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The Fisher King

TriStar Pictures

United States of America

English

Robin Williams

Jeff Bridges

Amanda Plummer

Mercedes Ruehl

Michael Jeter

William Jay Marshall

Chris Howell

Adam Bryant

Paul Lombardi

David Hyde Pierce

Ted Ross

Lara Harris

Warren Olney

Frazer Smith

Kathy Najimy

Harry Shearer

Melinda Culea

James Remini

Mark Bowden

John Ottavino

Brian Michaels

Jayce Bartok

Dan Futterman

Bradley Gregg

William Preston

Al Fann

Stephen Bridgewater

John Heffernan

Richard LaGravenese

Anita Dangler

Mark Bringelson

Johnny Paganelli

Diane Robin

Benjamin Redman

Lisa Blades

Christian Clemenson

Carlos Carrasco

Joe Jamrog

John de Lancie

Lou Hancock

Caroline Cromelin

Kathleen Bridget Kelly

Pat Fraley

Mel Bourne

Kristen Connors

Jack Mulcahy

Tom Waits

Craig 'Radio Man' Castaldo

Howard Feuer

Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

George Fenton

Lesley Walker

Roger Pratt

Debra Hill

Lynda Obst

Terry Gilliam

Janet Brady

Greg Brickman

Jophery C. Brown

Loyd Catlett

Gilbert B. Combs

Pete Corby

Jeff 'JJ' Dashnaw

Andy Duppin

J.B. Getzwiller

Bonnie Happy Hock

Rikke Kesten

Harry Madsen

Bennie Moore

Julie Stone

Stacey Sher

Tony Mark

David McGiffert

Joe Napolitano

Carla Corwin

Cynthia A. Potthast

Marion Tumen

P. Michael Johnston

Cindy Carr

Ann Harmon

Jason Weil

Rick Heinrichs

David C. Potter

Kristen Kelly

Larry Clark Bird

Ken Zimmerman

David Aaron

Craig Haagensen

Nicholas J. Musuraca

Greg Walters

Chuck Whelan

Jeremy Hume

Edward Stabile

Tara Timpone

Tullio Brunt

Peter Pennell

Stefna Borges

Alan Paley

Andrew Melhuish

Bob Risk

Kevin Lane

Ray Cooper

Thomas Causey

Joseph F. Brennan

Richard Kite

Paul Carr

Robert Farr

Neil S. Buckhantz

Sharre Jacoby

James Plannette

R. Michael De Chellis

Johnny Gutierrez

Andrew M. Nelson

Paul Ary

Marty W. Eichmann

Antonio V. Garrido

Patrick Shaun Bard

William R. Taylor

Paul David Williams

Dennis Dion

Daniel Sudick

Joie Hutchinson

Linda Louise Taylor

Keith Greco

Vincent Jefferds

Rainer Judd

Zoltan Elek

Lisa Meyers

Robin Horness

William Bowling

James R. Maceo

John Clifford

Stephen Vaughan

Richard Dean Rankin

Pam Cornfeld

Alishan Coker

Chris Allies

Mark A. Baker

Kevin McCarthy

Joe Bird

Thomas Wright

Tom McDermott

Johnathan Ercole

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.

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"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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