The Singing Detective R
When it comes to murder, seduction and betrayal he wrote the book. Now he's living it!
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 23, 2008
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Legend Films
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Carla Gugino, Adrien Brody & Mel Gibson | |
Performer: | Saul Rubinek, Jon Polito, Alfre Woodard & Amy Aquino | |
Directed by | Keith Gordon | |
Edited by | Jeff Wishengrad | |
Screenplay by | Dennis Potter | |
Produced by | Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey & Steven Haft | |
Director of Photography: | Tom Richmond | |
Executive Production by | Stanley J. Wlodkowski |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C --
The film's colorful song-and-dance set pieces rely on lip-synced '50s songs that are the weakest link in a bumbling but gregarious movie.
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ColeSmithey.com
Rating: 2/4 --
The Singing Detective has to settle for a hung jury.
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Detroit Free Press
Rating: 3/4 --
When I saw it at Sundance, my attention was divided because I was trying to process the meaning of the jagged structure. Seeing it again a week ago, knowing what to expect, I found it a more moving experience.
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Chicago Sun-Times
It's an intriguing, brisk effort...
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Rating: C+ --
Inventive mess, filled with pock marks.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...[With] Robert Downey Jr. in a boldly theatrical portrayal that represents a personal career high watermark...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
If the movie doesn't really work, it's because it's a hard piece to bring off, an extremely high mark to hit. Still, enough magic is left, especially in Downey's performance, to shock and beguile us.
Chicago Tribune
Product Description:
Director Keith Gordon (MOTHER NIGHT, WAKING THE DEAD) makes another brave adaptation with THE SINGING DETECTIVE. Based on Dennis Potter's stunningly brilliant 1986 BBC mini-series of the same name, Gordon's version finds the film's troubled hero transplanted to 1950s America, not post-WWII London. Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a pulp novelist in the thralls of a crippling skin disease that has rendered him delusional and immobile. Bitter, angry, and at the end of his rope, Dan manages to offend everyone he encounters. As he lies in bed, scenes from his novel swim into his mind, blurring with experiences from his own childhood. In the present, he remains paranoid that his ex-wife Nicola (Robin Wright Penn) is out to steal a script he wrote. Adding to his disgust are forced visits with an uptight psychotherapist, Dr. Gibbon (Mel Gibson), who is determined to make a breakthrough with his hateful patient. Along the way, Dan envisions several musical sequences, which appear out of nowhere and add glorious confusion to his fevered state. Gordon, working from a script that Potter himself wrote before his death, delivers an imaginary, vibrant film that is aided greatly by Robert Downey Jr.'s ferocious performance.
Keywords:
Detectives
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Film Noir
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Theatrical Release
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Detective
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Remake
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Writers
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Musical Sequences
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Diseases
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 118,188
- UPC: 844503001061
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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