Film

The Fisher King 1991

Directed by Terry Gilliam

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 138 min
  • R

A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail.

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

ComedyDramahomeless personunsociabilityholy grailsense of guiltloss of loved onecynicgun rampagetalk showsuppressed pastyuppieforgivenesslegend

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