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A<strong> despite the enthusiasm for this adaptation of the famous novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, the project never materialized<\/strong>. Leone continued to contemplate it in his mind, but his career suffered a significant halt after the monumental film Once Upon a Time in America, which left him exhausted, both creatively and physically.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EL BUENO, EL MALO Y EL FEO (Trailer)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exJOy6uTkek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sergio Leone passed away in 1989 without having completed new film projects, which put an end to the dream of seeing Eastwood in the armor of Don Quixote. <strong>Years later, director Terry Gilliam tried to recapture the essence of the story with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote<\/strong>, a film that, despite the multiple problems in its production, did not achieve the expected impact at the box office.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode reminds us not only of the possibilities that two giants of the seventh art had to converge, <strong>but also of the challenges and obstacles that cinematic projects face which, although they may seem exciting, do not always come to fruition<\/strong>. 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