Director Peter Yates (1929)

Based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (2000) is a television film produced by Hallmark Entertainment and distributed by TNT. Directed by Peter Yates and written by John Mortimer, this adaptation follows the story of an hidalgo who obsessively reads chivalry novels and eventually loses his sanity. Believing himself to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, he embarks on imagined adventures with his loyal squire, the simple farmer Sancho Panza. Together, they rescue damsels in distress and battle giants ...

The film Year of the Comet (1992), directed by Peter Yates, follows the adventures of Margaret Harwood. She is the daughter of a renowned wine merchant, Sir Mason Harwood. While on a quest to find a rare vintage wine from 1811 with Napoleon’s seal, Margaret discovers a magnum of it. Sir Mason quickly offers it to his top customer, T.T. Kelleher. In turn, Kelleher sends his friend, Oliver Plexico, to retrieve it. However, several other interested parties also have their eyes on the valuable bottle: a Greek billionaire who has acquired it through Margaret’s dishonest brother; an unscrupulous French scientist ...