Urban parable of romance and redemption, continuing the New York Stories season.
Starring Robin Williams
Jeff Bridges
Amanda Plummer
Mercedes Ruehl
Jack Lucas is a hugely successful but vituperative radio phone-in host. A typically reckless remark over the airwaves seems to be the trigger for one of his listeners to perpetrate a random massacre at a fashionable Manhattan bar. Lucas goes into an alcoholic decline, taking his career with him. But a chance encounter with a mystical vagrant seems to offer him an opportunity for atonement. The film features an Oscar-winning performance from Mercedes Ruehl.
Director Terry Gilliam
The New York Stories season continues next Saturday with Do the Right Thing.
⦠FILM REVIEWS pages 53-58