Top billed cast

1. 

   Robin Williams

   Parry

2. 

   Jeff Bridges

   Jack

3. 

   Amanda Plummer

   Lydia

4. 

   Mercedes Ruehl

   Anne

5. 

   Michael Jeter

   Homeless Cabaret Singer

6. 

   William Jay Marshall

   Jamaican Bum

7. 

   Chris Howell

   Red Knight

8. 

   Adam Bryant

   Radio Engineer

9. 

   Paul Lombardi

   Radio Engineer

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2026-04-21

**The Fisher King (1991)**
(Re-watching Robin Williams' catalog.)

_Directed by Terry Gilliam_

The Arthurian legend of the Fisher King tells of an injured king and a pure-of-heart knight or fool who must heal him. Richard LaGravenese's screenplay is absolutely brilliant because it somehow puts both leads in both roles simultaneously. Jack (Jeff Bridges) is the wounded king, destroyed by guilt after his on-air rant triggers a mass shooting at a Manhattan restaurant. Parry (Robin Williams) is the fool, a homeless man living in fantasy after his wife was killed in that same massacre. But Ja...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$24,000,000.00

Revenue
$41,895,491.00

Keywords

• homeless person
• unsociability
• holy grail
• sense of guilt
• loss of loved one
• cynic
• gun rampage
• talk show
• suppressed past
• yuppie
• forgiveness
• legend
• self-discovery
• housebreaking
• mental illness
• fugue state
• whimsical
• exuberant
• joyful