‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ First Trailer: Terry Gilliam’s Fantastical Vision Is 20 Years in the Making

Just when you were losing hope that Terry Gilliam’s 20-year passion project “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” would never see the light of day, the first international trailer has debuted to prove once and for all the movie exists and is ready for a theatrical debut.

Gilliam started work on “Don Quixote” in 1998 and it arrives two decades later with Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in the lead roles.Pryce plays a delusional older man who is convinced he is the real Don Quixote.

After he confuses an advertising executive named Toby (Driver) for his squire, Sancho Panza, the two men set out on an unusual journey that slowly seduces Toby into Don Quixote’s illusionary world.

The trailer makes it clear this is one of Gilliam’s most wild and fantastical visions yet as he blends the 21st and 17th centuries.

Olga Kurylenko and Stellan Skarsgård co-star.

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