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Academy Awards, USA. 1992 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Robin Williams. 1992 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Mercedes Ruehl. 1992 Nominee Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
At the 64th Academy Awards, the film earned five nominations, including Best Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for LaGravenese, with Ruehl winning Best Supporting Actress, making The Fisher King the only Oscar-winning film of Gilliam's career.
The Fisher King: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Jeff Bridges, Adam Bryant, Paul Lombardi, David Hyde Pierce. A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
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- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Terry Gilliam
- 1991-09-27
Sep 16, 2024 · For LaGravenese, the most important source of inspiration comes from legends involving characters associated with King Arthur. In these traditions, the Fisher King, also called the Wounded King, was the last guardian of the Grail, which didn’t always take the form of a precious chalice.
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- It was the first film by Gilliam (left), who co-directed "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," that didn't feature any of his fellow Monty Python members.
- James Cameron was reportedly considered to direct, but instead did "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Years later, Gilliam would blast Cameron, saying that mega-million movies like "Avatar" make it harder for smaller filmmakers to succeed.
- As Gilliam said in a 2011 American Masters interview, he was inspired to cast Jeff Bridges after seeing him in "The Fabulous Baker Boys," but Bridges spent most of his meeting with the director trying to get Gilliam to cast someone besides him.
- When Bridges showed Gilliam a book of photographs by Joel-Peter Witkin with "missing limbs and heads that have been chopped open," he was convinced Bridges had the necessary darkness for the role.
The Fisher King is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, with Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a radio shock jock who tries to...
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Year: 1991. Original title: The Fisher King. Synopsis: Terry Gilliam directed this adaptation of Richard LaGravenese's mystical (and mythical) tale of redemption in the hard-time town of New York City.
