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The Imginarium of Terry Gilliam

The Fisher King

Terry GILLIAM

USA1991137min 35mm Color

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Jack, a cynical, arrogant shock jock talk radio host, becomes suicidally despondent after his insensitive on-air comments inadvertently prompt multiple murders at a popular Manhattan bar. Three years later he meets a homeless man named Parry who thinks heStartFragments on a quest for the Holy Grail.

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Terry GILLIAM

He became famous as a director of the Monty Python sequels, and held a special place in people’s heart with Jabberwocky (1977) and Time Bandits (1981). In 1985 he joined Hollywood and made Brazil (1985), which became immediately a masterpiece winning the Best Director Award in LAFCA. With humor and imagination, he has actively made unique films such as The Fisher King (1991) and 12 Monkeys (1995) representing the world as a distopia.