The Fisher King (2-DVD) R

A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail.
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Format:  DVD  (2 Discs)
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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 23, 2015
  • Originally Released: 1991
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1991 - Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes Ruehl

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 45,732
Rating: 2.5/4 -- There are two terrific performances at the center of The Fisher King, and neither belongs to Robin Williams. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Jul 4, 2015
...Bridges soars...
Los Angeles Times
Sep 20, 1991
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. Full Review
Newsweek
Apr 7, 2008
Scary, touching, often hilarious, this modern fairytale is surprisingly enchanting. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Bridges brings a piercing despair to his role as a shock-radio jock who falls into a crippling depression...
Premiere
Dec 1, 2005
Rating: 2/5 -- Intense '90s drama has gory violence, mature themes. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Aug 9, 2016
...THE FISHER KING restores our belief in the power of movies to transform reality...
Rolling Stone
Oct 17, 1991

Product Description:

Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges), a self-obsessed shock jock who thinks he has it all, is about to hit rock bottom. The cult personality spends his time on the radio insulting and berating his listeners, but when one caller takes Jack's advice literally and shoots up a New York City hotspot, Jack is sent swirling down into a depression that has him suicidal three years later. However, he is rescued out of the night by a different kind of knight in shining armor--a homeless man named Parry, played fabulously by Robin Williams, who thinks he's on a quest for the Holy Grail, which he believes to be in a Fifth Avenue town house. Parry serves as the living embodiment of Jack's guilt--Parry's beloved wife was killed in the nightclub massacre. Jack soon becomes conviced that by helping Parry he will also wind up helping himself, so he tries to help Parry win his lady love (Amanda Plummer), at the expense of risking his own relationship with Anne (Mercedes Ruehl, in an Academy Award-winning role), who has stood by his side during his downward spiral.

Terry Gilliam's romantic parable THE FISHER KING is yet another visually stunning work from a master filmmaker, with a different kind of heart from Gilliam's other films, delving deep into the nature of love and loss, of guilt and redemption, of character and tragedy. Featuring a terrific cast and unusual locations for a fantasy story (New York City, brilliantly photographed by Roger Pratt), THE FISHER KING is both an exciting adventure and a charming romance.

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  • UPC: 715515149013
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