Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.Un ancien DJ de radio, suicidaire après une terrible erreur, se rachète en aidant un clochard déséquilibré qui a été la victime malgré lui de cette erreur.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Récompensé par 1 Oscar
- 14 victoires et 39 nominations au total
- Lou Rosen
- (as David Pierce)
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Bridges portrays an arrogant radio shock-jock, who's big mouth and flippant comments send a disturbed listener on a murderous rampage, thus ending his career. Enter Ruehl as his new enabler girlfriend, waiting patiently for him to drag himself up from the dregs, hoping to catch a ride to the top. Just when Bridges seems to have hit rock bottom, he encounters Williams, a crazed vagrant who thinks he is a knight in shining armor.
What ensues is a tale of remorse, redemption and rebirth which is made all the more magical by Gilliam's magnificent vision. Most notable is a scene which takes place in Grand Central Station where the hustle and bustle of the busy commuters dissolves into a spectacular waltz as Williams follows Plummer, the woman of his dreams. Gilliam's style makes Williams delusions come alive as the character makes the slow journey from trauma-induced insanity to stark, yet hopeful, reality.
Every character in this film undergoes a metamorphosis, each learning from the others along the transformation. It is a beautiful film to watch, and an achievement to all involved that subject matter of such depth can come across with such humor and with such beauty.
Perhaps the most brilliant acheivement of this movie is the way it takes Robin Williams' crazy-improvisational persona and makes it an integral part of the story. Instead of being a tacked-on adjunct to the "real" movie, Williams' stream-of-consciousness patter is essential to the work as a whole.
At the same time, Gilliam is making an almost-mainstream movie for the first time in his career, while explicitly referencing his past (the Holy Grail). It all comes together into a movie you will never forget.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFor the "waltzing commuter" scene in Grand Central station, the main hall of the terminal was shut down for the shoot from 8pm until the first commuter trains arrived at 5:30 am the next morning. Lighting effects outside of the large terminal windows made it seem to be 5:00 in the evening the entire night, and over 400 extras waltzed around the mirror-ball topped Information Booth again and again throughout the night. Now, on New Year's, an orchestra plays there and people waltz for real.
- GaffesAfter the double-date dinner at the Chinese restaurant, Anne unlocks the door to the apartment and puts her keys in her purse. Then she is hugging Jack, and the keys are still in her hand.
- Citations
Parry: Did you ever hear the story of the Fisher King?
Jack Lucas: No.
Parry: It begins with the king as a boy, having to spend the night alone in the forest, to prove his courage so he can become king. Now, while he's spending the night alone, he is visited by a sacred vision. Out of the fire appears the Holy Grail, symbol of God's divine grace. And a voice said to the boy, "You shall be keeper of the Grail, so that it may heal the hearts of men." But the boy was blinded by greater visions of a life filled with power, and glory, and beauty. And in this state of radical amazement, he felt for a brief moment not like a boy, but invincible - like God... so he reached into the fire to take the Grail, and the Grail vanished, leaving him with his hand in the fire, to be terribly wounded. Now as this boy grew older, his wound grew deeper. Until one day, life for him lost its reason. He had no faith in any man - not even himself. He couldn't love, or feel loved. He was sick with experience. He began to die. One day, a fool wandered into the castle, and found the king alone. And being a fool, he was simple-minded; he didn't see a king. He only saw a man alone, and in pain. And he asked the king, "What ails you, friend?" The king replied, "I'm thirsty - I need some water to cool my throat." So the fool took a cup from beside his bed, filled it with water, and handed it to the king. As the king began to drink, he realized his wound was healed! He looked in his hands, and there was the Holy Grail, that which he sought all of his life. And he turned to the fool and said with amazement, "How can you find that which my brightest and bravest could not?" And the fool replied, "I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty."
- Bandes originalesHow About You?
Written by Ralph Freed & Burton Lane
Produced by Ray Cooper and George Fenton
Whistled & Sung by Harry Nilsson
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Pescador de ilusiones
- Lieux de tournage
- Hunter College High School, Madison Avenue, Manhattan, Ville de New York, New York, États-Unis(Exterior of Holy grail castle)
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 24 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 41 895 491 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 311 662 $US
- 22 sept. 1991
- Montant brut mondial
- 41 895 736 $US
- Durée2 heures 17 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1