Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.
- Réalisation
- Scénariste
- Vedettes
- A remporté 1 oscar
- 14 victoires et 39 nominations au total
- Lou Rosen
- (as David Pierce)
Avis en vedette
Movie with depth
Jeff Bridges is very Howard Stern-like as Jack Lucas, the insulated, rude talk show host. In 1991 Stern was still a New York thing, but being that his "fame" has since spread, we see who the character was based on with a little more clarity now.
Michael Jeter as the homeless, depressed former cabaret singer was a delight in every scene he was featured in. His "singing telegram" scene to Lydia in her office was a classic.
Mercedes Ruehl also stood out as sort of living outside this crazy world that Jack Lucas finds himself thrust into. Her home is a haven and scenes shot there are usually scenes of a return to normalcy in the story, a grounding.
David Hyde Pierce has pretty much found his niche as the asexual, slightly fey character. This was basically a toned-down Niles Crane in a hat here.
Amazing movie. Like other Terry Gilliam movies, they unwind like dreams and have the look of otherworldliness. I am sorry that the homeless people arent giddy and uplifting enough for some viewers, but in reality it is a pretty stark existance.
Recommended highly.
One of Gilliam's best.
A film of power, substance and poetry
The perfect Robin Williams movie (and much more)
Perhaps the most brilliant acheivement of this movie is the way it takes Robin Williams' crazy-improvisational persona and makes it an integral part of the story. Instead of being a tacked-on adjunct to the "real" movie, Williams' stream-of-consciousness patter is essential to the work as a whole.
At the same time, Gilliam is making an almost-mainstream movie for the first time in his career, while explicitly referencing his past (the Holy Grail). It all comes together into a movie you will never forget.
Wow! Sooooooooo overlooked. A mini-masterpiece
I love movies that hit me broadsided and then blind me! I keep trying to watch it with my daughter, who only likes love stories, but if I can keep her still long enough she'll find out that this IS a love story, of the most incredible kind. A love story for all mankind.
I hate to gush, but if it's ever called for, it's called for here.
The first time I saw it, I was soooooooo impressed with Mercedes Rhuel's performance and actually said to my friend in the theatre, "That woman's gonna get nominated for the Oscar for this performance", which of course she won for her performance. So, I'm not so unsophisticated after all.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFor the "waltzing commuter" scene in Grand Central station, the main hall of the terminal was shut down for the shoot from 8pm until the first commuter trains arrived at 5:30 am the next morning. Lighting effects outside of the large terminal windows made it seem to be 5:00 in the evening the entire night, and over 400 extras waltzed around the mirror-ball topped Information Booth again and again throughout the night. Now, on New Year's, an orchestra plays there and people waltz for real.
- GaffesAfter the double-date dinner at the Chinese restaurant, Anne unlocks the door to the apartment and puts her keys in her purse. Then she is hugging Jack, and the keys are still in her hand.
- Citations
Parry: Did you ever hear the story of the Fisher King?
Jack Lucas: No.
Parry: It begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest, to prove his courage so he can become king. Now, while he's spending the night alone, he is visited by a sacred vision. Out of the fire appears the Holy Grail, symbol of God's divine grace. And a voice said to the boy, "You shall be keeper of the Grail, so that it may heal the hearts of men." But the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power, and glory, and beauty. And in this state of radical amazement, he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible - like God... so he reached into the fire to take the Grail, and the Grail vanished, leaving him with his hand in the fire, to be terribly wounded. Now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper. Until one day, life for him lost its reason. He had no faith in any man - not even himself. He couldn't love, or feel loved. He was sick with experience. He began to die. One day, a fool wandered into the castle, and found the king alone. And being a fool, he was simple-minded; he didn't see a king. He only saw a man alone, and in pain. And he asked the king, "What ails you, friend?" The king replied, "I'm thirsty - I need some water to cool my throat." So the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water, and handed it to the king. As the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed! He looked in his hands, and there was the Holy Grail, that which he sought all of his life. And he turned to the fool and said with amazement, "How can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?" And the fool replied, "I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty."
- Bandes originalesHow About You?
Written by Ralph Freed & Burton Lane
Produced by Ray Cooper and George Fenton
Whistled & Sung by Harry Nilsson
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- The Fisher King
- Lieux de tournage
- Hunter College High School, Madison Avenue, Manhattan, Ville de New York, New York, États-Unis(Exterior of Holy grail castle)
- société de production
- Consultez plus de crédits d'entreprise sur IMDbPro
Box-office
- Budget
- 24 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 41 895 491 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 311 662 $ US
- 22 sept. 1991
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 41 895 736 $ US
- Durée
- 2h 17m(137 min)
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1