The Singing Detective
Release Date: Oct 24, 2003 - Wide Release
Distributor: Paramount Classics (Paramount Vantage)
Film Genre: Musical
Country: Australia
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Adapted from his 1986 TV miniseries of the same name, the story is about a crime novelist (Downey Jr.) who languishes in his hospital bed and occupies his time by mapping out a screenplay in his head about a cynical private investigator who doubles as a singer in a dance band. Heavily medicated, his plot weaves with childhood memories and soon he is living in a film noir hell constructed by his own psyche.
TRIVIA
Keith Gordon directed the 2000 drama, Waking the Dead.