Fisher King

[ fish-er king ]

noun

1. Arthurian Legend. (in the story of Percival ) the custodian of the Holy Grail.

Example Sentences

The following years had more Oscar winners and contenders in store for Obst, who would go on to produce the Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges-starrer “The Fisher King” and eventually help bring friend Nora Ephron‘s “This Is My Life” and “Sleepless in Seattle” to the screen.

From Los Angeles Times

Williams patterned his performance in “The Fisher King,” which earned him an Oscar nomination, after Radio Man.

From Seattle Times

He was shooting “The Fisher King,” Terry Gilliam’s 1991 film in which Williams plays a vagabond searching for the Holy Grail.

From Seattle Times

Sue Fisher King, who owns a namesake home goods shop in San Francisco, first encountered Astier’s products at the Maison & Objet trade show in Paris in 1996, the year the brand debuted.

From New York Times

The production will be set in a Black community — the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s — with a new book by Richard LaGravenese, a screenwriter and director who was nominated for an Oscar for “The Fisher King,” and who both adapted and directed a 2014 film version of “The Last Five Years.”

From New York Times