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The Singing Detective is a 2003 American musical crime comedy film directed by Keith Gordon and loosely based on the BBC serial of the same name, a work by British writer Dennis Potter. It stars Robert Downey Jr. and features a supporting cast that includes Katie Holmes , Adrien Brody , Robin Wright Penn , Mel Gibson , Jeremy Northam and Carla ...
Nov 14, 2003 · The Singing Detective: Directed by Keith Gordon. With Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam. From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
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Nov 7, 2003 · Keith Gordon's "The Singing Detective" involves the world of Dan Dark ( Robert Downey Jr.), once a writer, now living in a world so encompassed by pain that it has become the single fact of his life. The movie is based on an eight-hour BBC series that ran in 1986; both were written by Dennis Potter, whose own psorasis was nearly unbearable.
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TRAILER. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Hospitalized for a severe skin disease, a bitter writer (Robert Downey Jr.) imagines he is the gumshoe from his novel.
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The Singing Detective; Genre: Film noir Musical: Created by: Dennis Potter: Written by: Dennis Potter: Directed by: Jon Amiel: Starring: Michael Gambon Jim Carter Lyndon Davies Patrick Malahide Bill Paterson Alison Steadman Janet Suzman Joanne Whalley Imelda Staunton: Country of origin: United Kingdom: Original language: English: No. of series ...
Jan 19, 2003 · The Singing Detective Shortly before his death in 1991, celebrated British scribe Dennis Potter completed a feature-length, U.S.-set transposition of his crowning television achievement, the eight ...