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The Singing Detective (film)

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Plot
Cast
Production
Reception
Soundtrack
References
External links

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| name = The Singing Detective
| image = The Singing Detective.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Keith Gordon
| producer = {{Plainlist|

Bruce Davey
Mel Gibson
Steven Saxton
Steven Haft}}

| screenplay = Dennis Potter
| based on = {{based on|The Singing Detective|Dennis Potter}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|

Robert Downey Jr.
Robin Wright Penn
Jeremy Northam
Katie Holmes
Mel Gibson}}

| music = Basil Poledouris
| cinematography = Tom Richmond
| editing = Jeff Wishengrad
| studio = Icon Productions
| distributor = Paramount Classics
| released = {{Film date|2003|01|17|2003 Sundance Film Festival|2003|10|24|United States}}
| runtime = 109 minutes^[1]
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $8 million^[2]
| gross = $337,174^[3]
}}

The Singing Detective is a 2003 American musical crime comedy film directed by Keith Gordon and loosely based on the BBC serial of the same name, a work by British writer Dennis Potter. It stars Robert Downey Jr. and features a supporting cast that includes Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson and Carla Gugino as well as a number of songs from the 1950s.

Plot

Suffering from the skin disease psoriasis and crippling psoriatic arthritis, detective novelist Dan Dark is in such pain in a hospital that he begins to delve into fantasy, resulting in several storylines told simultaneously:

A film noir based on Dark's novel, The Singing Detective, in which a nightclub singer/private eye, hired by Mark Binney, takes on a strange case involving prostitutes and two mysterious men. Nothing is ever solved from this, only a vague plot. Notably, all of the people in the film noir are played by people who are real people in Dark's life; for example, Dark's nurse plays a singer.
The present reality, in which Dark is tormented by incredible pain. Dark interacts with the various people around him, as the doctors and nurses attempt to help, but are dismissed by Dark's anger and bitterness towards everyone. His sense of reality then collapses into hallucinations as the people randomly sing choreographed musical numbers, such as "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?" In the end, his reality is blended with the film noir and he is abducted by the two mysterious men, only to be shot by the titular "singing detective".
Dark's traumatic childhood in the past, which explains Dark's repulsion toward sexuality (Dark had watched his mother have sex with other men, including his father's business partner), and his own fiery temper.

Cast

Robert Downey Jr. as Dan Dark
- David Dorfman as young Dan Dark
Robin Wright Penn as Nicola / Nina / Blonde
Jeremy Northam as Mark Binney
Katie Holmes as Nurse Mills
Mel Gibson as Dr. Gibbon
Adrien Brody as First Hood
Jon Polito as Second Hood
Carla Gugino as Betty Dark / Hooker
Saul Rubinek as Skin Specialist
Alfre Woodard as Chief of Staff
Amy Aquino as Nurse Nozhki
Eddie Jones as Moonglow Bartender
Clyde Kusatsu as Visiting Japanese Doctor

Production

Potter's screenplay had been circulating in Hollywood for many years as Potter was enthusiastic about a film version. Robert Altman was at one time attached to direct with Dustin Hoffman in the lead, but financing proved difficult and the production was shelved. It was eventually discovered by an executive at Mel Gibson's production company Icon Productions, who loved it and got Gibson on board to produce. The screenplay had also been imagined as a horror film directed by genre veteran David Cronenberg and starring Al Pacino as the title character.^[4]

Reception

The film scored a 39% "Rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being 'Delightful performance from Robert Downey Jr. can't save The Singing Detective's transition from TV to the big screen'.^[5] While some critics, such as Roger Ebert, liked the film, others, like Joe Baltake at the Sacramento Bee, considered it an "interesting failure".^[6]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to The Singing Detective was released on October 14, 2003.

{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| extra_column = Artist
| total_length = 37:20^[7]
| title1 = In My Dreams
| length1 = 3:02
| extra1 = Gene Vincent
| title2 = Just Walking in the Rain
| length2 = 2:48
| extra2 = Johnnie Ray
| title3 = Mr. Sandman
| length3 = 2:24
| extra3 = The Chordettes
| title4 = It's All in the Game
| length4 = 2:37
| extra4 = Tommy Edwards
| title5 = Poison Ivy
| length5 = 2:42
| extra5 = The Coasters
| title6 = Important Words
| length6 = 2:22
| extra6 = Gene Vincent
| title7 = Harlem Nocturne
| length7 = 2:22
| extra7 = The Viscounts
| title8 = At the Hop
| length8 = 2:29
| extra8 = Danny & the Juniors
| title9 = Woman Love
| length9 = 2:33
| extra9 = Gene Vincent
| title10 = When
| length10 = 2:26
| extra10 = The Kalin Twins
| title11 = Flip Flop and Fly
| length11 = 2:47
| extra11 = Big Joe Turner
| title12 = Three Steps to Heaven
| length12 = 2:22
| extra12 = Eddie Cochran
| title13 = It's Only Make Believe
| length13 = 2:14
| extra13 = Conway Twitty
| title14 = In My Dreams
| length14 = 4:12
| extra14 = Robert Downey, Jr.
}}

References

1. ^{{cite web | title=THE SINGING DETECTIVE (15) | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF188850/ | publisher=British Board of Film Classification | date=October 2, 2003 | accessdate=June 14, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The Singing Detective (2003) - Box office / business|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314676/business|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=14 June 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=The Singing Detective (2003)|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=singingdetective.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=14 June 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314676/trivia|title=The Singing Detective|date=November 14, 2003|publisher=|via=IMDb}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/singing_detective/|title=The Singing Detective|publisher=}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/singing_detective/|title=The Singing Detective|publisher=}}
7. ^The Singing Detective Soundtrack AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2014

External links

{{IMDb title|0314676|The Singing Detective}}
{{mojo title|singingdetective|The Singing Detective}}
{{rotten-tomatoes|singing_detective|The Singing Detective}}
{{metacritic film|the-singing-detective|The Singing Detective}}
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