Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302048810
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 6302048818
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 14, 1999
Running Time: 132 minutes
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-02

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
It's hard to imagine a finer Don Quixote than Peter O'Toole, who's spent most of his career with a slightly mad, dreaming look in his marvelous eyes. O'Toole's suitability for the role is tested by the Broadway treatment of Man of La Mancha, the film version of the hit stage musical. Everybody knows "The Impossible Dream," that indomitable hymn to, well, quixotic questing, and it is indeed the best of the Spanish-inflected songs. Despite the location shooting in Italy, Love Story director Arthur Hiller can't elude the stagey concept (in which Cervantes, imprisoned by the Inquisition, acts out the tale of Don Quixote for his fellow prisoners). James Coco, as Sancho Panza, is overshadowed by the film's irresistible Dulcinea: Sophia Loren, at her mature peak. (Her singing, alas, is not as ripe as her beautiful self.) If you love Cervantes for his earthy ironies, this movie will seem a curious slice of inspirational shtick. --Robert Horton




Rating: - Just bad casting maybe?
The Hollywood star system fails badly here: after all it is a musical and Sophia Loren and Peter O'Toole just can't sing a note for all their acting ability.
I would also fault the costumers from making the staging less than it should be, so that the misery is intensified in a less than poetic way?
There is no doubt that the play will survive this bad performance,
but I think that it deserved more. I'm sure it has seen better stage production before and after.
Still some of ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent movie, very enjoyable.
I love the storyline, the acting, and all. It is a wonderful movie for people of all ages.

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Rating: - Man of La Mancha by Peter O'Toole
It was okay. I was expecting more action. I fell asleep on some parts of the movie.

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Rating: - A Classic...sort of...
A fine representation of the Broadway musical on film, but not a great film. It's no "Fiddler on the Roof". The sets are obviously on a sound stage, and the choreography is predictable, frequently "Mickey Mousing" the words.

But I think the thing that bothered me most is, since the film was produced in England, the characters (who are supposed to be Spanish) all pronounce the author's name "Sir-VAN-tees" (van like the thing you drive in), instead of even trying to say it with a Spanish ... Read More

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Rating: - As good today as so many years ago.
I really like being able to get just about anything on DVD. This classic is a good example. Now if they'd just put "No Highway in the Sky" on DVD I'd be a happy camper-but I'm on the wait list.

I highly recommend this DVD. It brings back poignant memories for me of a time in my life when I was dreaming an impossible dream but she said no. I never forgot the song or the lyrics since they seemed so appropos. Thanks Amazon for making this DVD easy to buy and easy to afford. Darn,don't ... Read More

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