The Annihilation of Fish

“A Crazy Love Story.”

6.4(15)19991h 42m

DramaRomanceComedy

A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.

Director

Charles Burnett

Cast

James Earl Jones

Fish

Lynn Redgrave

Poinsettia

Margot Kidder

Mrs. Muldroone

Sarah Benoit

Reno Minister's Wife

Andy Garza

Wedding Groom

Tommy Redmond Hicks

New York City Minister

Ronald F. Hoiseck

Reno Minister

Shannon Wilcox

Hippie Preacher's Wife

Victoria Prismantas

Young Hippie Woman

Paul M. Heller

Mailman

David Kagen

Social Worker

Arlene Albertson

Woman at Bus Station

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1 review

loser007

19d ago

I found this rare(maybe) movie by a complete desperation in search of movies pre 2000. my excuse is that pre digital movies look smoother to the eye and are involving real proffessionals at work. and by this account i can watch anything made pre digital with no single distaste. the movie is a rollercoaster, it will punch you in the face and kick your guts with the brutal reality of it's ma...