Don Quixote is a 1973 Australian ballet film starring Rudolph Nureyev and Robert Helpmann.[2]
Don Quixote | |
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Directed by | Rudolph Nureyev Robert Helpmann |
Written by | Rudolph Nureyev |
Based on | the ballet Don Quixote by Marius Petipa |
Produced by | John Hargreaves |
Starring | Robert Helpman Rudolph Nureyev |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Edited by | Anthony Buckley |
Music by | Ludwig Minkus |
Production companies | International Arts Australian International Finance Corporation The Australian Ballet Foundation |
Distributed by | Walter Reade Organisation |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $750,000[1] |
The ballet had been added to the repertoire of the Australian Ballet in 1970 and was one of Nureyev's most popular parts.[3] 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.[1]
The film was screened around the world and was well received.[1] However it dropped out of circulation for 25 years and has only recently been revived.[4]
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