The Fisher King

Year:	1991
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	9.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	10 Have Seen


Director	Terry Gilliam
Selected Cast	Robin Williams as Parry
	Jeff Bridges as Jack Lucas
	Mercedes Ruehl as Anne Napolitano
	Amanda Plummer as Lydia Sinclair
	Michael Jeter as Homeless Cabaret Singer
	David Pierce as Lou Rosen
Producer	Debra Hill
	Lynda Obst
Writer	Richard LaGravenese
Soundtrack	George Fenton

On DVD & Blu-ray World

VHS

The Fisher King - Columbia TriStar - USA (1992)

Blu-ray

The Fisher King - Criterion - UK (2017)

VHS

The Fisher King - Planeta DeAgostini - Spain (1992)

VHS

The Fisher King - MC Muzikalen Svyat - Bulgaria

DVD

O Rei Pescador - Pris Audiovisuais - Portugal (2011)

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Comments and Reviews


Magic Marmalade 13th Jan 2024		Rated 10/10 "I like New York in June... How about you?" (Nope, never been to New York myself, but that tune certainly gets stuck in your head, especially when sung by a chorus of the homeless, or the mentally ill :) This is one for all the romantic crazies out there... a zany, magical tale of homelessness, mental illness, guilt, forgiveness, redemption, and profoundly socially awkward romance. Imagine, if you will, a man who makes his living at the top of the social tree by mindlessly saying the most provocative, shocking and awful things, not because they are necessarily true, but because they provoke a shocked fascination with what he says, like observing a car crash, and that keeps him in his position of power and splendour... ...Imagine then, there are consequences; Someone takes what he says to heart, and commits an atrocity on the strength of it, walking into a bar one night with a shotgun, and opening fire. No... this man is not a "politician". This man is Jeff Bridges' "shock-jock" Radio DJ: Jack, who's life crashes after this opening event, and he finds himself taken in by the wonderful Anne (Played breathtakingly well by Mercedes Ruehl, who justly, won just about everything in sight for this role), and making acquaintance with a very disturbed homeless man played by Robin Williams: Parry, who saves Bridges one night form having wandered into the wrong area of town in a drunken stupor and getting beaten and almost set on fire by local "kids" who hate the homeless. Jack is grateful, and guilt ridden, and in profound need of redemption, so luckily, Parry, being a knight, tasks him with a quest that may redeem him: Recover the "Holy Grail". Once the nature of Jack and Parry's relationship is discovered, Jack further tries to help Parry, by match-making with the hilariously socially awkward object of his affection: Lydia, who Parry has admired from afar (In a totally non-stalker-ish way, of course! :) In this, the help of both Anne, and the truly singular Michael Jeter (Who steals every scene he's in) is required, and so they set about helping Parry to woo her. >The scene with the Grand Central Station waltz may be the most magical moment in cinema history!< So this is a Terry Gilliam film, with Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, Michael Jeter, Tom Waits, and the Holy Grail... ...And yes, it is as good as that sentence suggests. (No wonder I wore my old VHS tape of this out!) 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



Quad5point1 17th Mar 2022		Nod to mrblond, sharper Title Screen added from the Blu-Ray



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