XXXII:14) Terry Gilliam, the FISHER KING (1991, 137 Min)
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Online versions of the Goldenrod Handouts have color images & live links: May 3, 2016 (XXXII:14) http://csac.buffalo.edu/goldenrodhandouts.html Terry Gilliam, THE FISHER KING (1991, 137 min) Directed by Terry Gilliam Written by Richard LaGravenese Produced by Debra Hill and Lynda Obst Music George Fenton Cinematography Roger Pratt Film Editing Lesley Walker Casting Howard Feuer Production Design Mel Bourne Academy Awards, USA 1992 Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role—Mercedes Ruehl Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role—Robin Williams, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen— Richard LaGravenese, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration— Mel Bourne and Cindy Carr, Best Music, Original Score— George Fenton Jeff Bridges…Jack Adam Bryant…Radio Engineer Paul Lombardi…Radio Engineer David Hyde Pierce…Lou Rosen William Preston…John the Bum Ted Ross…Limo Bum Al Fann…Superintendent Lara Harris…Sondra Stephen Bridgewater…Porno Customer Warren Olney…TV Anchorman Amanda Plummer…Lydia Frazer Smith…News Reporter John Heffernan…Stockbroker Bum Mercedes Ruehl…Anne Chris Howell…Red Knight Kathy Najimy…Crazed Video Customer Michael Jeter…Homeless Cabaret Singer Harry Shearer…Sitcom Actor Ben Starr Tom Waits…Disabled Veteran (uncredited) Melinda Culea …Sitcom Wife James Remini…Bum at Hotel TERRY GILLIAM (b. November 22, 1940) was born in Mark Bowden…Doorman Minnesota near Medicine Lake. When he was 12 his family John Ottavino…Father at Hotel moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of Mad Brian Michaels…Little Boy magazine. In his early 20's he was often stopped by the Jayce Bartok…First Punk police who often suspected him of being a drug addict and Dan Futterman…Second Punk Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertisement. Robin Williams…Parry Gilliam said these experiences made him understand how it Bradley Gregg …Hippie Bum was like to be Black or Mexican and gave him sympathy William Jay Marshall…Jamaican Bum for the poor. In the political turmoil in the 60's, Gilliam Gilliam—THE FISHER KING—2 feared he might develop into a terrorist and decided to TV Series), Marty (1968, TV Series) and Do Not Adjust leave the USA. After moving to England he landed a job Your Set (1968, TV Series). He has also acted in 24 films, on the children's television show Do Not Adjust Your Set video games, and television series including Absolutely as an animator. There he would meet his future Anything (2015), Jupiter Ascending (2015), 9-Month collaborators in Monty Python: Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Stretch (2013), I rec u (2012), A Liar's Autobiography: The Michael Palin. In 2006 he renounced his American Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012), citizenship. Gilliam was originally known for the bizarre The Monster of Nix (2011, Short), The Legend of animation sequences in Monty Python's Flying Circus Hallowdega (2010, Short), Not the Messiah: He's a Very (1969) using cutout pictures and photographs. Over time Naughty Boy (2010), Locked Out (2006), The Adventures the director added many more distinct signatures to his of Baron Munchausen (1988), Spies Like Us (1985), Brazil work such as: features people/animals bursting through (1985), The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983, Short), walls or ceilings, begins and The Meaning of Life (1983), ends his films with the same Life of Brian (1979), shot, heavy use of wide Jabberwocky (1977), Monty angle lenses and Dutch tilt Python and the Holy Grail shots. For all of Gilliam’s (1975), Monty Python's famous films, he is perhaps Flying Circus (1969-1974, equally as infamous for TV Series), Monty Python's those he turns down Fliegender Zirkus (1971, TV including the opportunity to Movie), And Now for direct Who Framed Roger Something Completely Rabbit (1988), Enemy Mine Different (1971) and (1985), and Forrest Gump Euroshow 71 (1971, TV (1994) and Alien: Movie). Resurrection (1997). Has been off and on to write and RICHARD LAGRAVENESE direct a movie adaptation of (b. October 30, 1959 in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's graphic novel Brooklyn, New York) is a writer and director, known for "Watchmen." Gilliam has said he attempted to write an P.S. I Love You (2007), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) accurate screenplay but it would be unfilmable, but he and Unbroken (2014). He began his career as a playwright would consider directing it if it were made into 10 or 12- and stand-up comic in New York City. It was here during part cable television series. He has both written and the early 1980s, billed as "The Double R" comedy duo, in directed, The Zero Theorem (2013), The Wholly Family collaboration with playwright Richard O’Donnell, (2011, Short), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus LaGravenese co-penned and consecutively performed in (2009), Tideland (2005, screenplay), Fear and Loathing in several Off-Off-Broadway productions including Spare Las Vegas (1998, screenplay), The Adventures of Baron Parts, Blood-brothers at The 78th Street Theatre Lab, The Munchausen (1988), The Crimson Permanent Assurance Lion Theatre, and West Bank Cafe. LaGravenese wrote The (1983, Short), The Meaning of Life (1983, animation and Fisher King on spec in the late 1980s and was nominated special sequence and written by), Time Bandits (1981), for an Oscar for his first solo screenplay for this film. In Jabberwocky (1977, screenplay), Monty Python and the fact, his former boss, producer Aaron Russo with whom Holy Grail (1975), Miracle of Flight (1974, Short), he’d worked on the bomb Rude Awakenings (1989), tried Storytime (1968, Short). He has also directed The Legend numerous times to buy the “Fisher King” screenplay from of Hallowdega (2010, Short), The Brothers Grimm (2005), LaGravenese. The writer has said this about the Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Fisher King (1991), Brazil experience: “He fired me. I was literally banned from the (1985). In addition he wrote for over 30 films and TV set of “Rude Awakening” because I would not sell him series, some of which include Monty Python Live (2014, ‘Fisher King’. I didn’t know a lot, but I knew enough not to Mostly), Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really sell him my spec screenplay”. In 2002, he was the Expensive School (2003, Video short), Eric Idle: Exploits recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Monty Python (2002), Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Screenwriter Award. He has written for 21 films and TV Python (1999, TV Movie documentary), Parrot Sketch Not programs: The Comedian (2017, post-production), Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989, TV Dangerous Liaisons (2014, TV Movie), Unbroken (2014, Special), Life of Brian (1979), Monty Python's Flying screenplay), The Last Five Years (2014, screenplay), The Circus (1969, TV Series), Monty Python's Fliegender Divide (2014, TV Series, created by - 8 episodes), Behind Zirkus (1971, TV Movie), And Now for Something the Candelabra (2013, TV Movie, screenplay), Beautiful Completely Different (1971), Broaden Your Mind (1968, Creatures (2013, screenplay), Water for Elephants (2011, Gilliam—THE FISHER KING—3 screenplay), P.S. I Love You (2007, screenplay), Freedom composing for wildlife programs. In 2012 he said with Writers (2007, screenplay), Paris, je t'aime (2006, segment reference to The Blue Planet: "The minute I heard the title I "Pigalle"), Beloved (1998, screenplay), Living Out Loud was sold. I just thought it was so great that I turned down (1998, written by), The Horse Whisperer (1998, the offer of doing another film in the States and flew screenplay), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996, screen straight back home." He was nominated for Best Original story, screenplay), Unstrung Heroes (1995, screenplay), Score for tonight’s film. His compositional output includes The Bridges of Madison County (1995, screenplay), A Wild Oats (2016, completed), I, Daniel Blake (2016, Little Princess (1995, filming), The Lady in the Van screenplay), The Ref (1994, (2015), The Zero Theorem (2013), screenplay), The Fisher King Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (1991, written by), and Rude (2013), The Angels' Share (2012), Awakening (1989, screenplay). Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest (2012, Documentary), The Bounty GEORGE FENTON (b. October Hunter (2010), 2009 Life (2009, TV 19, 1950 in London, England) is Mini-Series documentary,10 known for his work on Gandhi episodes), Looking for Eric (2009), (1982), Groundhog Day (1993) Fool's Gold (2008), Love and Death and the BBC series The Blue in Shanghai (2007, TV Movie Planet and Planet Earth. He attended St Edward's School documentary), It's a Free World... (2007), Planet Earth in Oxford where "he learnt his music" from Peter (2006, TV Mini-Series documentary, 11 episodes), The Whitehouse, however, beyond this he has no further formal Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Last Holiday (2006), training in music. Fenton's involvement with St Edward's Bewitched (2005), Valiant (2005), Tickets (2005), Hitch continued as an adult and he has been a governor of the (2005), Deep Blue (2003, Documentary), Imagining school since 1998. Initially Fenton worked as an actor, Argentina (2003), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Sweet getting an early break in 1968 with a part in Alan Bennett's Sixteen (2002), The Navigators (2001), Summer Catch first West End play Forty Years On. He had some success (2001), Bread and Roses (2000), Anna and the King as an actor in the early 1970s appearing in the film Private (1999), Grey Owl (1999), Entropy (1999), You've Got Mail Road, in Alan Bennett's first television play A Day Out (1998), Living Out Loud (1998), My Name Is Joe (1998), directed by Stephen Frears, and in the soap opera The Object of My Affection (1998), Dangerous Beauty Emmerdale Farm. In 1969 Fenton tried his hand as a (1998), Heaven's Prisoners (1996), Mary Reilly (1996), recording artist with a cover of The Beatles song China Moon (1994), Shadowlands (1993), Born Yesterday “Maxwell's Silver Hammer” and in 1973 he dabbled in (1993), Groundhog Day (1993), Hero (1992), Final band management helping to get the folk-rock band Hunter Analysis (1992), The Fisher King (1991), White Palace Muskett a recording contract with Bradley's Records.