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    The Singing Detective

    R2003 · Musical · 1h 49m

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  1. 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 ...

    • $8 million
  2. 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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    • Comedy, Crime, Musical
    • Keith Gordon
    • 2003-11-14
  3. 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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  5. The Singing Detective: With Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.

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  6. The Singing Detective. A hack writer of detective stories, Dan has suffered from a crippling disease since childhood. His latest & worst outbreak has landed him in the hospital where he deliriously tries to figure out who he is and how he got to this terrible place in his life.

  7. 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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    • Drama, Musical
    • R
  8. Oct 24, 2003 · Summary The story of a crime novelist (Downey Jr.) who, 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. (Paramount Classics) Comedy. Crime. Musical. Mystery. Directed By: Keith Gordon. Written By: Dennis Potter.

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