man of La Mancha director Julianne Boyd and actors Jeff McCarthy (Cervantes/Don Quixote), Felicia Boswell (Aldonza/Dulcinea) and Tom Alan Robbins (Manservant/Sancho Panza). A dungeon in Seville, at the end of the 16th century and various places in the imagination of Miguel de Cervantes. The message is also there, and as fresh as it was when Cervantes wrote his famous book centuries ago. The emotions are there in this movie, and quite moving. The message of this story is infinitely more important than any perceived flaws in casting, makeup, music, singing, etc. ![]()
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