Living in NYC, I was lucky to be able to see Tideland, Dr. Parnassus, and The Zero Theorem in the theaters (though only Parnassus was viewed on a big movie screen, as the other two played at an indie theater with a much smaller screen).
I think Quixote's best hope would be to be picked up by Fox Searchlight, as two of Gilliam's past three movies (Tideland and Zero Theorem) hardly got any theatrical distribution from their respective companies. Parnassus at least had the widest of the three with 607 theaters (which was a pretty conservative release for Heath Ledger's last film). If Quixote comes to the US after it's made it's budget back it could make it more attractive for them (much like Parnassus did before Sony Pictures Classics released that film in the US). Fox Searchlight usually does a good job handling their films and have a great track record: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/char...hlight.htm
I think Quixote's best hope would be to be picked up by Fox Searchlight, as two of Gilliam's past three movies (Tideland and Zero Theorem) hardly got any theatrical distribution from their respective companies. Parnassus at least had the widest of the three with 607 theaters (which was a pretty conservative release for Heath Ledger's last film). If Quixote comes to the US after it's made it's budget back it could make it more attractive for them (much like Parnassus did before Sony Pictures Classics released that film in the US). Fox Searchlight usually does a good job handling their films and have a great track record: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/char...hlight.htm