Question 1

What surprising cameo appears in the train station scene?

Accepted Answer

Tom Waits plays the beggar in the wheelchair at the train station.

Question 2

Which major festivals featured The Fisher King in 1991?

Accepted Answer

The film was part of the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival in 1991.

Question 3

How did Terry Gilliam break his own rules to make this film?

Accepted Answer

Terry Gilliam violated his three rules: he directed someone else's script, worked for a major studio, and filmed in America.

Question 4

What was unique about the Grand Central Station waltz scene shoot?

Accepted Answer

The main hall was shut down overnight, with over 400 extras waltzing around a mirror-ball topped Information Booth, lit to look like 5:00 PM the entire night.

Question 5

What is the central mission that drives the story of The Fisher King?

Accepted Answer

Two troubled men join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail to save themselves, facing their pasts and destinies.

Question 6

What surprising rules did Terry Gilliam break to make The Fisher King?

Accepted Answer

Terry Gilliam violated three personal filmmaking rules: never doing someone else's script, never working for a major studio, and never working in America, all to direct this film.

Question 7

How was the iconic waltzing commuter scene in Grand Central Station filmed?

Accepted Answer

The main hall was shut from 8pm to 5:30am, with lighting to simulate evening, and over 400 extras waltzed around a mirror-ball topped Information Booth repeatedly throughout the night.

Question 8

What is the central mission that drives the story of The Fisher King?

Accepted Answer

Two troubled men join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail, facing their pasts and destinies to save themselves.

Question 9

Which major film festivals featured The Fisher King in 1991?

Accepted Answer

The film was part of the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival in 1991.

Question 10

Who played the beggar in the wheelchair at the train station?

Accepted Answer

Tom Waits portrayed the beggar in the wheelchair at the train station.

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