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Posted 2 Years ago #1
Howard Hawks' dream project was to do a comic version of 'Don Quixote' with Cary Grant as the Don and Cantinflas as Sancho Panza. He justified turning the story into a comedy by pointing to the example of Chaplin, 'I think that Don Quixote's the basis really for the Chaplin character.'

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Posted 2 Years ago #2
Hawkes was a great admirer of Chaplin, but I'm not sure why he felt he had to turn _Don Q_ into a comedy. It's generally regarded as a comic masterpiece.

[I tried posting this before, but it seems to have disappeared. Apologies if it shows up twice.]

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