WATCH PARTY: The Fisher King (1991) dir. Terry Gilliam @ Richard Tucker Library

We'll be in the Collaboration Room in the far right corner of Richard Tucker Library.

RUNTIME: 137 minutes

SYNOPSIS (via Criterion.com): A fairy tale grounded in poignant reality, Terry Gilliam’s magnificent, Manhattan-set The Fisher King features Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams in two of their most brilliant roles. Bridges plays a former radio shock jock reconstructing his life after a scandal, and Williams a homeless man on a quest for the Holy Grail—which he believes to be hidden somewhere on the Upper East Side. Unknowingly linked by their pasts, the two men aid each other on a fanciful journey toward their own humanity. This singular American odyssey features a witty script by Richard LaGravenese, evocative cinematography by Roger Pratt, and superb supporting performances by Amanda Plummer and an Oscar-winning Mercedes Ruehl, all harnessed by Gilliam into a compassionate, funny modern-day myth.

BLURBS:
"The search for the Holy Grail reaches peak insanity in this wild, redemptive ride through two men's interconnected lives." - Kate Muir, The Times (UK)

"A modern epic that fuses myth with hard-edged reality, it's a one-of-a-kind, thoroughly engaging experience." - Desson Thompson, Washington Post

"Who better than Williams to play a modern Don Quixote for Terry Gilliam, a director attuned to the collision of fantasy and reality? As a homeless man crazed by tragedy and pursued on Manhattan streets by a fire-spewing red knight, Williams — again Oscar nominated — finds the humanity in Gilliam’s visionary extravaganza." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone