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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Richard LaGravenese (written by)
Release Date:
20 September 1991 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail. more
Plot:
A radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a horrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was a victim of it. full summary | add synopsis
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Massacre
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Friendship
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Redemption
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Holy Grail
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Love
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 10 wins
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17 nominations
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Heartbreakingly hysterical dramedy; one of my all-time faves
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeff Bridges | ... | Jack Lucas |
 | Robin Williams | ... | Parry |
 | Mercedes Ruehl | ... | Anne Napolitano |
 | Amanda Plummer | ... | Lydia Sinclair |
 | David Hyde Pierce | ... | Lou Rosen (as David Pierce) |
| Adam Bryant | ... | Radio engineer |
| Paul Lombardi | ... | Radio engineer |
| Ted Ross | ... | Limo bum |
 | Lara Harris | ... | Sondra |
| Warren Olney | ... | TV anchorman |
| Frazer Smith | ... | News reporter |
 | Kathy Najimy | ... | Crazed video customer |
 | Harry Shearer | ... | Sitcom actor Ben Starr |
| Melinda Culea | ... | Sitcom wife |
| James Remini | ... | Bum at hotel |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and violence.
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Runtime:
137 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Australia:M |
Germany:16 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:15 |
Sweden:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Peru:14 |
Spain:13 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Norway:15
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The "castle" in New York is the facade of the Squadron A Armory, now part of the Hunter College Campus Schools building, located at 94th and Madison Avenue. When Robin Williams tells the story of the fisher king, he says, "I think I heard it at a lecture once... I don't know... a professor... at Hunter."
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Revealing mistakes: After the double date dinner at the Chinese restaurant Anne unlocks the door to the apartment and puts her keys in her purse. The next scene she is hugging Jack and you can clearly see the keys still in her hand.
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Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV)
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Chill Out Jack
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THE FISHER KING (1991) **** Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, Michael Jeter, Tom Waits. Brilliant tragic-farce about a shock jock radio personality (Bridges in top form and criminally overlooked for an Oscar nod!) who goes over the brink into madness when he inadvertently causes a tragedy that he ends up reliving when he comes upon a homeless man (Williams equally brilliant, Best Actor nominee) that has become that way due to his actions. Repercussions and setbacks aside, intriguing character study despite some broad strokes. Daring direction by Terry Gilliam and Ruehl (Oscar winner, Best Supporting Actress) is dead-solid perfect as Bridges' taken for granted lover. Pathos and pathologies aplenty. Astonishing screenplay by Richard La Gravenese (who has a blink-n-miss cameo in the first asylum sequence; he's in a strait-jacket). Look sharp for Kathy Najimi as a video store patron Bridges insults and David Hyde Pierce as Bridges' agent.