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Release Date: October 24, 2003 (LA/NY)
On DVD: March 23, 2004
Genre: Crime, Suspense
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Dennis Potter
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Saul Rubinek, Carla Gugino, Jon Polito, Adrien Brody, Katie Holmes, Jeremy Northam, Mel Gibson, Robin Wright Penn, Robert Downey Jr.
Studio: Paramount Classics
Official site: paramountclassics.com/singingdetective
Running Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some violence.

A bedridden novelist reinvents his latest screenplay in his head, recreating himself as a private detective on the hunt for Nazis. Unfortunately, fairly delirious, his story becomes mixed with childhood memories and nightmares that make his new story just a slight bit better than hell....

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Robert Downey, Jr. heads a great cast that includes Robin Wright Penn, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody and Mel Gibson, but little can be said about The Singing Detective, a remake of the 1986 TV miniseries. Both are written by Dennis Potter. Full movie review »

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