He Dreams of Giants

2019

1 hr. 24 min.

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From the team behind Lost in La Mancha, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is the culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a twenty-five-year period. Charting Gilliam's final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a potent study of creative Obsession. Combining immersive verité footage of Gilliam's production with intimate interviews and archival footage from the director's entire career, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is a revealing character study of a late-career artist, and a meditation on the value of creativity in the face of mortality.

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Keith Fulton

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Louis Pepe

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Terry Gilliam

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Jonathan Pryce

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Adam Driver

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Lucy Darwin

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

An entertaining look at Gilliam's damned-fool idealistic crusade, and an interesting portrait of a filmmaker whose eyes are way bigger than his budget.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2021

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

A very honest, very frank and rather celebratory portrait of an artist being determined against all the odds...

Mar 30, 2021

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

There's a sweetly maudlin, eulogistic quality about the film, which reflects on Gilliam's early career with the Pythons and subsequent battles with studio bean counters, as well as his reputation as a purveyor of flops.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 29, 2021

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

A respectable companion piece to "Lost In LaMancha" and a straightforward 'making of' documentary about "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." A must-see for Terry Gilliam fans.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 13, 2022

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

An interesting but not outstanding documentary about [the filmmaking of] The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He Dreams of Giants directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe previously did another documentary--2002's Lost in La Mancha--that covered the same topic.

Aug 11, 2022

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

It would be nice if this generally laudatory, understated and reflective film served as Gilliam’s victory lap. It captures his dogged persistence and his artist's eye.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 6, 2022

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Synopsis

From the team behind Lost in La Mancha, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is the culmination of a trilogy of documentaries that have followed film director Terry Gilliam over a twenty-five-year period. Charting Gilliam's final, beleaguered quest to adapt Don Quixote, this documentary is a potent study of creative Obsession. Combining immersive verité footage of Gilliam's production with intimate interviews and archival footage from the director's entire career, HE DREAMS OF GIANTS is a revealing character study of a late-career artist, and a meditation on the value of creativity in the face of mortality.

Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Executive Producer: Hani Farsi, Ali Fikree, Omar Fikree, Ari Ioannides
Production Co: Quixote Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 9, 2022

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