Fisher King
Terry Gilliam
Jack is a famous cynical and laidback radio presenter whose career is on the down. One evening, when his distress drives him to commit an irreparable act, a gang of hooligans attack him. But Henry, a former literature professor turned down and out comes to his aid. Jack discovers another debt towards his saviour: he is indirectly responsible for the death of his wife. Together they go on a quest for a new life...
With : Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, David Hyde Pierce, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi
Screenplay : Richard LaGravenese
Image : Roger Pratt
Decors : Cindy Carr
Music : George Fenton
Editing : Lesley Walker
Screenplay : Richard LaGravenese
Image : Roger Pratt
Decors : Cindy Carr
Music : George Fenton
Editing : Lesley Walker
Production : Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distribution: Sony Pictures
Distribution: Sony Pictures
Terry Gilliam had sworn that he would never shoot a film in Hollywood that he hadn't written himself. Finally, Fisher King was produced by Columbia with Richard LaGravenese's first screenplay. "When I came across the screenplay of Fisher King I found an absolutely incomparable freshness, inventiveness and originality. I had never heard of the writer, Richard LaGravenese. Since then he's become a hot property in Hollywood". After the relative failure of The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, Gilliam went where he was asked to film. "This is my first American film. Over there the working methods are probably more rigorous, everything is anticipated, planned" (Terry Gilliam). Despite the rigour of American methods, Fisher King is a film with original combinations, sprinkled with medieval, mythical and poetic motifs.