The Fisher King (movie)
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The Fisher King is a movie from 1991 written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. The film starred Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter.
Roger Ebert characterized the film as "a disorganized, rambling and eccentric movie that contains some moments of truth, some moments of humor, and many moments of digression." Other reviewers commented on its "industrial-strength whimsy" and said it "is far from being a disaster."
Plot
Jack Lucas, a talk radio host (Bridges), becomes suicidally despondent after his on-air comments inadvertently prompt a psychotic caller to commit multiple murders. Three years later he is attacked and almost set on fire, but is rescued by Parry (Williams), a crazy street person. Parry is on a mission to find the Holy Grail, and tries to convince Lucas to help him; Lucas is initially reluctant, but comes to feel responsible for Parry when he learns that the man's condition is a result of witnessing his wife's death at the hands of Lucas's psychotic caller.
The title refers to the legend, which Parry recounts to Lucas, of the Fisher King, who guarded the Holy Grail and was healed by Percival. Echoes of the legend recur throughout the film, but in a continually shifting manner, so that it sometimes appears that Lucas is Percival to Parry's Fisher King, sometimes vice versa, and sometimes that one or the other is re-enacting part of the story with another character (most obviously in Parry's self-assigned quest to obtain the Grail from the man he believes is its guardian).
Tagline: A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail.
Awards
It won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes Ruehl) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robin Williams), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Music, Original Score and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
External link
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- On Location with 'The Fisher King' (http://members.aol.com/morgands1/closeup/text/lafisher.htm)