I should identify that I've never read Miguel Cervantes's novel about the man from La Mancha who fancies himself a knight-errant. But even so, Peter Yates's adaptation of "Don Quixote" is still a pleasant romp. John Lithgow plays the title character in pursuit of adventure, with Bob Hoskins as his naive but loyal squire Sancho Panza. Despite Quixote's obvious delusions, he never gives up his vivacity and love of adventure. Also starring Isabella Rossellini and Vanessa Williams. More recently, Terry Gilliam tried to make his own movie version, but production collapsed after less than a week.
By the way, you might have seen the name also spelled Quijote. That's because the X spelling was the original version (which was pronounced kee-SHOH-tay), but then Castilian replaced a lot of X's with J's, and the SH sound got replaced with an H sound.
By the way, you might have seen the name also spelled Quijote. That's because the X spelling was the original version (which was pronounced kee-SHOH-tay), but then Castilian replaced a lot of X's with J's, and the SH sound got replaced with an H sound.