Val (2021)

07/23/2021 (US) • 1h 49m

Documentary

The life you live is the story you tell.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jack Kilmer

Self / Narrator

Kevin Bacon

Self (archive footage)

Sean Penn

Self (archive footage)

Kelly McGillis

Self (archive footage)

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage)

David Thewlis

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

biography

home movie footage

archive footage

struggling actor

family photo

amateur footage

actor

cancer victim

fight against cancer

biographical documentary

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