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Don Juan DeMarco movie storyline. In present day New York, a young man believes he is Don Juan, aware of where he is and that this is the 20th century. Regardless of the validity of his claim, he is able to seduce women in his complete conviction of who he is. He becomes under the psychiatric care of soon-to-be retired Dr. Jack Mickler at Woodhaven State Hospital when he becomes suicidal over losing who he believes is the love of his life, Doña Ana. Don Juan believes that Jack is nobleman Don Octavio de Flores.
As Jack tries to convince him that he is not Don Juan in what are Jack’s final ten days of practice, the two come to an agreement that Don will do whatever Jack says, including being medicated and possibly being committed, once Don cannot convince Jack of who he says he is. As Don tells Jack his story, Jack eventually meets people who purportedly know Don, they who provide conflicting stories both to each other and to Don’s account of his life.
Beyond what Don tells him, what Jack decides to do is influenced by the pressure he is receiving from the hospital’s chief of staff, Dr. Paul Showalter, not to confirm the notion of Jack having chosen his work over these last few years of his practice, and the type of retirement life he wants with his wife of thirty-two years, Marilyn Mickler.
Don Juan DeMarco is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Johnny Depp as John Arnold DeMarco, a man who believes himself to be Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and domino mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Marlon Brando’s character, Dr. Jack Mickler, to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff, some of whom find themselves inspired by DeMarco’s delusion; the most profoundly affected is Dr. Mickler himself, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.
The movie is based on two different sources; the modern-day story is based on director/screenwriter Jeremy Leven’s short story Don Juan DeMarco and the Centerfold (the movie’s original title before the studio changed it shortly before release), while the flashbacks depicting DeMarco’s back-story are based on the more familiar legend of Don Juan, especially as told by Lord Byron in his version of the legend.
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
Directed by: Jeremy Leven
Starring: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Rachel Ticotin, Bob Dishy, Géraldine Pailhas, Talisa Soto, Marita Geraghty, Tresa Hughes, Stephen Singer, Carmen Argenziano
Screenplay by: Jeremy Leven
Production Design by: Sharon Seymour
Cinematography by: Ralf D. Bode
Film Editing by: Tony Gibbs
Costume Design by: Kirsten Everberg
Set Decoration by: Maggie Martin
Art Direction by: Jeff Knipp
Music by: Michael Kamen
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: April 7, 1995
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