The Fisher King
Set in a highly-stylized and ultra grim Manhattan, The Fisher King is Terry Gilliam';;s magical reworking of an Arthurian legend. After hearing a popular DJ rail against yuppies, a madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar. A burned-out, embittered radio deejay finds personal salvation after he is saved from death by a strange vagabond who takes him into a dark, fantastic quest for the Holy Grail.
30 May 1934, New York City, New York, USA
28 February 1948, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
26 September 1922, Buffalo, New York, USA
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
26 August 1921, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
22 April 1954, New York City, New York, USA
22 August 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 February 1957, San Diego, California, USA
31 July 1975, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
21 July 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 December 1954, Orange, California, USA
17 March 1958, Humboldt, Iowa, USA
23 July 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA
24 October 1957, Armour, South Dakota, USA
5 April 1948, Panama City, Panama
8 November 1966, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
March 20, 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 June 1967, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
June 22, 2015
Gilliam exaggerates the romanticism, the grotesquerie, and the personal pain that runs through LaGravenese's story, creating a reality where the more preposterous turns make sense.
March 26, 2009
The Fisher King has two actors at the top of their form, and a compelling, well-directed and well-produced story.
May 12, 2001
So what if it's not perfect? It's magic.
August 15, 2011
It's sometimes hard to follow the action, but you have a bit of fun trying to figure it all out.
August 09, 2016
Intense '90s drama has gory violence, mature themes.
January 29, 2010
Visually impressive, frequently pretentious, and extremely fluid as narrative (the 137 minutes sail by effortlessly), this mythic comedy-drama presents Gilliam as half seer, half snake-oil salesman and defies you to sort out which is which.
April 07, 2008
Working within the constraints of a big studio film has brought out Gilliam's best: he's become a true storyteller and a wonderful director of actors. This time he delights not only the eye but the soul.
July 08, 2015
[Numbers] among the director's masterpieces.
May 20, 2003
For every wild ride through Manhattan by an imaginary Red Knight trailing billows of flame, there is a small, comic encounter in a more down-to-earth mode.
January 29, 2010
The Fisher King's problems begin with Richard LaGravenese's screenplay and are amplified by Gilliam's showy direction and an unbearably fey performance by Robin Williams.
January 26, 2006
Scary, touching, often hilarious, this modern fairytale is surprisingly enchanting.
