Lost in La Mancha  Lost in La Mancha is a 2002 documentary film about the making of Terry Gilliam's first attempt at "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote". His effort was a film adaptation of the 1605/1615 novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes. The documentary was shot in 2000 during Gilliam's first attempt to make the film, as an intended work of the genre known as the "making-of". But Gilliam's failure to complete his movie resulted in the documentary filmmakers retitling their work as "Lost in la Mancha" and releasing it independently. Written and directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, "Lost in La Mancha" presents Gilliam's effort to make "Don Quixote" as a parallel to Quixote's quest to become a hero. It co-stars Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort, and Vanessa Paradis, who were cast as stars for "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote". It is narrated by Jeff Bridges. Gilliam ultimately succeeded in making "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote", which was released in 2018. Fulton and Pepe have made a follow-up documentary, titled "He Dreams of Giants", which covers Gilliam's entire scope of work on the Quixote project. Finding the source material written by Miguel de Cervantes too vast, Gilliam and his co-writer decided to create their own version of the Quixote story. They made a major change inspired by Mark Twain's 1889 novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". They planned to have the character of Sancho Panza appear only early in the film. He was to be replaced by character Toby Grisoni, a 21st-century marketing executive thrown back through time, whom Don Quixote mistakes for Panza. Gilliam was excited about the movie, as he felt that the story of Don Quixote embodies many of his own themes (such as the individual versus society, the concept of sanity, etc.). He intended to film it entirely in Spain and other nations in Europe. Jean Rochefort was cast to play Don Quixote, in preparation for which he spent seven months learning English. Toby was to be played by Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis would have been his love interest. Fulton and Pepe had previously filmed a making-of documentary about Giliam's earlier film "12 Monkeys". "Lost in La Mancha" explores how the film's production issues soon overran schedule and budget.