Movies
November, 1991
It's Doubtful that any American director other than Terry Gilliam would even attempt a movie as far out and phantasmagorical as The Fisher King (Tri-Star). Richard LaGravenese's multilayered first screenplay has fallen into the right hands--with Gilliam directing Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl and Amanda Plummer in a dense, astonishing comedy about love, loss and redemption. Dynamic in the richest movie role he has ever had, Bridges plays Jack, a cruel New York deejay whose radio t...
