The life you live is the story you tell.
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.
Val (2021) is a documentary film directed by Leo Scott, released on July 23, 2021 with a runtime of 1h 49m. It stars Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Mercedes Kilmer and Joanne Whalley. Viewers rate it 7.2 out of 10 across 239 ratings.
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Official trailers, teasers, clips and featurettes for Val.
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Val Kilmer
as Self
Jack Kilmer
as Self / Narrator
Mercedes Kilmer
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Joanne Whalley
as Self
Kevin Bacon
as Self (archive)
Fairuza Balk
as Self (archive)
Marlon Brando
as Self (archive)
Nicolas Cage
as Self (archive)
Jim Carrey
as Self (archive)
Cher
as Self (archive)
Tom Cruise
as Self (archive)
Nelson de la Rosa
as Self (archive)
Directed by Leo Scott, produced by Dane Lillegard, Andrew Fried and Ali Alborzi.
Average viewer score of 7.2/10 from 239 ratings.
The line between fiction and reality is seldom as blurry as when it comes to actor Val Kilmer who, as clichéd as it sounds, is a true chameleon. As consumptive gunslinger Doc Holliday in Tombstone, Kilmer looks for all the world like a man who’s running late for his own funeral. And on The Doors, "He looks so uncannily like Jim Morrison that we feel like this isn't a case of casting, it's a case of possession"…
Reviewed on September 3, 2022
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The main cast of Val (2021) includes Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Mercedes Kilmer, Joanne Whalley and Kevin Bacon. The film was directed by Leo Scott. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Val was released on July 23, 2021 and runs for 1h 49m.
Val (2021) holds an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from 239 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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