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. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1991. ... Terry Gilliam Terence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an Anglo-American film director and a member of the Monty Python comedy group. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ... Robin Williams performing in Iraq. ... Mercedes Ruehl (born February 28, 1948 of Irish and Cuban extraction in Queens, New York). ... Amanda Plummer as Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction. ... Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 - March 30, 2003) was a United States actor. ...

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." Roger Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a film critic who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times; his reviews are syndicated to over 200 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. ...

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. Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... A mass murder (massacre) is an act of murdering of a large number of people. ... In Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, cup or vessel used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers. ...

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). The Fisher King is a figure in Arthurian folklore, sometimes held to be the keeper of the Holy Grail. ... Percival or Perceval is one of King Arthurs legendary Knights of the Round Table. ...

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. The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ... The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ...

External link

• The Fisher King at the Internet Movie Database
• On Location with 'The Fisher King'