| release date: | November 7, 2003
Tuesday March 23, 2004 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Comedy |
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| running time: | 109 min. |
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| director: | Keith Gordon |
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| studio: | Paramount Classics |
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| producer(s): | Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey |
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| screenplay: | Dennis Potter |
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| cast: | Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Carla Gugino, Adrien Brody, Mel Gibson |
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The Singing Detective Movie Synopsis
Crime novelist Dan Dark (Downey Jr.), languishing in his hospital bed, occupies his time by mapping out a screenplay in his head about a cynical private investigator who doubles as a singer in a dance band. His lead character is slowly drawn into a web of intrigue during the murder investigation of a prostitute in 1950s Los Angeles. Heavily medicated, the border between reality and fiction starts to blur in Dark's mind. The plot is woven together with his own painful childhood memories, and soon he is living in a fevered film-noir hell constructed by his own twisted psyche, where everyone is his enemy and no one can be trusted.
Mr. Gibson is so talented that if I saw him in a cartoon I would be compelled to watch it! Kudos to Mrs. Gibson Who I know is the greatest because she is a strong woman who doesn`t depenton her husband like me. He knows what he has to do to support the family and I am carrying on in support. Friends in spirit, Barbara
I hated it. I couldn`t wait for it to end. What a waste of my time & money.
Robert Downey Jr.`s performance in this movie is an amazing example of his incredible talent. All of the the actors gave brilliant preformances, including Mr. Gibson. I particularly enjoyed Mr. Downey`s recording of the closing song.