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Terry Gilliam film shoot investigated by Portuguese government
Friday June 02nd 2017Officials in Portugal have ordered an investigation into claims that one of the country’s most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of a film by director and former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam.
The General Directorate for Cultural Heritage said Monday it is looking into a report by public broadcaster RTP that alleged the recent location shoot for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote left behind chipped masonry, broken roof tiles and uprooted trees at the 12th-century Convent of Christ in Tomar, in central Portugal. RTP broadcast its investigation, based on claims by current and former staffers at the convent, on Friday night.
The convent was a stronghold of the Knights Templar and is classified as a world heritage site by the United Nations.
Gilliam, in a post on his Facebook page, said the allegations were “ignorant nonsense.” He said the convent is “one of the most glorious buildings I have ever seen.”
“Everything we did there was to protect the building from harm . . . and we succeeded. Trees were not cut down, stones were not broken,” Gilliam wrote.
Ukbar Filmes, the Portuguese production company used at the location shooting, acknowledged there was some damage, which it said was catalogued by the convent officials who monitored the filming.
The damage included six modern roof tiles and four small chips in masonry, which will be restored, Ukbar Filmes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.
The company said the trees were planted during the making of another film and that convent officials consented to their removal at the end of the shoot.
Gilliam’s attempts to create this particular film, despite one setback after another, go back decades. An earlier shoot in 2000, which would have involved Johnny Depp, was undone by a series of tragedies including a flash flood on set and a herniated disc suffered by intended star Jean Rochefort. That doomed effort is documented in the 2002 film Lost in La Mancha.
Source: Toronto Star
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Terry Gilliam film shoot investigated by Portuguese government
Friday June 02nd 2017Officials in Portugal have ordered an investigation into claims that one of the country’s most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of a film by director and former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam.
The General Directorate for Cultural Heritage said Monday it is looking into a report by public broadcaster RTP that alleged the recent location shoot for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote left behind chipped masonry, broken roof tiles and uprooted trees at the 12th-century Convent of Christ in Tomar, in central Portugal. RTP broadcast its investigation, based on claims by current and former staffers at the convent, on Friday night.
The convent was a stronghold of the Knights Templar and is classified as a world heritage site by the United Nations.
Gilliam, in a post on his Facebook page, said the allegations were “ignorant nonsense.” He said the convent is “one of the most glorious buildings I have ever seen.”
“Everything we did there was to protect the building from harm . . . and we succeeded. Trees were not cut down, stones were not broken,” Gilliam wrote.
Ukbar Filmes, the Portuguese production company used at the location shooting, acknowledged there was some damage, which it said was catalogued by the convent officials who monitored the filming.
The damage included six modern roof tiles and four small chips in masonry, which will be restored, Ukbar Filmes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.
The company said the trees were planted during the making of another film and that convent officials consented to their removal at the end of the shoot.
Gilliam’s attempts to create this particular film, despite one setback after another, go back decades. An earlier shoot in 2000, which would have involved Johnny Depp, was undone by a series of tragedies including a flash flood on set and a herniated disc suffered by intended star Jean Rochefort. That doomed effort is documented in the 2002 film Lost in La Mancha.
Source: Toronto Star
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Front Page, Headline, Industry News
Terry Gilliam film shoot investigated by Portuguese government
Friday June 02nd 2017Officials in Portugal have ordered an investigation into claims that one of the country’s most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of a film by director and former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam.
The General Directorate for Cultural Heritage said Monday it is looking into a report by public broadcaster RTP that alleged the recent location shoot for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote left behind chipped masonry, broken roof tiles and uprooted trees at the 12th-century Convent of Christ in Tomar, in central Portugal. RTP broadcast its investigation, based on claims by current and former staffers at the convent, on Friday night.
The convent was a stronghold of the Knights Templar and is classified as a world heritage site by the United Nations.
Gilliam, in a post on his Facebook page, said the allegations were “ignorant nonsense.” He said the convent is “one of the most glorious buildings I have ever seen.”
“Everything we did there was to protect the building from harm . . . and we succeeded. Trees were not cut down, stones were not broken,” Gilliam wrote.
Ukbar Filmes, the Portuguese production company used at the location shooting, acknowledged there was some damage, which it said was catalogued by the convent officials who monitored the filming.
The damage included six modern roof tiles and four small chips in masonry, which will be restored, Ukbar Filmes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.
The company said the trees were planted during the making of another film and that convent officials consented to their removal at the end of the shoot.
Gilliam’s attempts to create this particular film, despite one setback after another, go back decades. An earlier shoot in 2000, which would have involved Johnny Depp, was undone by a series of tragedies including a flash flood on set and a herniated disc suffered by intended star Jean Rochefort. That doomed effort is documented in the 2002 film Lost in La Mancha.
Source: Toronto Star
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