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Val(2021)
Status: Released
Date: 2021-07-23
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213 Votes
Time: 1h 49m
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.
Languages: English, German.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
ValArt Ltd
Movie: Val
Top 4 Billed Cast
Val Kilmer
Self
Jack Kilmer
Self / Narrator
Mercedes Kilmer
Self
Joanne Whalley
Self
Video Trailer Val
Video: Official Trailer
Official Trailer
40 Years of Val Kilmer | VAL (documentary) - Filmmaker Q&A | Film Independent Presents
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Official Trailer - Trailer
40 Years of Val Kilmer | VAL (documentary) - Filmmaker Q&A | Film Independent Presents - Featurette
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