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Dan Dark is in hospital with a severe case of psoriasis. His head is filled with confusion as he tries to visualise his first book thinking he is a detective who is investigating the murder of a prostitute in Los Angeles in the 1950s...

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EAN5050070022353

eBay Product ID (ePID)30050343

Product Key Features

ActorRobin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Jeremy Northam

Film/TV TitleThe Singing Detective

DirectorKeith Gordon

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesCast & Crew Interviews\Original Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, General

Run Time109 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationDirector Keith Gordon (MOTHER NIGHT, WAKING THE DEAD) makes another brave adaptation with THE SINGING DETECTIVE. Based on Dennis Potter's stunningly brilliant 1986 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 tether, 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.

ScreenwriterDennis Potter

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround

Movie/TV TitleThe Singing Detective