Val (2021) [R]

Release Date:
July 23, 2021

Original Title:
Val

Alternate Titles:
Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer - Une vie entre "Top Gun" et "The Doors"
Val Kilmer – Ein Leben zwischen Top Gun und The Doors
فال كيلمر

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
A24
Boardwalk Pictures
Cartel Films
HelMel Studios
IAC Films
TwainMania
ValArt Ltd

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 16  GB: 12A  IE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 109

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.

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Accountant:
Zachary Wiley
Tiffany Soliah

Accounting Supervisor:
Britnee Forrest

Additional Camera:
Leo Scott
Tom Stratton
Wojtek Kiela
Brad Koepenick
Brandon Gry
Gena Fridman
Michael Canon
Justin Kane
Adam Leene
Charles Bae
Craig Foster
Ali Alborzi
Randy Kulina
Simon Reilly
Patrick Nissim
Ting Poo
José Peña
Leila El Hayani
Phoebe Fraser

Additional Sound Re-Recordist:
Leila Jardman
Armando Macias
Gabriel Walter
Sean McCormick

Administration:
Emilee Smith

Assistant Editor:
Meryl Goodwin
Natalie Ancona

Associate Producer:
Mercedes Kilmer
Lauren Bleiweiss
Alex Velasco

Best Boy Electric:
Justin Cook

Best Boy Grip:
Tomas Magana

Cinematography:
Val Kilmer

Co-Executive Producer:
Sarba Das
Emily Osborne

Co-Producer:
Suzanne Greenfield
Christopher Noviello

Colorist:
Daniel de Vue

Coordinating Producer:
Chris Bowyer

Creative Director:
Casey Price

Director:
Leo Scott
Ting Poo

Director of Operations:
Mary Moran

Director of Photography:
Leila El hayani
Tim Stratton
Ross McLennan

Documentation & Support:
Emily Osborne

Editor:
Leo Scott
Ting Poo
Tyler Pharo

Executive Producer:
Ben Cotner
Scott Friske
Lauren Bleiweiss
Thatcher Peterson
Lauren Cascio

First Assistant Camera:
Reed Koppen

Gaffer:
Justin Holdsworth

Grip:
Max Joslyn

Key Grip:
Adam Kolegas

Leadman:
Mika Florin

Line Producer:
Rebecca Altenhofen
Bruce Brentlinger

Manager of Operations:
Steven Meyer

Mixing Engineer:
John Bolen

Music Supervisor:
Angela Asistio

Musician:
Christina Courtin
Ben Gerstein
Dan Brantigan
Garth Stevenson
Annie Lynch

Original Music Composer:
Garth Stevenson

Post Production Supervisor:
Christopher Noviello

Post-Production Manager:
Meagen Carroll

Producer:
Dane Lillegard
Andrew Fried
Ali Alborzi
Ting Poo
Brad Koepenick
Jordan Wynn
Leo Scott
Val Kilmer
Jenny Bright
Dustin LaForce

Production Assistant:
Natalie Morrel
Dante DiBello
Allison Keogh
Hazel Bryan

Production Coordinator:
Kim Kookendoffer
Hazel Bryan

Production Design:
Lauren Fitzsimmons

Production Manager:
Julie Hook
Emily Osborne

Production Supervisor:
Sara Lynn Krupnick

Recording Supervision:
John Bolen

Set Dresser:
Dan Fine
Raymond Schmidt

Sound Mixer:
Michael Haldin
Steven Meyer
Óscar Velázquez

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