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"The Impossible Dream" - from the film Man of La Mancha
"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics by Joe Darion. It is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and is featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, and James Coco. (refer video below).
The song, which is awarded the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, is first sung by Don Quixote as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (Dulcinea)'s question about what he means by "following the quest." It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon as Miguel de Cervantes and his manservant mount the drawbridge-like prison staircase to face trial by the Spanish Inquisition.
Man of La Mancha (the film) is a 1972 adaptation of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The musical was suggested by the famous classic novel Don Quixote by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Wasserman's 1959 non-musical television play, I, Don Quixote, which combines a semi-fictional episode from the life of Cervantes with scenes from his novel. The film was produced and directed by Arthur Hiller. It star Peter O'Toole as both Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote, James Coco as both Cervantes' manservant and Don Quixote's "squire" Sancho Panza, and Sophia Loren as scullery maid and prostitute Aldonza, whom the delusional Don Quixote idolizes as Dulcinea.
The Plot: Cervantes and his manservant have been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, and a manuscript a manuscript by Cervantes is seized by his fellow inmates, who subject him to a mock trial to determine whether the manuscript should be returned. Cervantes' defense is in the form of a play, in which Cervantes takes the role of Alonso Quijano, an old gentleman who has lost his mind and now believes that he should go on as a knight-errant. Quijano renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and sets out to find adventures with his "squire," Sancho Panza.
Video Credit:
The Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha. Youtube, uploaded by nibelungenstar. Accessed December 11, 2008.
Resources:
The Impossible Dream (The Quest). en.wikipedia.org
Man of La Mancha (Film). en.wikipedia.org
(c) 2007-2017. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
"The Impossible Dream" - from the film Man of La Mancha
"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics by Joe Darion. It is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and is featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, and James Coco. (refer video below). The song, which is awarded the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, is first sung by Don Quixote as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (Dulcinea)'s question about what he means by "following the quest." It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon as Miguel de Cervantes and his manservant mount the drawbridge-like prison staircase to face trial by the Spanish Inquisition.
Man of La Mancha (the film) is a 1972 adaptation of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The musical was suggested by the famous classic novel Don Quixote by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Wasserman's 1959 non-musical television play, I, Don Quixote, which combines a semi-fictional episode from the life of Cervantes with scenes from his novel. The film was produced and directed by Arthur Hiller. It star Peter O'Toole as both Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote, James Coco as both Cervantes' manservant and Don Quixote's "squire" Sancho Panza, and Sophia Loren as scullery maid and prostitute Aldonza, whom the delusional Don Quixote idolizes as Dulcinea.
The Plot: Cervantes and his manservant have been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition, and a manuscript a manuscript by Cervantes is seized by his fellow inmates, who subject him to a mock trial to determine whether the manuscript should be returned. Cervantes' defense is in the form of a play, in which Cervantes takes the role of Alonso Quijano, an old gentleman who has lost his mind and now believes that he should go on as a knight-errant. Quijano renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and sets out to find adventures with his "squire," Sancho Panza.
Video Credit:
The Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha. Youtube, uploaded by nibelungenstar. Accessed December 11, 2008.
Resources:
The Impossible Dream (The Quest). en.wikipedia.org
Man of La Mancha (Film). en.wikipedia.org
(c) 2007-2017. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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