The Fisher King 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
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher can be found in the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. "Jeremy Fisher" reflects the characteristic cadence and "employs a psalm-like caesura in the middle of [a] sentence". Carpenter sees in Potter's work thematic shifts from the early work onward. In the first stage of her work, he sees in stories such as "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" a type of Jack-the-Giant-Killer theme, in which a small creature confronts a large creature that he believes culminates in "The Tale of Jeremy Fisher". Potter places Jeremy Fisher in a dangerous world, according to Carpenter. The fishing experience is frightening: the