The Singing Detective

Movie
German title	The Singing Detective
Original title	The Singing Detective
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2003
length	109 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Keith Gordon
script	Dennis Potter
production	Bruce Davey , ; Mel Gibson , ; Steven Haft
camera	Tom Richmond
cut	Jeff Wishengrad
occupation
	Robert Downey Jr .: Dan Dark; Robin Wright Penn : Nicola; Mel Gibson : Dr. gibbon; Jeremy Northam : Mark Binney; Katie Holmes : Nurse Mills; Adrien Brody : First crook; Jon Polito : Second crook; Carla Gugino : Betty Dark / Hooker; Saul Rubinek : Dermatologist; Alfre Woodard : Boss; Amy Aquino : Nurse Nozhki;

The Singing Detective is an American mystery comedy film released in 2003 . Directed by Keith Gordon and written by Dennis Potter .

action

The unsuccessful writer Dan Dark suffers from a painful skin disease. He is admitted to a hospital where he is working on a crime novel. Under the influence of pain, he identifies with the protagonist, an investigator active in the 1950s who is investigating a murder case on behalf of Mark Binney.

Dark is led by the psychiatrist Dr. Gibbon treats; his ex-wife Nicola visits him in the hospital. In one of the fantasy worlds, Binney hires crooks to steal the secrets of atomic technology. Dan relived his childhood in a different fantasy world. His mother, Betty, is molested by one of his father's business associates who looks like Binney. Betty and Dan flee the city.

background

The film is based on the six-part BBC television series The Singing Detective (original title: The Singing Detective ) from 1986 with Michael Gambon in the lead role.

The film was shot in Los Angeles . Production costs were estimated at 8 million US dollars . The world premiere was on January 17, 2003 at the Sundance Film Festival , followed by the Cannes International Film Festival in May 2003 and the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2003 . On October 24, 2003, the film was released in selected cinemas in the United States, where it grossed around 336,000 US dollars.

Reviews

Ryan Cracknell wrote in the Apollo Movie Guide that the film was "a little strange" and at the same time "delicious". He drifts "unhindered and playfully" between the real world and the fantasy worlds. The cast is strong, but Robert Downey junior overshadows all colleagues; he gives his figure several contours and shapes.

The Lexicon of International Films wrote that the film was based on an "outstanding English television series" from the 1980s. It is a "mixture of film noir , musical and romantic comedy", "whereby the ambitious interlacing of the narrative levels is only partially convincing".

Prisma.de considers the screen version of the “bizarre mixture of musical, drama, comedy and crime story” to be “unfortunately only partially convincing”: “Despite the good cast, there were too many important scenes for the length of the feature film - the TV version is 415 minutes long - the Scissors or the script shortening to the victim, so that someone who does not know the template does not know what is actually being played here. "

Awards

Robert Downey Jr. won a prize at the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya in 2003 , and Keith Gordon was nominated for another prize at this film festival. Downey was nominated for the Golden Satellite Award in 2004. The film was nominated for the 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for makeup .

Web links

The Singing Detective in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The Singing Detective at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
The Singing Detective at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

^ Certificate of Release for The Singing Detective . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2004 (PDF; test number: 100 901 K).
^ The Singing Detective. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC , accessed October 1, 2017 .
^ Filming locations for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008
^ Box office / business for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008
↑ Release dates for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008
↑ Ryan Cracknell: The Singing Detective. In: apolloguide.com. Apollo Movie Guide, archived from the original on February 25, 2008 ; accessed on October 1, 2017 (English).
^ The Singing Detective. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 1, 2017 .
^ The Singing Detective. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on October 1, 2017 .

[FSK-1] Certificate of Release for The Singing Detective . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2004 (PDF; test number: 100 901 K).

[2] The Singing Detective. In: bbc.co.uk. BBC , accessed October 1, 2017 .

[3] Filming locations for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008

[4] Box office / business for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008

[5] Release dates for The Singing Detective , accessed November 13, 2008

[6] Ryan Cracknell: The Singing Detective. In: apolloguide.com. Apollo Movie Guide, archived from the original on February 25, 2008 ; accessed on October 1, 2017 (English).

[7] The Singing Detective. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 1, 2017 .

[8] The Singing Detective. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on October 1, 2017 .