Legendary Spanish-born international film and music icon has died Sara Montiel, also known as either Sarita Montiel or, at times, Saritisima, was one of the Spanish-speaking world's biggest stars. She died on Monday, April 8, apparently of "natural causes" at her house in Madrid's district of Salamanca. She was 85 years old. Earlier today, a cortege driving through the streets of Madrid was attended (and applauded) by thousands of mourning fans. Montiel was born on March 10, 1928; according to online sources, her birth name was María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isadora Abad Fernández; her father was a small farmer and her mother was beauty products salesperson. She left behind her poverty-stricken childhood, spending her days in the streets of her small village while dreaming of Spanish film star Imperio Argentina, after moving to Madrid in her mid-teens. Diction and singing lessons followed. Eventually, she started appearing in films, landing two roles in 1944 releases:...
- 4/10/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
It seems like Johnny Depp's story with the legendary literary character, “Don Quijote de la Mancha,” has not come to an end.
After becoming part of filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s frustrated project recreating the adventures of Don Quixote in "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" back in 2000, the actor is now planning to use his own Infinitum Nihil production company to produce a modern version of the iconic classic.
But he's not doing it alone. According to Entertainment Weekly, Disney has closed a deal with the actor and will help showcase Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes’ famed tale. Reportedly, the film will be written by Jeff Morris and Steve Pink, who worked together on the set of the upcoming "True Memoirs Of An International Assassin."
A couple of years ago, the actor had been a part of Gilliam’s project interpreting the farmer-turned-squire Sancho Panza. However, after facing several technical and financial problems,...
After becoming part of filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s frustrated project recreating the adventures of Don Quixote in "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" back in 2000, the actor is now planning to use his own Infinitum Nihil production company to produce a modern version of the iconic classic.
But he's not doing it alone. According to Entertainment Weekly, Disney has closed a deal with the actor and will help showcase Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes’ famed tale. Reportedly, the film will be written by Jeff Morris and Steve Pink, who worked together on the set of the upcoming "True Memoirs Of An International Assassin."
A couple of years ago, the actor had been a part of Gilliam’s project interpreting the farmer-turned-squire Sancho Panza. However, after facing several technical and financial problems,...
- 12/7/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Dallas' Vistas Latino Film Festival is celebrating its eleventh annual appearance with a great line up of Latin American films and visits from several of the minds and faces behind them. Vistas runs from October 28th through the 31st and showcases some of the best recent Latino film of recent years. The Mexican omnibus film, Revolucion opens the festival on October 28th at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station. This is Revolucion's Us debut and stars Jaime Camil, Blanca Soto, Alejandra Barros, Liz Gallardo, Adal Ramones, Alejandra Ambrosi, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Jeannine Derbez, Gustavo Sanchez-Parra, Humberto Busto, Erik del Castillo, and Maria Soleno will be in attendance, it should be a fun night! Twitch readers will probably recognize Seres: Genesis among the films being screened this year. The film opened a couple of weeks ago in Mexico and is getting good notices, this could be a new landmark in Latin American Sci-fi,...
- 10/9/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Terry Gilliam while doing the press tour for his upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and revealed that he’d found the right man to play Don Quijote de la Mancha in his long gestating, often delayed fantasy film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Gilliam has long tried to get this story off the ground in the Lost in La Mancha documentary we see his first attempt to capture it all on film with Johnny Depp, an attempt that failed.
Today, while attending the Crazy Heart press junket,Collider discovered who the mystery actor is. And it’s none other than the iconic Robert Duvall. You can visit Collider for more on the story.
Terry Gilliam doesn’t have a set start date for this second pass at what could be a quite legendary film. I wasn’t excited about Doctor Parnassus until the other day when I watch...
Today, while attending the Crazy Heart press junket,Collider discovered who the mystery actor is. And it’s none other than the iconic Robert Duvall. You can visit Collider for more on the story.
Terry Gilliam doesn’t have a set start date for this second pass at what could be a quite legendary film. I wasn’t excited about Doctor Parnassus until the other day when I watch...
- 12/3/2009
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
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