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  • 2003
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Lost In La Mancha may be the first 'un-making of' documentary; the story of a film that does not exist. Instead of a sanitized glimpse behind the scenes, this film offers a unique, in-depth look at the harsher realities of filmmaking. With drama that ranges from personal conflicts to epic storms, this is a record of a film disintegrating...

Directed By: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Written By: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

  • 2003
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Lost in La Mancha

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Lost In La Mancha may be the first 'un-making of' documentary; the story of a film that does not exist. Instead of a sanitized glimpse behind the scenes, this film offers a unique, in-depth look at the harsher realities of filmmaking. With drama that ranges from personal conflicts to epic storms, this is a record of a film disintegrating...

Directed By: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

Written By: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
32 Reviews
6% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
75
89% Positive
32 Reviews
6% Mixed
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100
It’s a documentary that should be shown in all film schools.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
90
A mesmerizing documentary.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
After watching the fascinating and compelling new documentary Lost in La Mancha, you may forever wonder how it is that movies are made at all.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
80
At once bitterly funny and devastating, Lost In La Mancha sides with Gilliam in form and spirit, piecing together the train wreck with snaky humor and interludes that cleverly mimic his Monty Python collage animations.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
75
Fulton and Pepe have created an extraordinary document. Hilarious and heartbreaking.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
67
Privy to virtually all phases of the debacle, the filmmakers have created the behind-the-camera equivalent of a slo-mo crash test.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
20
So this is not, as vaunted, a documentary about a film destroyed by temperaments and tizzies. It is the account of a medical catastrophe that could have spoiled the opening of a supermarket.
By Stanley Kauffmann FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Quixote Films, Low Key Productions, Eastcroft Productions
Release Date Jan 31, 2003
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline They've got a story...but have lost the plot.
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Awards

Satellite Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination

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