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	Fisher King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The character of the Fisher King (though he is not called by that name) appears, and presents Peredur with a severed head on a platter.
		Here, the "Rich Fisher" is called "Bron", a name similar enough to Bran to suggest a relationship, and he is said to be the brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea, who had used the Grail to catch Christ's blood before laying him in the tomb.
		The Fisher King shows up as "Pop Kingfisher" in the novel and film The Natural, and the story is dealt with humorously in the movie The Fisher King.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fisher_King (1308 words)

	The Fisher King (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fisher King is a movie from 1991 written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam.
		The legend varies, but all iterations posess three elements: the Fisher King was charged by God with guarding the Holy Grail, but later incurred some form of incapacitating physical punishment for his sin of pride, and had to wait for someone to deliver him from his suffering(usually Percival).
		This was the first film Terry Gilliam directed in which he was not involved in writing the screenplay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Fisher_King_(movie) (306 words)

	The Fisher King
		The Fisher King is one of the most perfectly executed movies of all time, from the stunning and highly imaginative screenplay to the haunting quality of the direction and the sheer genius of Williams and Bridges, who both turned in the performance of a lifetime.
		While the film succeeds brilliantly even as a basic story of star-crossed individuals working out their joint karma, it is the concept of the soul's journey homeward that drives the deeper levels of The Fisher King.
		With "The Fisher King," Gilliam has given us a wonderfully textured morality tale, both entertaining and engaging and rich with metaphor and substance that will endure the test of time, because it is, in the end, a story for the ages.
	blog.markwshead.com /info2/The-Fisher-King.html (10938 words)

	Reel.com: The Fisher King
		The Fisher King is hardly an obvious choice for the best film of the 1990s.
		The road to humanity is fraught with peril, as Parry induces Jack to join in his knightly adventures in the asphalt kingdom of New York, beginning with the rescue of a suicidal cross-dressing diva (Michael Jeter) distraught over the extinction of the debutante scene.
		In The Fisher King, Terry Gilliam combines fairy tale fantasy, dysfunctional drama, Williams-powered comedic moments, and the peripheral surrealism typical of the director's work; the result is a film that truly calls for repeat viewings.
	www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/millennium/bestof90s/fisherking (1472 words)

	The Fisher King (1991)
		Yes there is some visible film grain and a softness to resolution noted to several scenes that would be perfectly expected for a film source of this age, and this softness is highlighted more so in several of the indoor/low light scenes.
		Whilst the director has employed a generally drab and washed out colour palette for the first half of the film, to reflect the down-and-out nature of the life of the two central characters at this point, the colours are handled faithfully by the transfer.
		As the film progresses though, there is a gradual and highly effective increase by the director in the use of colour employed, particularly for stark relief of such central images as the appearances of the Red Knight (very impacting against its drab street surroundings) and the Chinese restaurant scene.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=5154 (2580 words)

	Dreams: The Fisher King
		The Fisher King is a romantic fantasy set in New York City at the end of the twentieth century.
		The Fisher King is a dramatic comedy that concerns one man's attempt to redeem himself from a life of fatal cynicism through his unlikely alliance with a visionary street person.
		The Fisher King is the guardian of the Holy Grail, which, in medieval legends, is the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and which was used to collect drops of his blood at the Crucifixion.
	www.smart.co.uk /dreams/fkprod1.htm (2388 words)

	The Fisher King Movie: The Fisher King DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		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.
		The film grossed $41 million at the box office and was nominated for five Oscars.
		THE FISHER KING marked the first time Terry Gilliam directed a film written by someone else; he said he wanted to do that to prove to himself that he was a film director, not just a filmmaker.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/043396706194IE (1028 words)

	: The Fisher King - DVD film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Moreso than in any of Gilliam's other films is the stories' plot capable of producing a successful vehicle for Gilliam's well-known propensity for complexity that normally tends to muddy the focus of his efforts to the detriment of the film.
		The Fisher King provides a concise outline of this complex process just as clear as the first Star Wars movie presented us with a concise example of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey.
		The strength of the film is that Jack regresses to his old arrogant self and denies the homeless folks he has befriended and even denies, Mercedes Ruehl, the woman who is devoted to him and helped him arrange the date between Parry and Amanda Plummer's character.
	www.totaltiorden.dk /shop/dvd_details.php/0767811089\|dvd (1501 words)

	Gilliam's Grail -- The Fisher King...Articles
		Though it may be overly ambitious, The Fisher King proves to be a rich, satisfying mix of humor, fantasy, and emotion.
		The Fisher King is a modern, eccentric and imaginative retelling of the legend of the Holy Grail.
		A grandiose, overblown attempt to fuse the medieval myth of the Fisher King with a story of alienation and redemption in contemporary Manhattan.
	members.shaw.ca /GilliamsGrail/articles-reviews.htm (1513 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: The Fisher King \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		And so it is with "The Fisher King," the first film Gilliam has directed without developing the script himself.
		For me, the most annoying aspect of "The Fisher King" is its penchant for extreme highs followed by extreme lows — with very little room for middle emotions in between.
		But perhaps the film's most significant achievement is that it takes the homeless situation and focuses it on real individuals (however exaggerated they may be), making us care about them as people.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,606,00.html (746 words)

	Fisher King, The - VHS - Title F Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Fisher King, The : This adult fairy story is king
		This is the opening of this excellent film, which tries, successfully, to be a...
		The Fisher King is without a doubt my favourite film of all time.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-f/fisher-king-the (344 words)

	The Fisher King
		Surprisingly, The Fisher King's ultimate problem is not that these divergent goals stumble awkwardly into one another; almost everyone involved works admirably to negotiate the entire range of tones suggested in the writing.
		The plot of The Fisher King is too strange to elaborate much further without ruining the momentum of the film, a misdeed that Gilliam himself commits about twenty minutes before the movie's conclusion.
		Much of the film's middle hour, for example, is devoted to Jack and Anne's project to play match-maker for Perry and Lydia (Amanda Plummer), the mousy office-worker he has watched for months from the street.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /fishking.html (748 words)

	Gilliam's Grail -- The Fisher King...FAQ
		Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney sang it for this film, but it has been performed by countless others, including Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and of course Harry Nilsson, who performs it on The Fisher King soundtrack.
		The first film that comes to mind is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which Terry Gilliam co-directed.
		After years of studying film, I eventually came to the realization that filmmaking is an extremely cooperative process, with the director being the most central and crucial figure (with screenwriter coming a close second).
	members.shaw.ca /GilliamsGrail/faq.htm (879 words)

	Terry Gilliam's Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		he story of the Fisher King begins when the king is a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king.
		Now being a fool he was simple-minded; he didn't see a king, he only saw a man alone and in pain.
		As the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed.
	www.uidaho.edu /student_orgs/arthurian_legend/grail/fisher/texts/modern/movie.htm (333 words)

	Arthurian Film
		In its retelling of scenes selected from the thirteenth century French prose Vulgate cycle, this film presents the stories of Arthur and Guinevere, of Morgan and her jealousy, of Merlin and his enchantment by Vivien, and of the Fisher King Bron, his daughter, and her son, Galahad.
		Clearly, Zucker intends his film to be an Arthuriad for the 1990s, but the film fails to capture the spirit of the original legend or to make a case for its contemporary translation of the oft-told story of the Arthur-Lancelot-Guinevere love triangle.
		King Arthur and the Siege of the Saxons (1963).
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/acpbibs/harty.htm (11005 words)

	DVD REVIEW: THE FISHER KING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There's a scene in director Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King" (Chapter 20 on the DVD) in which Robin Williams, playing a homeless man out on his first date since his wife was murdered, goes from giddy to reserved, then from elated to total devastation.
		Anne is the backbone of the film, the voice of reason, and Ruehl never disappoints.
		There were a couple of low lit interior scenes that seemed to have a faint strobing in them, but overall, the color saturation is excellent, with calming blues, striking greens, sharp reds, and warm Earth tones.
	www.lightviews.com /fisherking.htm (1196 words)

	THE FISHER KING: On-Location with Terry Gilliam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What is perhaps most intriguing in the case of this "little idea" is that the focus in this outlandish scene is not upon the teeming, swirling hordes, but on the two souls wandering in their midst.
		Filmed in slow motion through clouds of smoke, the vision is of a Manhattan aflame, as if Hell had opened up and no one but Parry were witness to that.
		It is most telling in the ways the filming and release of his pictures seem to parallel the conflicts and struggles of their storylines, with the director himself living the experiences of his characters.
	members.aol.com /morgands1/closeup/text/lafisher.htm (2983 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Riothamus, king of the Britons, fights the Visigoths in Gaul.
		Plantagenet, son of Matilda, as the heir of King Stephen.
		King John captures and executes his nephew, Arthur of Brittany.
	www.smu.edu /arthuriana/Chronology.htm (1215 words)

	Rolling Stone : The Fisher King : Review
		The Fisher King is a tidier, comfier, less fatalistic brand of Gilliam that betrays a drift toward the mainstream.
		The improbable instrument of Parry's deliverance is Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges), the king of the radio shock jocks.
		Parry tells Lucas the myth of the soul-sick Fisher King, whose spirit is reawakened by a fool.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/movie/_/id/5947485 (1050 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: The Fisher King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		October 2, 1991 -- ``The Fisher King'' is a modern, eccentric and imaginative retelling of the legend of the Holy Grail.
		Some critics have found fault with the ending of the film, saying it is ``tacked on.'' That is not true, the ending contains an essential element of the Grail myth and it wraps up the underlying conflicts of the film in a very neat and satisfying manner.
		What I found lacking in the film, however, was a proper motivation for Jack's actions near the end of the film.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/old/fisherking.html (592 words)

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		Film Force - This interview with The Fisher King director Terry Gilliam gives insight into the Holy Grail and his inspiration for the movie.
		Killer Movies: The Fisher King - The comment board is a great place to discuss the themes of this film, and visitors can read reviews here as well.
		The Fisher King (1991) - Check out the filmographies of the cast and crew, read reviews and remember quotes at the Internet Movie Database.
	botw.org /top/Arts/Movies/Titles/Fisher_King,_The (208 words)

	notcoming.com \| The Fisher King
		Though the film’s scope was largely represented by the budget, Gilliam found translating his vision to the screen to be a game of compromises.
		In a catalogue of films defined by their visuals and quirks, Gilliam’s next film, The Fisher King, sticks out because of its visual blandness.
		The Fisher King is the first of Gilliam’s films that takes place in a contemporary setting.
	www.notcoming.com /reviews.php?id=73 (858 words)

	The Fisher King \| Review
		In this case, Gilliam was the King of outlandish big screen adventures, made cynical when his previous film flopped.
		The first script he was offered was The Addams Family, a big budget remake of the classic TV series which would eventually be made by Barry Sonnenfeld.
		Gilliam was a little miffed that it was just a series of special effects but in the same package was a much smaller film with a bigger heart.
	www.fortunecity.com /lavender/atkinson/816/fisher.html (996 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Fisher King (1991)
		When a film is this original, this far from the mainstream, it's sometimes difficult to review.
		The Fisher King is not a perfect film, yet how can I hold its flaws against it in light of a valiant and mostly successful effort to create something fresh and original?
		Suffice it to say that this Terry Gilliam film should more than please those tired of mainstream movie cliches but not high brow or boring enough to want to endure the stereotypical "art house" film.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/the.fisher.king.1991.shtml (99 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Fisher King [1991]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Fisher King is a film you can watch repeatedly, and see a new aspect each time.
		I bought 'Fisher King' with the expectation that it would be good, but dominated by the huge personalities of Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges.
		Like The Shawshank Redemption, this film is a treasure many never heard of upon it's release, or if they did, seem to have forgotten.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CM56 (1025 words)

	The Fisher King (1991)
		But the surprise is that the film is far more than that, it is not merely a novelty eccentricity film.
		In fact the prime cause of eccentricity on screen is actually Robin Williams who enters the film so whacked and spun out it seems almost inconceivable that the film will ever straighten out into a relatively coherent telling of the Grail story without resorting to some kind of Noh interpretation.
		But there is the point where the film suddenly evens out and moves beyond its bizarre capering to discover a transforming emotional substance.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/fisherking.htm (667 words)

	Fisher King, The (1991): Reviews
		Terry Gilliam's romantic parable The Fisher King delves deep into the nature of love and loss, of guilt and redemption, of character and tragedy.
		Thankfully, Fisher King has, at the very least, two central characters we care about, and the emotional climax is so genuinely poignant that we don't care about Gilliam's litterstrewn wonderland.
		Yes, Gilliam's visual mess is as annoying and obnoxious as ever but we need it in order to escape into the quiet zone of love and friendship so beautifully emoted by Williams and Bridges.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/fisherking (584 words)

	Film: Lost in La Mancha
		After a 10-year battle to launch the film, Terry Gilliam arrives in Spain, supported by one of the biggest European financial packages ever.
		LOUIS PEPE: "We set out to make a film that was about a filmmaker who's always had battles making his movies, who's always had a rich vision in his head that he struggles to get out onto the screen."
		The second day brings an event that can be seen in retrospect as a metaphor for the whole film.
	sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/film_reviews/article_1313.asp?s=1 (997 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Review: The Fisher King
		The Fisher King, yet another film from director Terry Gilliam, is a quaint and unique tale about how humanity and salvation can come from the most unlikely of sources.
		Then, later in the film, Williams strips down to nothing with - as he says - "the little guy danglin'." Even so, I assure you there is no need to worry; a bare Robin Williams still appears as if he is wearing a wool jumpsuit.
		Despite this film's unnecessary nakedness and rather lengthy running time, it is still an eloquent screenplay under the management of a master director.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/08/26/111016.php (1285 words)

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