The Fisher King

by Richard LaGravenese, Richard Lagravanese, Terry Gilliam (Introduction)

(Applause Books). The Applause book of The Fisher King is essential reading for any fan of this 4-star film from Terry Gilliam that Playboy calls "an astonishing comedy about love, loss and redemption" and Vogue says "takes enormous risks and pulls off the challenge." It over 200 photographs, deleted and altered scenes, interviews with Robin Williams & Terry Gilliam, a symposium about the making of the film, the complete credits, and more.

Genres: Film

1 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this so much; don't usually read screenplays, but this is a movie and small ensemble cast I just love, and had no idea WHO wrote it. There is an essay by the screenwriter, as well as interviews with Gilliam, Director, and with the late Robin Williams (this feels like an open wound to me.) To remember, this publication, and certainly this film, appeared before Williams' suicide.
I love this: recommended, with that caveat.
The movie has a happy end, and there is lots to celebrate in this great stuff, we just miss Williams.
Share this reference: the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 800-273-8255.
Here's more on that point, from Georgia: https://namiga.org/crisis-info/

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

marvelous ride. we've been trying to get a production of this mounted on stage, to raise $ for Robin's charities. stay tuned.

[Victoria & David Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Madness, murder, anxiety, and depression.
Pursuit of the Holy Grail out and about in New York City circa 1990.
Robin Williams (in one of his finest performances),
Jeff Bridges, and Mercedes Ruehl (who won an oscar.)
It is of course, a comedy.

[Lise]

I just started reading it yesterday, September 13, 2019. I had not noticed that it was written by Richard Lagravanese who directed one of my favorite movie, "P.S. I Love You..

So far Jeff Bridges' character Jack Lucas is even meaner than in the film.

Before I go further, I loved that movie. This was Robin Williams at his best and in there you could see he could do drama just as well as comedy but nobody seemed to want to give him a chance. His more serious movies if they did not include a bit of comedy like What Dreams May Come or The Dead Poet Society or Patch, people seemed reluctant to watch them. I did. Robin was wonderful in Insomnia with Pacino and Swanks. He gave me the shivers. He was a great actor and to this day I'm still in shock that this beautiful human being should have suffered so much as to take his own life. I blame the person who lived with him as she should have seen the signs.

I'm on the page where Jack is egging on one regular he loves to torture and as it turns out for whoever read the book or saw the film, that character will play a big part in changing Jack's life and that of Perry too.

Basically the book is a faithful rendition of the movie and both are good. I loved that movie. Robin Williams starts as a loving adorable funny bum called Parry but when you find out more about him, you find out how he became Parry and it is tragic in some way. He used to be Henry Sagan, professor of medieval history, happily married to the beautiful Elizabeth. There is a reason Jack Lucas played by Jeff Bridges becomes intertwined with Parry. In some way, some of the actions of Jack are responsible for Parry's condition and tragedy. Once Jack learns that he sets out to try and help Parry find happiness again with Leticia Sinclair marvelously played by Amanda Plummer. I loved Mercedes Ruehl's Anna Napolitano. In reality a man like Jack Lucas if he got back his posh life, fame and the hot model girlfriend might never learn it that he is actually meant to be with Anna but hey, it's fiction. You need to have a pure heart like Parry to see beauty in somebody plain like Leticia and Jack doesn't have that.

[San Dee · Rating 1 out of 5]

mildly entertaining. ok, MINIMALLY entertaining. it really TRIES to make some kind of social statement about not being shallow and wanting things, status, power, etc. but it just comes across as...lame.
and the ending makes me want to puke. it just wraps everything up so nicely in a cute little bow. oh, puh-leeze!
actually, the more i think about it, i actually dont like this book at all. i was giving it a "it was ok" rating, but im gonna change it to "didn't like it", since "this is frikkin lame" is not an option.
sorry to y'all that just LOVED the movie, i didn't see it, nor will i after reading this stupid rag!
hahahaha!

[Leila T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this is more of a two-and-a-half stars, but it was amusing enough as a "book of the film", and it's not written horrendously (unlike "The Da Vinci Code"), although I think the movie itself is probably better. I think another reviewer has said that the ending is crap, which is probably true, even though I just remember it as being surreal.

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This my all time favorite movie, therefore it gets favorite book by default

[Sang-Woo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish this film was a novel, as well!

[Lourdes Cambridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

THEY WERE GOING TO TELL HIM THAT HE HAD PARKINSONS... TRY THE RWA EDIT.