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DVD : The Fisher KingIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, David Hyde Pierce directed by: Terry Gilliam  List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $10.99 You Save: $3.95 (26%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767811088 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767811089 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 16, 1999 Running Time: 137 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 1991 Sales Rank: 6795 MPN: COLD70619D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: When new yorks 1 shock dee-jay loses his job he is plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors a homeless history professor who lives in a world of fantasy. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Robin Williams Jeff Bridges Run time: 138 minutes Rating: R Director: Terry Gilliam Amazon.com essential video: Arthurian mythology and modern day decay seem perfect complements to each other in this Terry Gilliam drama/comedy/fantasy. Shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) makes an off-handed radio remark that causes a man to go on a killing spree, leaving Lucas unhinged with guilt. Lucas's later, chance meeting with Parry (Robin Williams), a homeless man suffering from dementia, gets him involved in the unlikely quest for the Holy Grail. The rickety, and patently unrealistic stand that insanity is just a wonderful place to be, and that the homeless are all errant knights, wears awfully thin, but there are numerous moments of sad grace and violent beauty in this film. The screenplay by Richard LaGravenese launched his successful career and his smart wordplay helped garner Mercedes Ruehl an Oscar as Lucas's girlfriend. --Keith Simanton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A WONDERFUL MIX OF INDIE AND HOLLYWOOD!'The Fisher King' is one of those films that falls under the either love it or hate it category. I personally can't see why anyone would not like this film! Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter give fantastic performances in this quirky, original, dramedy with elements of fantasy thrown in for good measure! It's a wonderful ride that takes the viewer from fall on the floor laughter to gut wrenching tragity the next and it's totally engrossing from start to ... Read More Rating: - The Fisher KingDirected by Terry Gilliam....Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, and Mercedes Reuhl combine their awesome talents to create a remarkable modern-day dark fable of love and adventure in Manhattan's. sometimes harsh, cultural realty. Bridges plays a "shock jock" who unwittingly helps to cultivate more madness in Manhattan, a karmic psychological madness that he finds constantly dogging his heels. Williams plays a vigilante knight, coincidentally created by Bridges' radio show, ... Read More Rating: - Good Things Take Hard WorkThis movie merits consideration by anyone who is looking for a thoughtful, yet entertaining vehicle for entertainment. The production and script are outstanding, and I am sure you will find good coverage of those factors in some of the other reviews you will find here. What makes this a stand out film with a message in the caliber of "The Razor's Edge", is its ability to transmit the following concept: If we are to make any progress in this life, whether it is to heal our own wounds, or to help others ... Read More Rating: - wonderful filmA strangley realistic seeming film because it involves homeless and poor people and psychology yet includes the wondrous element of hope. Great flick. Rating: - SuperbThe Fisher King [1991] Dvd ~ Jeff Bridges Availability: Currently unavailable Superb, 30 Dec 2007 Superb. There have been very few movies that I can say, hand on heart, that have ever touched a nerve with me, but this is did. If anyone but Williams and Bridges had played these roles, the film would have dragged on and on. Bridges is excellent as the ex shock jock, trying to make some restitution for the consequences of his 'actions'. Williams should ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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