3. Terry Gilliam’s Journey
- Started the first time in 1999
- Johnny Depp was originally cast as Don
Quixote
- Several injuries and recastings
- Announced Tuesday he will try again for the
seventh time
4. The Funky Aztecs
- Song called Don Quixote
- Rap group from the 90s, collaborated with
Tupac Shakur
- “An old man stuck in a fantasy, the fools
were to blame, they were taking his sanity”
5. Coldplay’s Don Quixote
- Debuted live in Buenos Aires, 2010
- Never put on a studio album
- “Written about the magic escape that the
band received when they went to Latin
America”
7. Nacho Libre
- Monastery cook who spends his day feeding
orphans and is constantly overlooked
- Believes only way to win back Sister
Encarnacion is to compete as a Luchador
wrestler
8. Dulcinea The Album
- By Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Album named after Don Quixote’s imaginary
lover
- Song called Windmills, “people spend much
of their lives chasing absurd and impossible
pursuits”
10. Disney’s Don Quixote
- Johnny Depp looking to produce it
- “Modern reimagining of Don Quixote”
- 21st century man travels to the 16th century
to fulfill his fantasy
