The Fisher King

Terry Gilliam set a modern fairy tale about the search for the Holy Grail in the streets of Manhattan and gave free rein to his imaginative visions. Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams shine in the story of two life's castaways.

New York is in Gilliam's eyes a ghostly forest full of traps and phantoms - after all, they are not just traffic lights, road signs, trash cans, pedestrians, skyscrapers... or are they? Whether it is an eccentric fairy tale from Arthurian legends, a heroic novel, a study of a sick mind, or a morality play of modern American metropolis - a happy ending is a prerequisite. Otherwise, it could not be the work of that brilliant film storyteller from the Monty Python circle.