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==Plot== Jack Lucas, a [[Narcissistic personality disorder|narcissistic]], [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] [[shock jock]], dismisses a disturbed regular caller, Edwin, over his infatuation with a woman he met at a [[Manhattan]] restaurant, brashly describing her social circle as a vain enemy to people like Edwin that "must be stopped before it's too late". Meanwhile, Jack has an equally vain girlfriend, a high rise penthouse apartment, and is in consideration for the lead in a comedic TV pilot. While practicing a line read at home, he turns on a news report and discovers his comments spurred Edwin to commit a mass [[murder–suicide]] at the restaurant, to his horror. Three years later, Jack is working for his new girlfriend, Anne, in her video store, and is in a mostly drunken, depressed state, fearful of being recognized. One night, while [[Binge drinking|on a bender]], he is moments from suicide. However, he is attacked and nearly set on fire by teenage [[Punk subculture|punks]] who mistake him for a homeless person. He is rescued by Parry, a delusional homeless man who claims to have been tasked by cherubs to find the [[Holy Grail]]. Parry tries to enlist Jack's help in getting the Grail, relaying the legend of God charging the [[Fisher King]] with finding the Holy Grail, but the King incurred an incapacitating wound for his sin of [[Pride (sin)|pride]]. "A Fool asks the King why he suffers, and when the King says he is thirsty, the Fool gives him a cup of water to drink. The King realizes the cup is the Grail and asks, 'How did you find what my brightest and bravest could not?' The Fool said 'I don't know. I only knew that you were thirsty.'" Jack is initially reluctant, but acquiesces after learning his role in Parry's current condition. Parry, whose real name is Henry Sagan, had been a teacher at [[Hunter College]]. After witnessing his wife's gruesome death during Edwin's massacre, Henry had a [[psychotic break]] and became [[catatonic]]. When he awakened, he took on the persona of Parry and became obsessed with the legend of the Fisher King. With Parry as his shielding persona, mentions of reality panic him, and he is continually haunted by a terrifying, hallucinatory [[Red Knight]], from a distorted memory of his wife's face exploding from a shotgun blast. Jack seeks to redeem himself by helping Parry find love again. Lydia, a shy woman with whom Parry is smitten, is at first sent a cabaret telegram performed by a homeless singer, inviting her to Anne's video store membership. While there, she's prodded to meet Parry for joining Jack and Anne for dinner. Afterward, Parry walks Lydia home and declares his love for her from observing her for months. She reciprocates before heading inside, but Parry's initiating a new romance summons the Red Knight. Fleeing his vision, the memory of his wife's murder, and his institutionalization, he is ambushed by the same punks against whom he had defended Jack. Beaten and knifed mercilessly, Parry becomes catatonic again. Jack, feeling whole again after "saving" Parry, breaks up with Anne and begins to rebuild his career. However, he has a crisis of conscience during a [[sitcom]] pitch after ignoring the homeless cabaret singer's reaching out to him. After finding out what happened to Parry, Jack furiously wrestles with his self-loathing and Parry's earlier belief in him. Ultimately wanting to help his friend, dons Parry's clothing and infiltrates the [[Upper East Side]] castle of a famous architect and retrieves the "Grail", a trophy that Parry believes to be the real Grail. During the theft, Jack finds the architect unconscious from attempting suicide. He triggers the alarm while leaving, alerting authorities and saving the man's life. When he brings the "Grail" to Parry, Parry regains consciousness and tells a silent Jack that he is ready to miss his wife. Lydia visits Parry in the hospital; she finds him awake and leading the patients of the ward in a rendition of the song, "[[How About You?]]", with Jack. Parry and Lydia embrace, and Jack reconciles with Anne, telling her that he loves her. She slaps him, but grabs and kisses him. That night, Jack and Parry lie naked in [[Central Park]] gazing at the clouds, as they view a fireworks display over New York.
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