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Don Quixote (1973 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Don Quixote' is a 1973 Australian ballet film starring Rudolph Nureyev and Robert Helpmann.
Cast
*Robert Helpmann as Don Quixote
*Ray Powell as Sancho Panza
*Rudolph Nureyev as Basilio
*Francis Croese as Lorenzo
*Lucette Aldous as Kitri/Dulcinea
*Colin Peasley as Gamache
*Marilyn Rowe as street dancer/queen of the Dryads
*Kelvin Coe as Espada
*Gailene Stock
*Carolyn Rappel
*Ronald Bekker
*John Meehan
*Rex McNeill
*Rodney Smith
*Joseph Janusaitis
*Frederic Werner
*Alan Alder
*Paul Saliba
*Ronald Bekker as gypsy king
*Susan Dains as gypsy queen
*Julie da Costa as gypsy girls
*Leigh Rowley as gypsy girls
*Patricia Cox as Cupid
*Janet Vernon
*Gary Norman
Production
The ballet had been added to the repertoire of the Australian Ballet in 1970 and was one of Nureyev's most popular parts.[http://www.nureyev.org/rudolf-nureyev-main-roles-ballets/don-quixote-petipa-rudolf-nureyev 'Don Quoxote' at Nureyev Foundation] accessed 27 Sept 2012 Finance to film it was raised mostly in the US with most of the crew coming from Australia but a British cinematographer was used. It was shot over four weeks starting 13 November 1972 in a converted airport hangar in Essendon. They used a soundtrack which had been pre-recorded a month earlier.
Release
The film was screened around the world and was well received. However it dropped out of circulation for 25 years and has only recently been revived.[http://www.abc.net.au/abccontentsales/s1166749.htm 'Don Quixote' at ABC]
References
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