Robin Williams

Jeff Bridges

Amanda Plummer

Mercedes Ruehl

Michael Jeter

William Jay Marshall

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Adam Bryant

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Ted Ross

Lara Harris

Warren Olney

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Harry Shearer

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Lesley Walker

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Joie Hutchinson

Linda Louise Taylor

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Carla Corwin

P. Michael Johnston

Ken Zimmerman

Edward Stabile

Marty W. Eichmann

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Richard Kite

Andrew M. Nelson

Nicholas J. Musuraca

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Alishan Coker

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Neil S. Buckhantz

Johnny Gutierrez

Jason Weil

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Debra Hill

Joseph F. Brennan

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Vincent Jefferds

Chris Allies

Loyd Catlett

Pete Corby

Joe Napolitano

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Kristen Kelly

Julie Stone

Chuck Whelan

Sharre Jacoby

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Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

J.B. Getzwiller

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David Aaron

Greg Walters

Jeremy Hume

Bob Risk

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Harry Madsen

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Antonio V. Garrido

Rainer Judd

Robin Horness

Joe Bird

Dennis Maitland II

Craig Lyman

Lawrence P. Ganem

Tom McDermott

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Ann F. Markel

Edward Drohan

Mark Rhodes

Mark A. Baker

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Robert G. Connors

R. Michael De Chellis

Dennis Dion

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Comedy

Drama

The Fisher King

TriStar Pictures

United States of America

My dad and I had this thing we did where we went to see a movie or rented a movie from the time before I could remember to, well, almost until the day he passed away. There was always time to catch a movie, an it's a bit easier because it isn't as weather dependent as playing catch is.

My dad took me to see this when I was a kid, and I absolutely hated it, I thought it was a horrible movie.

And then, I watched it again when I was in high school and I absolutely loved it. Thought it was an amazing film.

And then I showed it to my wife, who pointed out that I was only 11 when dad took me to see it.

And now I can see how my attitude about this totally changed.

It is really the story about the Fisher King isn't it? At least it's a grail quest to restore the health to someone who kind of acts like a charitable king with the worst Percival character known to mankind.

And, I don't mean to cast shade on Jeff Bridges by that. He played a great role, the... well... I can't think of a polite word for his character. But we all know people a little like him don't we? He's a bit stereotyped of that friend that you also kind of hate, but he pulls it off absolutely brilliantly.

He's just, you know, not the pure Godly Percival that we know from the legends.

But then again, Williams isn't exactly the same dignified wounded king is he? He kind of comes across as a bit of a Leprechaun in this, and he is the most redeemed of any character in Arthurian Legends. He kind of out Percivals Percival in this...

.... but who cares? It's Terry Gilliam redoing the Fisher King, once more tackling a Grail Quest and it is all brought to you in a way that only Terry Gilliam can bring it to you...

... OK, yeah, it's Gilliam, so it could be a bit of a bias review.

At any rate, so long as you're not watching this in the theater with your dad when you are 11 you're going to enjoy the heck out of this film. And even if your dad does make you watch it when you are 11, give it a few years, watch it again, and I promise the second time around you will enjoy the heck out of it.

CinemaSerf

"Jack Lucas" (Jeff Bridges) is one of those late night radio presenters who loves the sound of his own voice and who enjoys nothing better than to put down, disdainfully, the collection of sad individuals who phone in with their problems. It's one of his casual off-the-cuff remarks that leads to a tragedy and a spiral that sends him into some serious doldrums. Things change for ever one night when he finds himself on the wrong end of a beating and then rescued by an eccentric looking fellow called "Parry" (Robin Williams). This is an erudite and complicated man who is obsessed with the "Fisher King" legend of the Holy Grail. Upon further investigation, "Lucas" learns more of the tragic cause of his new friend's predicament and as much as for his own salvation as for that of "Parry", he embarks on a task to find him meaning again. To that end he introduces him to the shy "Lydia" (Amanda Plummer) in the hope that this might help him find a new reason to live again. Things come full circle when "Parry" himself becomes a victim of the thugs and "Lucas" must strive to fulfil the quest and save something of both men. Whilst all of this chaos is bubbling away, it's down to "Anna" (Mercedes Ruehl) who is the former broadcaster's long-suffering girlfriend, to carefully tread on the eggshells of her relationship with him whilst quite temperamentally (and engagingly) trying to make sure she keeps him on as straight and narrow a path as possible. This is one of Bridges' better and more natural efforts and he works well with what I thought was an over-the-top performance from Williams to provide a film that is at times funny and at times quite poignant. The underlying mythology is quite effective at providing a modern day conduit for an ancient story of a hunt for the perfect in all of us and though it does take it's time, Bridges keeps it going.

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The Fisher King (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Three Reasons: THE FISHER KING