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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1972 DVD Release: 05/11/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 9 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 14 Genres: Adventure, Musical, Musical Drama, Musical Comedy

Dale Wasserman's long-running Broadway smash comes to the screen in this musical based on Miguel de Cervantes' classic satire -Don Quixote de la Mancha. Cervantes (Peter O'Toole) is arrested and put in prison by the soldiers of the Spanish Inquisition after staging a comic performance which mocked the Spanish government. Cervantes' fellow inmates are eager to divvy up his belongings, but the author is desperate to save a manuscript of his latest work; in order to win the prisoners over, he stages, with their assistance, his latest comedy about the delusional knight Don Quixote (O'Toole). Don Quixote, with the help of his loyal manservant Sancho Panza (James Coco), is determined to battle evil, though he most often finds himself combating windmills. Don Quixote encounters the beautiful virgin Dulcinea -- personified by a jailed prostitute, Aldonza (Sophia Loren) -- and is certain he has found the love of his life. However, tragedy befalls Don Quixote when a band of savages rape Dulcinea as he sleeps, and he must decide where his greatest loyalty lies when his niece Antonia (Julie Gregg) arrives, asking Quixote to please return home to his family. In a move which was widely criticized at the time of the film's release, Peter O'Toole's singing voice was dubbed for most of his musical numbers, while Sophia Loren did all of her own vocal tracks. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Peter O'Toole - Cervantes-Don Quixote-Quijana
Sophia Loren - Dulcinea/Aldoseza
James Coco - Sancho Panza
Harry Andrews - Governor-Innkeeper
John Castle - Duke-Dr. Carrasco-Black Knight
Miriam Acevedo - Fermina
Rolando DeSantis - Muleteers
Connel Miles - Muleteer

Screen legends Peter O' Toole and Sophia Loren star in this lavish tale of an author (O'Toole) who is jailed for offending the church during the Spanish Inquisition and forced to act out his most famous manuscript in this MGM/UA release. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and featuring audio rendered in closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1, this release also offers an alternate Spanish Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack with optional English, Spanish, and French subtitles. Extra features include a photo montage with overture music and an original theatrical trailer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide