Events

Filmmaker Focus: Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King (1991) with post-film discussion

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

Terry Gilliam

Every screening in our Terry Gilliam Filmmaker Focus Series includes a short introduction and a post screening discussion with UAB Film Professor and Sleep In Cinema co-host Gareth Jones. Film Synopsis: After shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) inadvertently provokes a caller into murdering a group of innocent people in a Manhattan bar, he grows depressed and turns to booze. As he's about to hit rock bottom, Lucas meets a homeless man named Parry (Robin Williams), whose wife was killed by the caller Lucas pushed to the brink. Mentally scarred by his loss, Parry spends his days searching for the Holy Grail. Lucas, feeling culpable for the poor man's plight, pledges to help him in his quest.

Credits

Director(s):

Terry Gilliam

Producer(s):

Lynda Obst

Writer(s):

Richard LaGravenese

Cast:

Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, Mercedes Ruehl, Michael Jeter, William Jay Marshall

Composer(s):

George Fenton

Choreographer(s):

Robin Horness