Don Juan Demarco (1995)

The Machine sends us to April 7, 1995 to cover the wistful romantic drama Don Juan Demarco starring Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, and Faye Dunaway.
Don Juan DeMarco (played by Johnny Depp), is the world’s greatest lover. He wanders the streets of 1990s New York City wearing a cape, hat, and Zorro mask, seducing beautiful women who are utterly powerless to resist his charms. But he’s despondent, because the love of his life, Dona Anna, has rejected him. DeMarco tries to take his own life by jumping off a billboard, but he is talked off the ledge by eminent psychiatrist Jack Mickler, played by Marlon Brando, who takes him into his care for a ten-day mental health evaluation at a local hospital. Over the course of multiple sessions, DeMarco tells Mickler the dramatic, sensual story of his sexual awakening and how his exploits as the world’s greatest lover drove a wedge between him and his one true love. As Mickler attempts to uncover the truth behind DeMarco’s tall tales, the young man’s colorful stories lead him to rekindle the passion in his own relationship with his wife, Marilyn, played by Faye Dunaway.  
 
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Theme song by Porky’s Groove Machine.
Special thanks to Nate DuFort.
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