"The Fisher King The Fisher King is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, with Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a radio shock jock who tries to find redemption by helping a man whose life he inadvertently shattered. The film was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on September 20, 1991. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $42 million on a $24 million budget. Jack Lucas, a narcissistic, misanthropic shock jock, becomes"
"appeared in ""Waterworld"" (1995), ""Reckless"" (1995), ""Blue in the Face"" (1995), and ""The Crucible"" (1996). William Preston (actor) William Preston (August 26, 1921 – July 10, 1998) did not start his acting career until he was at the age of 47 but subsequently appeared in more than sixty productions of Shakespeare's plays. He had a Master's degree in English literature from Penn State. He is perhaps best known for his role as recurring character Carl ""Oldy"" Olson on ""Late Night with Conan O'Brien"". Among his many movie roles, he played John, the bum, from ""The Fisher King"" (1991), a blacksmith"
"men"". Such films included ""The Fisher King"" (1991) and ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994). The decade also saw new approaches to the genre. The 1991 film ""Thelma & Louise"" featured a female pairing of Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, and the 1993 film ""The Pelican Brief"" featured a male–female platonic pairing of Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. The 1998 film ""Rush Hour"" featured a nonwhite male pairing of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, which the ""Los Angeles Times"" said symbolized color blindness in American cinema. Biracial buddy films continued in the 1990s and 2000s and were combined with different genres, such"
"– ""Barton Fink"" Jonathan Demme – ""The Silence of the Lambs"" The Silence of the Lambs ""An Angel at My Table"" Ted Tally – ""The Silence of the Lambs"" Harvey Keitel – ""Bugsy"" Mercedes Ruehl – ""The Fisher King"" Ice Cube – ""Boyz n the Hood"" Juliette Lewis – ""Cape Fear"" Irv and Essie Kupcinet Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991 The 4th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on March 5, 1992 during a ceremony at The Pump Room. They honored the finest achievements in 1991 filmmaking. The nominees were revealed in January 1992. ""Thelma & Louise"" and"
"The Polar Bear King The Polar Bear King is a 1991 German film directed by Ola Solum and starring Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Monica Nordquist, and Anna-Lotta Larsson. The film is based on ""White-Bear-King-Valemon"". The puppet effects of the film were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. There are two different kingdoms: the snow-covered Winterland and the plentiful Summerland. When the King of Summerland dies, his son Valemon (Tobias Hoesl) ascends to the throne. When an evil witch (Anna Lotta Larsson) wants to be Valemon's wife and is turned down since it would mean that he would also"
"The Prince of Tides The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina. Streisand directed and produced the film in addition to starring in it. Conroy and Becky Johnston adapted the screenplay. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, but lost the award to ""The Silence of the Lambs"". Tom Wingo, a teacher"
"who will do anything to claim Valemon for herself. The Polar Bear King The Polar Bear King is a 1991 German film directed by Ola Solum and starring Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Monica Nordquist, and Anna-Lotta Larsson. The film is based on ""White-Bear-King-Valemon"". The puppet effects of the film were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. There are two different kingdoms: the snow-covered Winterland and the plentiful Summerland. When the King of Summerland dies, his son Valemon (Tobias Hoesl) ascends to the throne. When an evil witch (Anna Lotta Larsson) wants to be Valemon's wife and is turned"
"Barbara and he both lost Hammer, they lost themselves as well, meaning they did not pursue a relationship. The Finest Hour (1991 film) The Finest Hour is a 1991 American war drama film starring Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as Navy SEALs-in-training who become best friends. When a woman comes between them, however, it takes a war to bring them back together again. Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Mazzoli (Hansen) are two Naval Officers undergoing the rigorous and demanding Navy BUD/s training program. Both men quest to become Navy SEALs. During the training Hammer is shown as cocky and not"
"The Raging Tide The Raging Tide is a 1951 film noir crime film directed by George Sherman starring Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol. The film tells of Bruno Felkin (Conte) as a San Francisco crime boss. After he kills off a mob rival, he tries to arrange an alibi with his girlfriend Connie Thatcher (Winters). However, she isn't available, which forces Felkin to hide out on a fishing boat owned by Hamil Linder (Bickford) until Connie his moll can be located. Far from the perfect guest, Felkin tries to motivate Linder's son Carl (Alex"
"was a flop at the box office, was nominated for four Academy Awards and won three BAFTA Awards, among several other Prizes in Europe. ""The Fisher King"" (1991), his first film not to feature a member of the Monty Python troupe, had a budget of $24 million and grossed more than $41 million at United States box office. ""12 Monkeys"" grossed more than US$168 million worldwide. ""The Brothers Grimm"", despite a mixed critical reception, grossed over US$105 million worldwide. ""The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"", with a budget of $30 million, has been an international success at the box office, grossing"
"The Marrying Man The Marrying Man (known as Too Hot to Handle in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a 1991 American romantic comedy film, directed by Jerry Rees, written by Neil Simon, and starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. The film opened to poor reviews and did not break out at the box office, with Basinger's performance earning her a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress, where she lost to Sean Young for ""A Kiss Before Dying"". Charley Pearl is the heir to a toothpaste empire's fortune. He is a playboy who does not work, spending his time"
"nominations (for playing an English teacher in ""Dead Poets Society"" (1989), and for playing a troubled homeless man in ""The Fisher King"" (1991)). In 1991, he played an adult Peter Pan in the film ""Hook"", although he had said that he would have to lose twenty-five pounds. Other roles Williams had in acclaimed dramatic films include ""Moscow on the Hudson"" (1984), ""Awakenings"" (1990), ""What Dreams May Come"" (1998), and ""Bicentennial Man"" (1999). In ""Insomnia"", Williams portrayed a writer / killer on the run from a sleep-deprived Los Angeles policeman (played by Al Pacino) in rural Alaska. Also in 2002, in"
"1988: Pete Dexter — ""Paris Trout"" 1989: John Casey — ""Spartina"" 1990: Charles Johnson — ""Middle Passage"" 1991: Norman Rush — ""Mating"" 1992: Cormac McCarthy — ""All the Pretty Horses"" 1993: E. Annie Proulx — ""The Shipping News"" 1994: William Gaddis — ""A Frolic of His Own"" 1995: Philip Roth — ""Sabbath's Theater"" 1996: Andrea Barrett — ""Ship Fever and Other Stories"" 1997: Charles Frazier — ""Cold Mountain"" 1998: Alice McDermott — ""Charming Billy"" 1999: Ha Jin — ""Waiting"" 2000: Susan Sontag — ""In America"" 2001: Jonathan Franzen — ""The Corrections"" 2002: Julia Glass — ""Three Junes"" 2003: Shirley Hazzard"
"George Hanson, (Paul Rudd), Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston), Constance Miller (Allison Janney), and Vince McBride (John Pankow) gather in the kitchen enjoying gourmet foods from Balducci's at a kitchen table, apparent from the Balducci's paper grocery bags Vince McBride brings to Nina and George's apartment in Brooklyn for dinner. In the 1991 movie The Prince of Tides starring Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand, comedian George Carlin walks into Nolte's apartment with a Balducci's bag and places it on the counter. Balducci's Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market is a specialty gourmet food retailer in the United States with six grocery stores. The"
"Richard LaGravenese Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, best known as the writer of ""The Fisher King"". LaGravenese was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a taxi driver. He is of Italian descent. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1980 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting. LaGravenese wrote ""The Fisher King"" on spec in the late 1980s. It was acquired by Stacey Sher, Lynda Obst, Debra Hill's production company and subsequently directed by Terry Gilliam. In New York City during the early"
"version of the movie ""On the Waterfront"" (May 1995). Sullivan's other feature film credits include ""Walk Proud"" (1979), ""The Island"" (1980); ""Ghost Story"" (1981); ""Tin Men"" (1987); ""The Untouchables"" (1987); ""Funny Farm"" (1988); ""Dead Bang"" (1989); ""The Dream Team"" (1989); ""The Abyss"" (1989); ""Guilty by Suspicion"" (1991); ""True Colors"" (1991), ""The Prince of Tides"" (1991); """" (1993); ""The Fantasticks"" (made 1995, released 2000); """" (1995); ""Canadian Bacon"" (1995); and ""Bushwhacked"" (1995). Of his role as a harsh husband in ""The Prince of Tides"", in which his unwary character is given dog food to eat and consumes it with gusto, Sullivan"
"The Finest Hour (1991 film) The Finest Hour is a 1991 American war drama film starring Rob Lowe and Gale Hansen as Navy SEALs-in-training who become best friends. When a woman comes between them, however, it takes a war to bring them back together again. Lawrence Hammer (Lowe) and Dean Mazzoli (Hansen) are two Naval Officers undergoing the rigorous and demanding Navy BUD/s training program. Both men quest to become Navy SEALs. During the training Hammer is shown as cocky and not a true team player. Mazzoli is a natural leader who is respected by the other trainees. The two"
"White Fang (1991 film) White Fang is a 1991 American Northern adventure drama film directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Seymour Cassel. Based on Jack London's novel ""White Fang"", it tells the story of the friendship between a young Klondike gold prospector and a wolfdog. White Fang is portrayed by a wolfdog, Jed, who also appeared in such films as ""The Thing"" (1982) and ""The Journey of Natty Gann"" (1985). A sequel to the film, """", was released in 1994. In the late 19th Century, prospectors flock to the Yukon in search of gold. Among"
"Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben Jabituya in ""Short Circuit"" (renamed ""Ben Jahveri"" in the sequel), Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series ""Early Edition"" and villainous computer genius Eugene ""The Plague"" Belford in ""Hackers"". His most recent successes include the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film ""The Cove"" and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film ""Crazy Love"". In addition, he has directed the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced"
"Theatre in New York City. Plummer has received critical acclaim for her film work, including such films as ""Cattle Annie and Little Britches"" (1981), ""The World According to Garp"" (1982), ""Daniel"" (1983), and ""The Hotel New Hampshire"" (1984). Other films of note include ""The Fisher King"", for which she received a BAFTA film nomination (1992), a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination (1992), and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1992). Other films include ""Pulp Fiction"", for which she received an American Comedy Award nomination; ""Girlfriend""; ""Butterfly Kiss"", ""My Life Without Me""; ""Vampire"", and ""Ken Park"". She made her"
"The Sea Lion The Sea Lion is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Hobart Bosworth, Bessie Love, and Emory Johnson. The same staff on this film produced Rowland Lee's previous directed film ""Blind Hearts"", released just before ""The Sea Lion"". Captain John Nelson (Hobart Bosworth) and his crew hunt whales on the high seas. The captain is an angry man, having never recovered from his wife's leaving him for another man 20 years prior. When the ship comes to port, Tom (Emory Johnson), a young man, joins the crew as a lookout. He"
"few times that Hammerstein and Rodgers did not display a united front. Although the part of the King was only a supporting role to Lawrence's Anna, Hammerstein and Rodgers thought it essential that a well-known theatrical actor play it. The obvious choice was Rex Harrison, who had played the King in the movie, but he was booked, as was Noël Coward. Alfred Drake, the original Curly in ""Oklahoma!"", made contractual demands which were deemed too high. With time running short before rehearsals, finding an actor to play the King became a major concern. Mary Martin, the original Nellie Forbush in"
"Mermaids (1990 film) Mermaids is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name written by Patty Dann. It was shot in and around the towns of Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lincoln and Pawtucket. The film is narrated by Charlotte Flax, a quirky and awkward 15-year-old girl living in Oklahoma with her single, eccentric mother, Rachel (whom she calls ""Mrs."
"Larner in the film ""Breaking Glass"" (1980), Rochus Misch in ""The Bunker"" (1981), Berkeley Cole in the film ""Out of Africa"" (1985), the King of the United Kingdom in ""To Play the King"" (1993), an English land agent during the Irish Famine in ""The Hanging Gale"" (1995), and a recurring role as Bill Tanner in the Pierce Brosnan Bond films ""GoldenEye"" (1995) and ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999). His later films include ""The Russia House"" (1990), ""Fools of Fortune"" (1990), ""Enchanted April"" (1992), ""The Trial"" (1993), ""Fatherland"" (1994), ""Doomsday Gun"" (1994), ""The Hanging Gale"" (1995), ""Kidnapped"" (1995), ""Mrs Dalloway"""
"Nicol) into doing his dirty work until the police is of his trail. Gradually, however, Felkin, and Connie, become reformed by the decency and humanity of the Linder family. Cop Kelsey (Stephen McNally) continues to pursue Felkin and might not see things in this new light. The Raging Tide The Raging Tide is a 1951 film noir crime film directed by George Sherman starring Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol. The film tells of Bruno Felkin (Conte) as a San Francisco crime boss. After he kills off a mob rival, he tries to arrange an"
"disabled veteran in Terry Gilliam's ""The Fisher King"". He also appeared alongside Kevin Bacon, John Malkovich, and Jamie Lee Curtis in Steve Rash's ""Queens Logic"", and opposite Tom Berenger and Kathy Bates in Hector Babenco's film ""At Play in the Fields of the Lord"", adapted from Peter Matthiessen's 1965 novel. ""Bone Machine"", Waits's first studio album in five years, was released in 1992. The stark record featured a great deal of percussion and guitar (with little piano or sax), marking another change in Waits' sound. Critic Steve Huey calls it ""perhaps Tom Waits's most cohesive album... a morbid, sinister nightmare,"
"Pearl Harbor (film) Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American romantic period war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace. It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, and Alec Baldwin. The film is based on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the Doolittle Raid. Despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a major box office success, earning $59 million in its opening weekend and, in the end, nearly $450 million worldwide. It was"
"Bare Essentials Bare Essentials is a 1991 American made-for-television comedy film starring Gregory Harrison, Mark Linn-Baker and Lisa Hartman. It was directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Allen Estrin and Mark Estrin. Gordon (Linn-Baker) and Sydney (Hartman) are both hard-working, over-stressed, and engaged and decide to take a short cruise. However, they end up getting lost and stranded on an island named Luhana. While there, they meet an American named Bill (Harrison) who has lived on the island for 3 years and also owns it. Eventually Sydney starts to fall for Bill. They take walks together and swim in"
"his thirties, and ""Munchausen"", through the eyes of an elderly man. In the 1990s, Gilliam directed a trilogy of Americana: ""The Fisher King"" (1991), ""12 Monkeys"" (1995), and ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" (1998), which played on North American soil and, while still surreal, had less fantastical plots than his previous trilogy. As for his philosophical background in screenwriting and directing, Gilliam said on the TV show ""First Hand"" on RoundhouseTV, ""There's so many film schools, so many media courses which I actually am opposed to. Because I think it's more important to be educated, to read, to learn"
"The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ben Lewin, starring Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson. The story, set in Paris, follows the fateful meeting of Louis Aubinar with Sybil, who brings into his life her last unfortunate lover, the Pianist. The plot is based on a short story by Marcel Aymé. Louis Aubinar (Bob Hoskins), a humble, middle-aged photographer, specializes in religious pictures. Louis lives in a small apartment in Paris with his psychotic sister, Elizabeth, who cooks terrible meals,"
"The Shrimp on the Barbie The Shrimp on the Barbie, released in Australia as The Boyfriend from Hell, is a 1990 comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb (under the pseudonym Alan Smithee) and starring Cheech Marin. The title is derived from a line in a 1980s series of popular ads starring Paul Hogan promoting tourism to Australia: ""I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you"". Australian heiress Alexandra Hobart's (Emma Samms) father has disapproved of every boyfriend she has brought home to meet him, including her burly, life-of-the-party fiancé, Bruce (Vernon Wells). After a disastrous birthday party, Alexandra"
"Pang as Buddy, George Young as Guy and Janice Koh as Dawn. Swimming with Sharks Swimming with Sharks (also known as The Boss and Buddy Factor) is a 1994 American comedy-drama film written and directed by George Huang and starring Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley and Michelle Forbes. Buddy Ackerman, an influential movie mogul, hires Guy, a naïve young writer, as his assistant. Guy, who had just graduated from film school, believes that his new job is a golden opportunity. Despite warnings from Rex, the outgoing assistant who has become hardened under Buddy's reign, Guy remains optimistic. Buddy turns out to"
"in interest in the film during the mid 2010s. This has led to further analysis of the controversial ending. Captain Ron Captain Ron is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Thom Eberhardt, produced by David Permut, and written by John Dwyer for Touchstone Pictures. It stars Kurt Russell as the title character, a sailor with a quirky personality and a checkered past, and Martin Short as an upper-middle class, suburban family man who hires him to sail a yacht through the Caribbean with him and his family aboard. Mary Kay Place, Meadow Sisto, and Benjamin Salisbury also star as"