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From the lovable Genie to the Oscar-winning therapist, Robin Williams lit up the 1990s with unforgettable performances. Join us as we journey through his most memorable roles from a decade of comedic genius and dramatic depth. Experience the magic, laughter, and tears that defined an incredible era of this legendary actor's career.
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00:00I'd be happy to fix it for you.
00:03If it's not too much effort.
00:04No, not at all.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're taking a walk through Robin Williams' film oeuvre of the 1990s.
00:11We'll be skipping over the films in which he merely made a cameo appearance,
00:15sticking to the ones in which he had a larger role.
00:18It's not your fault, alright?
00:21It's not your fault.
00:23Cadillac Man.
00:30Robin Williams headed into the 1990s on a high note,
00:38following his Academy Award-nominated performance in the critically acclaimed 1989 film Dead Poets Society.
00:44However, his first film of the 90s was not another hit.
00:48In fact, Cadillac Man, a dark comedy starring Williams and Tim Robbins,
00:52was called one of the worst films of the year by Variety.
01:00The film, about a stressed-out car salesman taken hostage by a heartbroken motorcyclist,
01:05ended up falling flat.
01:06But audiences wouldn't have to wait very long to see Williams again,
01:10and this time with much better results.
01:12Are you okay?
01:13Yeah, I'm okay.
01:15You're crazy, Larry.
01:17You're crazy.
01:18Get him out of here, huh?
01:20Awakenings.
01:21You've gotten worse.
01:27The drug's not working.
01:28Many people slept on Cadillac Man when it was released in May of 1990,
01:33but just seven months later,
01:35they awoke to what the Academy Awards deemed one of the year's best pictures.
01:39Directed by Penny Marshall,
01:40Awakenings features Williams as neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayre,
01:43who uses a new drug to awaken multiple patients who've been catatonic for decades.
01:48I'm not asleep.
01:51No.
01:53You're awake.
01:54Setting aside his comedic talents,
01:56Williams once again showed he could do dramatic work.
01:58Both critics and audiences responded well to his performance and to the film itself.
02:03But the reality is,
02:05we don't know what went wrong any more than we know what went right.
02:09Dead Again.
02:10Felt like I didn't care about him.
02:12Okay.
02:13I love being a doctor.
02:16I used to not charge half my patients.
02:18Robin Williams kept up his busy pace in 1991,
02:22doing multiple films.
02:24The first was Dead Again,
02:25a romantic thriller in the neo-noir genre.
02:27The film was directed by Kenneth Branagh,
02:30who also co-starred with his then-wife Emma Thompson.
02:33Vulgar former psychiatrist Cozy Carlisle is merely a side character.
02:37With Williams in the role, though,
02:39he's not only an important character,
02:41but one of the movie's most memorable.
02:42Do you believe what you saw was real?
02:45It seemed real.
02:47Yeah.
02:49You stick with the junk man.
02:50He's on the right track.
02:51Following this supporting role,
02:52Williams took a lead spot in his next two films that year.
02:56You could be Bob in one life and then Betty in the next.
02:59You can be husband in one life and then the wife in the next.
03:01Two halves are the same person.
03:03I would say from this picture,
03:04you look more like him than her,
03:06but what a baby you are.
03:09The Fisher King.
03:10Did you ever hear the story of the Fisher King?
03:14No.
03:17It begins with the king as a boy,
03:19having to spend the night alone in the forest
03:21to prove his courage so he can become king.
03:24The Fisher King might not have been
03:25Williams' biggest box office hit,
03:27taking home just over $72 million,
03:29but it's certainly one of his best films from any decade.
03:32Terry Gilliam's film would win an Oscar
03:34for a Mercedes-Benz Rule supporting performance,
03:36while Williams scored his third nomination for Best Actor.
03:39Wait.
03:40No, listen, I'm not feeling very well.
03:42Oh, no wonder.
03:43We just met, made love, and broke up,
03:44all in the space of 30 seconds.
03:47And I don't remember having the first kiss,
03:49which I think is the best part.
03:50This modern fantasy holy grail quest is funny,
03:53dramatic, and as one critic put it,
03:56quote,
03:56no Williams film can hit harder.
03:58However, as great as this film was,
04:01when it comes to 1991,
04:03there is one Robin Williams movie
04:04that gets talked about most,
04:06for good or bad.
04:07I was sitting on the john,
04:09having one of those really satisfying bowel movements,
04:11you know those ones that border on Mystical,
04:13where you're like...
04:14Hook.
04:21Hello, Wendy.
04:32I told you, Gran, I'd get him here,
04:34by Hook or by Crook.
04:35That's right.
04:361991 was the year of Hook.
04:39Directed by Steven Spielberg,
04:40Hook served as a sequel of sorts
04:42to the classic J.M. Barrie novel Peter and Wendy.
04:45With Williams, Dustin Hoffman,
04:47and Julia Roberts in front of the camera,
04:49this was all set to be a huge hit.
04:51And if you look at the $300 million box office,
04:54you might think that's what it was.
04:56However, while those are good numbers,
04:58they were below expectations.
05:00Critics also disliked the movie,
05:16as indicated by its Rotten Tomatoes score.
05:18Among all the criticism, though,
05:20there was praise for Williams in his role as Peter,
05:22and Hoffman as Captain Hook.
05:24No matter what critics said,
05:25it remains a timeless classic for millennials.
05:28Don't you love it, Maddie?
05:29Once you shed blood and dole out cruelty,
05:32it's all to stop.
05:33Ah, it's a pirate's life, my lad.
05:35Jack, Jack.
05:37Don't I know him, Captain?
05:39No, son.
05:39You've never seen him before in your life.
05:41Ferngully, The Last Rainforest.
05:43And they used to call me Batty.
05:45Batty Coda.
05:46Nice to meet you.
05:47Bonjour.
05:48When it comes to 1992 Robin Williams animated movies,
05:52we know what film everyone is thinking about.
05:54But first, we need to mention Ferngully,
05:56The Last Rainforest.
05:58Set in the Australian rainforest,
06:00Ferngully is a front-facing pro-environmental story
06:02of fairies and animals who save their precious land
06:05from loggers and polluters.
06:07One of those animals is Williams as Batty Coda,
06:09a bat living with the emotional and physical results
06:12of having been used for experiments by humans.
06:14This is a fabulous idea.
06:15I really think we should fly with that.
06:17Only, why don't you stay here with me?
06:20It's okay, really.
06:22I'll be right back.
06:23Why do I not believe you?
06:25Ferngully proved profitable over time,
06:27but it was nothing compared to where we heard Williams next.
06:31Run, Ted!
06:32Well, all right, Gummy.
06:34We're going to war.
06:36Yes, that's it!
06:37Back to the cab, Batty!
06:38Let's go!
06:40Aladdin.
06:40Hang on a second.
06:42Whoa!
06:44Wow!
06:45Does it feel good to be out of there?
06:47Aladdin was a great movie
06:49with a fun story and an award-winning song.
06:51But let's be honest here.
06:53This movie was as great as it was because of the genie.
06:56And the genie was as great as he was because of Robin Williams.
06:59From the moment he emerged from that lamp,
07:01Williams' genie grabbed onto the movie and the audience,
07:04never letting go.
07:05And we didn't want him to.
07:06Can you make me a prince?
07:08Oh, let's see.
07:10Chicken a la king?
07:11No.
07:12The Alaskan king crab.
07:14I hate it when I do that.
07:16Caesar salad.
07:17Et tu, Brute?
07:17Nope.
07:18Aha!
07:20To make a prince.
07:21Williams' sweet, manic, highly improvised performance
07:24is laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly rewatchable.
07:28How many 90s kids saw this one in the theaters more than once?
07:31Our hands are raised.
07:32How about yours?
07:33I'm in the mood to help you, dude.
07:35You ain't never had a friend like me.
07:38Toys.
07:38Is this room getting smaller or am I bloating?
07:40No.
07:41We're being attacked by a crossword puzzle.
07:43I like this one very much.
07:44Well, yes, that's our Oktoberfest model
07:46that's brought worse and not worse.
07:48The Brat Splat.
07:49How did it test?
07:50Very well.
07:5090% highly recommended.
07:52What's the gag factor?
07:54Instantaneous.
07:54We are working here!
07:56Toys was a movie that director Barry Levinson
07:58had been trying to make
07:59since co-writing the script back in 1979.
08:02For one reason or another,
08:03various attempts to get it off the ground
08:05never materialized.
08:06That was until Levinson hit it big with Rain Man
08:09and Robin Williams agreed to star in it.
08:11So, the movie finally got made.
08:13Unfortunately, not very well
08:14if you look at the reviews
08:15and the disappointing box office numbers.
08:17How can you come up with design
08:18better than our designers?
08:19We've been doing it for 50 years.
08:21I don't know.
08:21Give me some soup.
08:23Okay.
08:24What do you think, Owen?
08:26Although visually, it looked amazing.
08:28Hence, the Oscar noms
08:29for art direction and costume design.
08:31Into the old days
08:33Looking back
08:35At what there will be
08:37There's no reality
08:39Just an illusion
08:41Mrs. Doubtfire
08:43Daniel, hi
08:47Could you make me a woman?
08:50Honey, I'm so happy
08:52I knew you'd understand
08:551993 was the first year of the decade
08:57where Williams only starred in one movie.
09:00But boy, was it a big one.
09:01On just a $25 million budget
09:03Mrs. Doubtfire took home
09:05a whopping $441 million
09:07at the worldwide box office.
09:09And it forever made
09:10Run by Fruiting a thing.
09:12Some angry member of the kitchen staff
09:14Did you not tip them?
09:16Oh, the terrorists
09:17They ran that way
09:18It was a run by Fruiting
09:19I'll get them, sir
09:20Don't worry
09:21With Oscar winning makeup effects
09:25Williams escaped into the titular role.
09:28He also brought his signature ad-libs
09:30to the equation
09:30Although some of the more
09:32R-rated improvisations
09:33had to be left
09:33on the cutting room floor.
09:35You can have your big mama
09:36and your media
09:36When it comes to comedies
09:37with men dressing up
09:38like old ladies
09:39We'll still take
09:40Euphigenia Doubtfire
09:41every time.
09:43Being Human
09:56From a 1993 movie
10:04that everyone saw
10:05to a 1994 film
10:07that almost no one saw
10:08Being Human
10:09was an original
10:10and interesting film
10:11that explored the experiences
10:12of one human soul
10:14throughout a variety
10:14of said soul's incarnations.
10:16The movie was told
10:17through a series
10:18of vignette-style stories
10:19with Williams
10:20as the through line
10:21and the only actor
10:22to appear in all
10:23the various scenarios.
10:24While most felt
10:38the film fell short
10:39of its lofty ambitions
10:40it once again
10:41showed Williams' ability
10:43and desire
10:43to try something different.
10:45I won't eat you, Lobo.
10:46You won't eat me either,
10:48will you, Hector?
10:48Oh, God, no.
10:51I'd never eat you.
10:53No offense.
10:54Thanks.
10:55Oh, you're welcome.
10:56Nine Months
10:56Given the critical
11:04tongue-lashing
11:05this film received,
11:06Robin Williams
11:06was probably glad
11:07he wasn't the star
11:08of Nine Months.
11:09While Hugh Grant
11:10was overacting
11:11his way through
11:11a ridiculous performance
11:13in a subpar rom-com,
11:14Williams was getting
11:15some genuine laughs
11:16as Dr. Kosevich,
11:17a former Russian obstetrician
11:19to rats and monkeys.
11:20After that one,
11:45Robin had a brief
11:46and uncredited cameo
11:48in To Wong Fu
11:48Thanks for Everything
11:49Julie Newmar.
11:50But it was five months
11:52after nine months
11:53when audiences
11:53got their next
11:54full helping
11:55of Mr. Williams.
11:56Come on,
11:56we'll crack another bottle,
11:58okay?
11:58I'll be right back,
11:59but first I have to
12:00circumcise your son.
12:02Okay.
12:04Huh?
12:05What?
12:06Shit!
12:06Dr. Kosevich!
12:07Jumanji.
12:08You're playing the game
12:09I started in 1969.
12:13I'm gonna have to play.
12:14To everyone
12:16who saw Jumanji
12:17Welcome to the Jungle
12:18in 2017
12:19and didn't realize
12:20it was a sequel,
12:22it was.
12:22A sequel to a film
12:23that came out
12:2422 years earlier
12:25and starred Robin Williams.
12:27What is this about?
12:28I know you know.
12:30Yes, I do.
12:31But you wouldn't believe me
12:32even if I told you, Carl.
12:33Wait a minute, wait a minute.
12:34How did you know
12:35my name is Carl?
12:37I know a lot more than that.
12:39I know you used to work
12:40on the stamping line
12:40in a pair of shoes.
12:42They used to call you Soul Man.
12:43It's been said
12:44that both Tom Hanks
12:45and Bruce Willis
12:46were first choices
12:47for 1995's Jumanji
12:49but were unavailable
12:50due to other film commitments.
12:52However,
12:52it's also been reported
12:54that the production company
12:55TriStar agreed
12:55to finance the film
12:56only if Robin Williams
12:58agreed to star in it.
12:59Whatever the truth is,
13:00it was Williams
13:01who landed the role
13:02and in doing so
13:03was once again
13:04a part of many
13:0590s kids' happy memories.
13:07Thank you, Judy.
13:09That was very quick thinking.
13:11Sarah and I
13:11would like to get out
13:12of the floor
13:13so it's your turn, Peter.
13:15The Birdcage
13:16You have to say to yourself,
13:18Albert,
13:19you pierced the toes.
13:21So what?
13:22It's not the end
13:22of your life.
13:23Try another one.
13:24Albert,
13:25you pierced the toes.
13:26So what?
13:29You're right.
13:30There's no need
13:30to get hysterical.
13:32Robin Williams
13:32had a very busy 1996,
13:35appearing in four films,
13:36five if you count
13:37his uncredited cameo
13:38in The Secret Agent.
13:39He started the year
13:40off strong
13:41with the March release
13:42of The Birdcage,
13:43a film about a gay couple
13:44marrying off their son
13:45to the daughter
13:45of a conservative senator.
13:47Williams and Nathan Lane
13:48played the aforementioned
13:49gay couple.
13:50There.
13:51We're partners.
13:53You own half of my life
13:54and I own half of yours.
13:57Half of the club?
13:58What does it matter?
14:00Take it all.
14:02The movie has been praised
14:03for being one of the earliest
14:04from a major studio
14:05to have LGBTQIA plus characters
14:07at the center of it.
14:09Along with critical praise,
14:10the film also saw
14:11box office success,
14:13taking home over $185 million
14:15on a $31 million budget.
14:18What do I do?
14:18Do I just stand here
14:19like an object?
14:20No.
14:21You do an eclectic celebration
14:22of the dance.
14:23You do fussy, fussy, fussy.
14:25You do Martha Graham,
14:26Martha Graham,
14:27Martha Graham.
14:27Or Twyla, Twyla, Twyla.
14:30Or Michael Kidd,
14:31Michael Kidd,
14:32Michael Kidd,
14:32Michael Kidd.
14:33Or Madonna,
14:34Madonna,
14:34Madonna.
14:35But you keep it all inside.
14:37Jack.
14:38Jeez, he looks like my dad.
14:40Except hairier.
14:44Come on.
14:45It's okay.
14:47Welcome to our class.
14:48I'm glad you're here.
14:50You'd think that a film
14:51about a young boy
14:52with a medical condition
14:52that causes him to age
14:54four times faster than normal
14:55would be made for Robin Williams.
14:57While Francis Ford Coppola
14:58might not seem like
14:59the obvious directorial choice
15:01for said film,
15:02he is one of the greatest directors
15:03to ever live.
15:04So he gets the benefit
15:05of the doubt.
15:06I'll have a Shirley Temple
15:09with extra Marciano cherries.
15:13Maricino.
15:15That's what I said,
15:16Maricino.
15:18Unfortunately,
15:19Jack didn't work.
15:20At least according
15:21to its measly
15:22Rotten Tomato score
15:23and worst picture nomination
15:24at the 1996
15:25Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.
15:27However,
15:27the film did get a B-plus
15:29from the CinemaScore
15:30audience survey.
15:31So any Williams fans
15:32who missed this one
15:33back in 96
15:34might want to give it a shot.
15:36Look at me.
15:38Please,
15:39don't worry so much.
15:42Because in the end,
15:43none of us
15:44have very long
15:44on this earth.
15:45life is fleeting.
15:51Aladdin and the King of Thieves
15:52There's a party here
15:58in Agrabah.
15:59There's excitement
16:00in the air.
16:01People pouring in
16:03from near and far.
16:04The Jasmine and Aladdin
16:05are trying to have a wedding.
16:06Normally,
16:07a direct-to-video movie
16:08wouldn't get that much attention.
16:10But given the history
16:10of Robin Williams
16:11and the Aladdin franchise,
16:13Aladdin and the King of Thieves
16:14was kind of a big deal.
16:16You see,
16:16Williams had made
16:17the first Aladdin movie
16:18for scale,
16:18with the agreement
16:19that, among other things,
16:20his voice and name
16:21would not be part
16:22of marketing for the film.
16:24Disney did not live up
16:25to their end of the deal.
16:26An angry Williams
16:27refused to be part
16:28of the first sequel,
16:291994's
16:30The Return of Jafar.
16:31However,
16:44after an apology
16:44from Disney chairman
16:45Joe Roth,
16:46Williams came back
16:47for King of Thieves
16:48and all was right
16:49in the Aladdinverse
16:50once again.
16:56Hamlet
16:57There have been
17:02many Hamlet movies made,
17:04but Kenneth Branagh's
17:05beautiful and brilliant
17:061996 version
17:07was the first to do so
17:08using an unabridged version
17:09of the original
17:10Shakespeare masterpiece.
17:11Branagh even added dialogue
17:13from subsequent versions,
17:14which would explain
17:15the runtime
17:15of just over four hours.
17:18But don't let those
17:19242 minutes scare you.
17:21This is a great film
17:22with stunning visuals,
17:23and to call it star-studded
17:24would be an understatement.
17:26You have Kate Winslet,
17:28Gerard Depardieu,
17:29Jack Lemmon,
17:30Billy Crystal,
17:30Rufus Sewell,
17:31Charlton Heston,
17:32Richard Attenborough,
17:34Judi Dench,
17:34and of course,
17:35Robin Williams
17:36to name just a few.
17:38Your lordship is right.
17:40Welcome back to Denmark.
17:41I humbly thank you, sir.
17:42Williams plays Osric,
17:44the courtier
17:44Claudius sends to Hamlet
17:45to invite him
17:46to a duel with Laertes.
17:48This likes me well.
17:49These foils
17:50have all a length.
17:51Hi, my good lord.
17:53Father's Day.
17:54I'm sorry,
17:54I just get anxious
17:55driving over a bridge
17:56that's because
17:57you're going 11 miles an hour.
17:59I'm going 25 miles an hour,
18:01Jack.
18:01Yeah, I can feel a G-force.
18:03What?
18:03What?
18:04Back in the 90s,
18:05Robin Williams
18:06and Billy Crystal
18:07were two of the biggest
18:08comedic forces around,
18:09so having them together
18:11in a movie
18:11seemed like a no-brainer.
18:13In fact,
18:13the two had been looking
18:14for something to do together.
18:15I'm out!
18:16I will sue you!
18:17No!
18:18No!
18:19I'll go!
18:20I'll go!
18:21No!
18:22I don't get it!
18:23What?
18:23Oh, I'm really sorry,
18:27Dale.
18:28You don't match.
18:29No match,
18:30you lose,
18:30I'm the father.
18:32When Crystal found
18:33the 1983 French film
18:35Les Camperes,
18:35it felt like a perfect
18:37remake vehicle
18:37for him and his friend.
18:39Throw in Ivan Reitman,
18:40the director of Ghostbusters,
18:41and it seemed like
18:42a guaranteed hit.
18:43Needless to say,
18:44it wasn't.
18:45Instead,
18:46the film bombed
18:47with most critics
18:47as well as
18:48at the box office,
18:49taking home
18:50just $35 million
18:51on an $85 million budget.
18:54Thankfully,
18:54when it came to the movies,
18:55the rest of
18:56William's 1997
18:57went much better.
18:58Hi, Scotty.
18:59Oh!
19:00Good,
19:01firm handshake.
19:02Scotty!
19:03How you doing?
19:05Dude,
19:06I'm your old man.
19:08I suppose you're wondering
19:10why your middle name
19:11is Rainbow.
19:12Deconstructing Harry
19:13Is there something wrong?
19:15Mel,
19:15come here.
19:16What?
19:16I don't know how to tell you this,
19:18but, um,
19:19you're soft.
19:21I'm getting a little late.
19:22No, no,
19:22it's not bad.
19:23You're,
19:23you're soft.
19:25You're,
19:25you're out of focus.
19:27I don't know why.
19:28Is there anything we can do?
19:29Father's Day was released
19:30in May of 1997.
19:32While most audiences
19:33wouldn't see Williams again
19:34until November,
19:35those attending
19:36the Venice Film Festival
19:37in August
19:38got to see him
19:38as part of the large
19:39ensemble of characters
19:40that showed up
19:41in Woody Allen's
19:42Deconstructing Harry.
19:42Well,
19:43actually,
19:44they got to see
19:44an out of focus
19:45Robin Williams in the movie
19:46as his character is,
19:47as they say in the biz,
19:48soft.
19:49Look,
19:50look,
19:50I'm out of focus.
19:52Well,
19:52you look okay to me.
19:53I mean,
19:53you're a little pale,
19:53but you're all right.
19:54I'm out of focus.
19:55I'm soft.
19:57Deconstructing Harry
19:57is,
19:58as one reviewer called it,
19:59quote,
20:00one of Woody Allen's
20:00most provocative
20:01and challenging films.
20:03While Williams
20:04is only in it
20:05for a short time,
20:06his unfocused character
20:07is quite memorable.
20:08Mel,
20:09now look,
20:09I want you to,
20:10to go home.
20:11Yeah.
20:11And I don't want you
20:12to rest.
20:13Get some rest.
20:14And see if you can
20:15just sharpen up.
20:16Flubber.
20:16Robin Williams'
20:24reconciliation with Disney
20:25continued with his
20:26next release of 1997,
20:28Flubber,
20:29a remake of the 1961 film
20:31The Absent-Minded Professor.
20:32Written by the great
20:33John Hughes,
20:34Flubber was a family-friendly
20:35hit for The Mouse House.
20:36Every neuron in my limbic system
20:38is saturated with phenylethamine.
20:40That triggers euphoria,
20:42elation,
20:43exhilaration.
20:44Truth is,
20:45Weebo,
20:46I'm not absent-minded
20:46because I'm selfish,
20:48crazy,
20:48or inconsiderate.
20:53I'm absent-minded
20:54because I'm in love with Sarah.
20:56While the critics
20:57didn't like it,
20:58audiences showed it
20:58some box office love.
21:00$178 million worth,
21:02to be exact.
21:03Let's not forget
21:04that it's the movie
21:04that gave us
21:05everyone's favorite
21:06little yellow robot Weebo.
21:08However,
21:08it was a coveted
21:09little yellow statue
21:10that would be
21:11the most significant result
21:12of William's year of movies.
21:13Oh no,
21:14you love him.
21:15Don't give him up.
21:21Hey,
21:22I'm watching something.
21:25Weber?
21:26Why don't you be quiet?
21:28I'm watching TV.
21:30Download some manners.
21:33Goodwill Hunting
21:34The first week
21:56of December 1997
21:57was a huge one
21:58for Robin Williams,
22:00Matt Damon,
22:00and Ben Affleck.
22:01Goodwill Hunting
22:02was released into theaters,
22:03changing all three
22:04of their lives forever.
22:06For Damon and Affleck,
22:07it took them
22:08from relative unknowns
22:09to Hollywood stars,
22:10a perch from which
22:11they never looked back.
22:13For Williams,
22:13it gave him
22:14the one thing
22:15he didn't have,
22:16an Oscar.
22:17You're a tough kid.
22:20When I ask you about war,
22:22you'd probably
22:22throw Shakespeare at me,
22:24right?
22:24Once more
22:25into the breach,
22:26dear friends.
22:29But you've never
22:30been near one.
22:31Although nominated
22:32three times previously,
22:33he finally heard
22:34his name called
22:35at the 70th Academy Awards
22:36as the winner
22:37of the Best Supporting
22:38Actor Trophy.
22:39How do you like
22:39them apples?
22:40You know,
22:40she used to fart
22:41in her sleep.
22:44I'm sorry
22:45I shared that with you.
22:46One night
22:47it was so loud
22:48it woke the dog up.
22:52She woke up
22:53and got like,
22:54oh, is that you?
22:54See, I didn't have
22:55the heart to tell.
22:57Oh, God.
22:57She woke herself up.
22:59Yes.
22:59What Dreams May Come
23:03You're Annie Nielsen,
23:05right?
23:07They told me
23:08a lot about you.
23:10Like what?
23:11What did they say?
23:12You're a very
23:13talented artist.
23:15What Dreams May Come
23:16is a dramatic
23:16fantasy film
23:17that sees Robin Williams
23:18as Chris Nielsen,
23:19a man who loses
23:20his kids in a car crash.
23:22He then passes away
23:23in the same manner,
23:24leaving a grieving
23:25wife behind.
23:26The film is an
23:26exploration of ideas
23:28of Heaven and Hell,
23:29Love and Loss,
23:30told in an utterly
23:30beautiful way
23:31that saw it take home
23:32an Oscar for
23:33best visual effects.
23:34Can you lend me a hand here?
23:36I'm kind of up to my ass
23:37in problems again, chief.
23:40Oh, Chris.
23:44Come here.
23:47You are still kind of ugly.
23:50While What Dreams May Come
23:52did not quite live up
23:53to its lofty goals,
23:55we would definitely
23:56call this visually stunning
23:57and wholly original film
23:58a bright spot
23:59on his resume.
24:16Patch Adams
24:17A doctor who helps
24:25patients using the
24:26healing power
24:27of humor and laughter.
24:29Along with the genie
24:30in Aladdin,
24:30can you think of a role
24:31more suited to Robin Williams
24:33than that?
24:34Unfortunately,
24:35while it may have been
24:35perfect for Williams,
24:37the movie itself
24:38had a whole lot of problems.
24:39The film was highly
24:40criticized for its
24:41over-sentimentality
24:42and simplification
24:43of Dr. Adams' story.
24:44Even the real
24:45Patch Adams himself
24:46hated the film.
24:47What's her name?
24:53I was just wondering
24:54the patient's name.
24:59Marjorie.
25:01Hi, Marjorie.
25:03However,
25:03it speaks to the power
25:04of Williams
25:05and his connection
25:06to audiences
25:07that the film,
25:07despite its flaws,
25:08was a big financial success,
25:11grossing $202 million
25:12at the box office.
25:14Maybe Beanie knows
25:15a lot more
25:16than we give him credit for.
25:18Excuse me, Beanie?
25:20Which way is heaven?
25:22Correct!
25:23That'll be enough, Hunter.
25:24Beanie?
25:25How much taller
25:26is Will Chamberlain
25:26than you?
25:28Right.
25:29Jacob the Liar.
25:30We've got to speak to them.
25:33What can you say
25:33to the dead?
25:34What's the matter
25:35with you, Jacob?
25:36With your shadow.
25:36You're the one
25:37who told us
25:37that the Russians
25:38will be there
25:38in a moment?
25:39You want to keep
25:39that to yourself?
25:40Williams' next movie
25:41was 1999's
25:43Jacob the Liar.
25:44Set in German-occupied
25:45Poland during World War II,
25:47it tells the story
25:48of a local shop owner
25:49who tried to uplift
25:50spirits in the ghetto
25:51by telling positive lies
25:52he claims to have heard
25:53on his secret radio.
25:55However,
25:55the truth is
25:56that he's just been
25:57eavesdropping
25:57on a German commander's radio.
25:59We will now broadcast
26:00a special bulletin.
26:03In the course
26:04of a hard-fought
26:05defensive battle,
26:07the heroic troops
26:08of the Fatherland
26:09under the command
26:09of General von Hartung
26:11succeeded in driving
26:12back the Russian forces
26:14near Bitsanica.
26:15Bitsanica.
26:16If you are thinking
26:17that it sounds
26:18somewhat thematically
26:19similar to
26:20Life is Beautiful,
26:20you are not alone.
26:22Unfortunately,
26:23many reviews
26:24did compare it unfavorably
26:25to Roberto Benigni's
26:26Oscar-winning film
26:27from two years prior.
26:29Remember me?
26:30The smart Jew?
26:31Why are you out
26:32after curfew?
26:34It's about my radio.
26:36I must see
26:36the officer on duty.
26:37I wish to give myself up.
26:39Get Bruce.
26:40You won!
26:41It's over!
26:43Bruce, get off him!
26:44It's over!
26:45You pinned him!
26:46You pinned him!
26:46Let go of him!
26:48Don't!
26:49Robin Williams
26:50bookended 1999
26:51with two movies.
26:53The first one
26:54came out in January
26:55and featured Williams
26:56playing his greatest
26:56character ever,
26:58himself.
26:59Get Bruce
26:59is a documentary film
27:00celebrating comedy writer
27:02Bruce Valanche.
27:03Among the comedians
27:04and talking heads
27:04in the film
27:05are Whoopi Goldberg,
27:06Billy Crystal,
27:07Bette Midler,
27:08and Robin Williams.
27:09Ah, lord,
27:10don't help me now!
27:11Please don't fail me now!
27:13Oh!
27:14Do you see the man
27:15with three hands?
27:16Ah!
27:17Don't get me out of here now!
27:18Woo!
27:19It's kind of like
27:20a musician composing,
27:21and he composes
27:22with comedy
27:23as he's actually...
27:24In case you didn't know
27:25who Bruce Valanche is,
27:26he's someone
27:26that the comedy mastermind
27:28Robin Williams
27:28says he is in awe of.
27:30Makes you want to see
27:31the movie now,
27:31doesn't it?
27:32There's only a few people
27:33in the world
27:34that I stand in awe of.
27:36And you're one of them.
27:37Oh, thank you.
27:38It's not just, you know,
27:40it's not the shirt,
27:40it's not the t-shirt,
27:41it's not the glasses,
27:43it's your mind.
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28:00Bicentennial Man
28:01Now jump.
28:06No!
28:08Out the window!
28:17Did you hear something?
28:19Is it an earthquake?
28:19The last film
28:21that Robin Williams
28:22appeared in in the 1990s
28:23was Bicentennial Man.
28:25Directed by Chris Columbus,
28:26the man behind the camera
28:27of Mrs. Doubtfire
28:28and Nine Months,
28:30Bicentennial Man
28:30was a big-budget
28:31sci-fi comedy drama.
28:33With a price tag
28:34of close to $100 million,
28:36the film,
28:36based on an Isaac Asimov novel,
28:38sees Williams
28:39playing an android servant
28:40who desires to become human.
28:42That's what makes us unique
28:43is those imperfections.
28:45I see.
28:46Like the shape of your head.
28:47What about the shape
28:50of my head?
28:51It's huge.
28:54Huh.
28:58But lovely.
29:02As with a few other
29:03of his 90s offerings,
29:05Bicentennial Man
29:05leans heavily
29:06on the sentimentality
29:07and doesn't live up
29:08to its grand
29:09Asimovian potential.
29:10When you have
29:11Robin Williams
29:11in the lead role, though,
29:13there is bound
29:13to be something of value.
29:27What's your favorite
29:29Robin Williams movie
29:30from the 1990s?
29:31Let us know in the comments.
29:32That sounds expensive.
29:34Expensive?
29:35Schmintive?
29:36It's go with it.
29:38It's an idea
29:38before it's time.
29:40But let's try it.
29:41I've wanted to talk like this
29:42for the entire movie.
29:43Ha ha ha.
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