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Val

Val

The life you live is the story you tell.

20217.21h 49m

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.

Directed by Leo Scott
Produced by Dane Lillegard, Andrew Fried, Ali Alborzi
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Top Cast

Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

Self

Jack Kilmer

Jack Kilmer

Self / Narrator

Mercedes Kilmer

Mercedes Kilmer

Self

Joanne Whalley

Joanne Whalley

Self

Themes & Keywords

biographyhome movie footagearchive footagestruggling actorfamily photoamateur footageactorcancer victimfight against cancerbiographical documentary

About Val

Val is a documentary film released in 2021 exploring themes of biography, home movie footage, archive footage, struggling actor, family photo, amateur footage. Directed by Leo Scott, it stars Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Mercedes Kilmer. 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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