"He Dreamed of Giants" is the third documentary from directing duo Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe.
Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe's early-aughts documentary "Lost in La Mancha" chronicled the time Terry Gilliam assembled a star-studded cast for "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," shot footage, and failed to complete the film. Yet the director had almost two decades of Sisyphean struggles ahead of him, which continued into this very week: Gilliam suffered a stroke shortly before learning that a Paris court — overriding objections from his former producer — had granted him the right to premiere the epic as the Cannes Film Festival's May 19 closer. As "Quixote" saga winds down, the documentarians have announced plans to expand their version of what happened.
Gilliam's film currently has distribution in France and China, but not the United States; a source knowledgable about the production told IndieWire that Amazon Studios — which contributed significant funding — backed out after the creative team was unable to deliver a finished product. "Star Wars" veteran Adam Driver stepped into the role that once belonged to Johnny Depp: a marketing executive who is transported back in time and accosted by a raving man (Jonathan Pryce) who calls himself Don Quixote.