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The singing detective

Brody, Adrien. (Added Author). Davey, Bruce. (Added Author). Downey, Robert, 1965- (Added Author). Gibson, Mel. (Added Author). Gordon, Keith, 1961- (Added Author). Gugino, Carla, 1971- (Added Author). Haft, Steven. (Added Author). Holmes, Katie, 1978- (Added Author). Landrum, Bill. (Added Author). Landrum, Jacqui. (Added Author). Northam, Jeremy, 1961- (Added Author). Polito, Jon. (Added Author). Potter, Dennis. (Added Author). Rubinek, Saul, 1948- (Added Author). Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Added Author). Wright, Robin, 1966- (Added Author). Icon Productions. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) (Added Author). Paramount Vantage, (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Carla Gugino, Adrien Brody, Jon Polito, Saul Rubinek, Alfre Woodard, and Mel Gibson. (Cast).

Summary: The hallucinations of a mystery writer stricken with a crippling skin disorder interweave memories of his past with a plot casting him in the role of a suave sleuth who croons with a big band.

Record details

  • Physical Description: remote
    1 streaming video file (109 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Vantage, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based upon the television series by Dennis Potter.
Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Vantage, 2003.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; directed by Keith Gordon ; cinematographer, Tom Richmond ; edited by Jeff Wishengrad ; choreography by Jacqui & Bill Landrum.
Participant or Performer Note: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Carla Gugino, Adrien Brody, Jon Polito, Saul Rubinek, Alfre Woodard, and Mel Gibson.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 5, 2015).
Subject: Detectives -- Drama
Hallucinations and illusions -- Drama
Mental illness -- Drama
Novelists -- Drama
Singers -- Drama
Genre: Streaming video.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Musical films.

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