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| General Information |
| Directed by Screenplay by Genre Runtime Theatrical release Rated Filming locations Production companies |
| Terry Gilliam Richard LaGravenese Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Comedy 137 min. September 29, 1991 R Central Park, Manhattan, Grand Central Station, NY & Los Angeles, CA Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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| Tagline |
| A Modern Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman, and The Holy Grail |
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| Cast selected |
| Robin Williams Jeff Bridges Amanda Plummer Michael Jeter |
| Parry / Henry Sagan Jack Lucas Lydia Sinclair Homeless Cabaret Singer |
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| Quotes |
| Parry Hold variet...or feel the sting of my shaft! In the name of Blanche De Fleur, unhand that errant Knight! Do you speak English?! Let the bum go dipshit! Parry Mendacity. Why are two attractive city squirrels like you abusing a knight like this? City squirrel You a faggot too? Parry Faggot? No, but I do believe in fairies. Oh, not without dinner. City squirrel Are you fucking nuts? Parry Voila! Let' show him what he' won. I advice you to let us go. City squirrel You advice us, huh? Parry Yes. You'e outnumbered, son. You see? Parry Oh, look, it' show time. You know, boys...there's three things in this world that you need. Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis and a navy blazer. Oh, one more thing. Never take your eye off the ball! City squirrel You don't leave me tied up here alone, you fucking faggot! Parry Oh, you'e not gonna be alone. Huh. Yo, come and get i-i-i-i-t! Parry Hey, I know a fabulous place with great ambiance. Parry These are raisons or ratshit. You can' tell sometimes. Oh! How about a fruit pie? You're right, I was off a couple of months. Parry They came to me about a year ago. I was sitting on the John having one of those satisfying bowel movements. You know, that ones that border on mystical. Where you'e like--- And there they were. Hundreds of the cutest little fat people floating right in front of me. It was wonderful. And then...they spoke. Parry I love this guy! You hear me?! I love this guy! Jack I gave you the money. You wanna keep it, fine. You wanna give it away, fine. I just want You to know I did gave him the money, okay? Are we clear? Parry Who are you talking to, Jack? Parry Heaven be praised giving soon the opportunity to fulfill the duties of my profession. These cries proceed from a miserable male or female in needing my aid and my protection. Jack Where would King Arthur be without Guinevere? Parry Happily married, probably. Parry Holding my penis...what a wonderful way of saying how much you like me |
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| Summary |
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| A talk DJ (Jeff Bridges) inadvertantly convinces a psycho to blow away restaurant patrons and himself when the psycho calls in for advice. After 3 years of wallowing in his remorse, he's attacked and almost set on fire, but a crazy street person (Robin) rescued him. The DJ finds out the transient is on a mission to find the holy grail, and tries to repay his kindness with money, but the transient has more hands-on assistance in mind, and tries to convince the DJ to find the holy grail. |