The Fisher King (1991)

Voti degli utenti:

7.5/10   

Regista:

Terry Gilliam

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Richard LaGravenese (written by)

Data di uscita:

20 settembre 1991 (USA)

Genere:

Commedia | Drammatico | Romantico

Slogan:

A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail.

Plot:

A radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a horrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was a victim of it.

Plot Keywords:

Redemption | Holy Grail | Friendship | Massacre | Love

Premi:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 16 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

The perfect Robin Williams movie (and much more)

Cast

Jeff Bridges	...	Jack Lucas
Robin Williams	...	Parry
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Anne Napolitano
Amanda Plummer	...	Lydia Sinclair
David Hyde Pierce	...	Lou Rosen (as David Pierce)
Adam Bryant	...	Radio engineer
Paul Lombardi	...	Radio engineer
Ted Ross	...	Limo bum
Lara Harris	...	Sondra
Warren Olney	...	TV anchorman
Frazer Smith	...	News reporter
Kathy Najimy	...	Crazed video customer
Harry Shearer	...	Sitcom actor Ben Starr
Melinda Culea	...	Sitcom wife
James Remini	...	Bum at hotel

Alias:

La leggenda del re pescatore (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and violence.

Durata:

137 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby

Divieti:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:15

Luoghi riprese:

101 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compagnia:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Curiosità:

Nota caratteristica regista: [Terry Gilliam] [burst]at the diner.

Errori:

Continuità: The recording of Jack's diatribe on yuppies is very different from the "live" version we saw earlier.

Citazioni:

Anne Napolitano: Didn't you say that what you liked about our relationship is that we didn't have to think? We could just be there for each other.
Jack Lucas: Suicidal paranoiacs'll say anything to get laid.

Collegamenti:

Citato in "Getaway: (#15.41)" (2006)

Colonna sonora:

Rose's Turn

The perfect Robin Williams movie (and much more)

This movie is really exceptional in a lot of ways. It's got one of those plots, full of ironic reversals and personal struggle, that's been turned into melodramatic trash in every creative medium ever invented. With Robin Williams as the magic crazy guy and Jeff Bridges in an 80s ponytail, the ways the basic concept could have gone awry (in other hands) are truly frightening to contemplate. But with Terry Gilliam at the helm, The Fisher King speaks to your emotions more directly and powerfully than 90% of the movies out there without degenerating into sappiness.

Perhaps the most brilliant acheivement of this movie is the way it takes Robin Williams' crazy-improvisational persona and makes it an integral part of the story. Instead of being a tacked-on adjunct to the "real" movie, Williams' stream-of-consciousness patter is essential to the work as a whole.

At the same time, Gilliam is making an almost-mainstream movie for the first time in his career, while explicitly referencing his past (the Holy Grail). It all comes together into a movie you will never forget.