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
Amy Fisher Inside Amy Fisher", calling it the first of eight such films Fisher would produce and in which she would star. The company had announced the movie in July 2010 under the working title "The Making of Amy Fisher: Porn Star". In June 2011, Fisher said she was no longer making adult films. According to Alan Ball, Fisher's story was an inspiration to him in his writing the script for the 1999 film "American Beauty." Amy Fisher Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974) is an American woman who became known as "the Long Island Lolita" by the media in 1992,