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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 5/17/2009
Cannes 2009: As Terry Gilliam goes, so does the festival | Company Town | Los Angeles Times
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Not that long ago, American distributors went to film festivals -- Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Telluride -- looking for reasons to buy a movie. These days, as the business has grown much tougher with higher-than-ever profit expectations, they almost seem more interested in finding reasons not to ...
variety.com - 5/14/2009
Gilliam gives 'Quixote' another try - Entertainment News, Cannes News, Media
— variety.com — Director revives passion project Terry Gilliam is getting lost in La Mancha all over again. The director... is reviving his passion project "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" nearly a decade after his first attempt was derailed. Gilliam's first stab at ... (more) Gilliam gives 'Quixote' another try - Entertainment ...

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hollywoodreporter.com - 5/22/2009
Film Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
— hollywoodreporter.com — More Cannes reviews CANNES -- The first big question about Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"... involves how the filmmaker managed to complete the film when his star Heath Ledger died in the middle of shooting. The answer is with ... (more) Film Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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guardian.co.uk - 5/22/2009
Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium may be for fans only
— guardian.co.uk — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, featuring Heath Ledger's poignant final bow, is just too madly self-indulgent Heath... Ledger takes a poignant final bow in Terry Gilliam's loopy, sweet-natured but madly self-indulgent fantasia The Imaginarium of ... (more) Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium may be for fans only

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Cannes Day Four: Mr. Hulot, Taking Woodstock
Thompson On Hollywood — ... The L.A. Times digs into why The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus hasn't sold, even with Heath Ledger starring in his last role. Buyers are waiting for the price to go down, for one thing. n the Cannes market, several buyers including Sony Pictures Classics were ...

'Cannes you put a price on your dreams?'
Film Experience Blog — ... LA Times Doctor Parnassus still waiting for buyer. The last film of Heath Ledger and a f***ing Terry Gilliam movie with major stars and they don't want it? I will always love the cinema as an artform but as a business it sometimes seems like a malevolent soul crushing destroyer ...

'Doctor Parnassus' Still Not Sold At Cannes, How Much Is It Worth?
:: The Playlist :: — ... Patrick Goldstein published an article about the film's potential value right before the festival started suggests that all the aforementioned elements of the film, Depp & Co., Ledger, were not good enough to entice buyers. At least not at the price Gilliam's producers were asking for. ...

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Early Cannes Buzz: 'Parnassus' Pretty To Look At But, "Soulless"? Gilliam Says He Won't Wait On Depp Forever For 'Don Quixote' — :: The Playlist ::
Anne Thompson again is making the rounds at Cannes , asking potential buyers what they thought of any films they may have seen early. Of Terry Gilliam 's " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ," she writes, "It's apparently quite gorgeous to look at, with some ardent fans, but one exec called ...