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The Fisher King
Upon making a small mistake that leads to a disastrous end, Jack Lucas, a young well known and arrogant talk in radio host, who once through his suicidal comments to a caller that leads him to kill a group of innocents on a restaurant in Manhattan, the thing that brings terrible for him and turns down his whole life.
5 May 1955, Western Springs, Illinois, USA
26 August 1921, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 February 1925, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
30 July 1960, New York, USA
30 May 1934, New York City, New York, USA
24 August 1953, Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
8 November 1966, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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.
July 08, 2015
[Numbers] among the director's masterpieces.
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.
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.
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.
January 26, 2006
Scary, touching, often hilarious, this modern fairytale is surprisingly enchanting.
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.
August 09, 2016
Intense '90s drama has gory violence, mature themes.
March 26, 2009
The Fisher King has two actors at the top of their form, and a compelling, well-directed and well-produced story.
