Val

Val

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2021-07-23
Genre:Documentary
Duration:109 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Leo Scott, Ting Poo
Actors:Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Mercedes Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Kevin Bacon
Production:A24, IAC Films, Boardwalk Pictures, ValArt Ltd, Cartel Films

Overview:

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

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