The Singing Detective
Brief Synopsis
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Dan Dark gives new meaning to the term "scars of childhood." A hack writer of detective stories, he has suffered from psoriatic arthropathy, a crippling disease of the skin and bones, from the time he was eight-years-old. His latest and worst outbreak has landed him in the hospital where he deliriou
Cast & Crew
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Keith Gordon
Director
Robert Downey Jr.
Dan Dark
Robin Wright
Nicola/Nina/Blonde
Mel Gibson
Dr Gibbon
Jeremy Northam
Mark Binney
Katie Holmes
Nurse Mills
Film Details
Also Known As
Den sjungande detektiven, Singing Detective
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Musical
Thriller
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Haft Entertainment; Hanna Brothers Extreme Motion Picture Catering; Icon Productions; Icon Uk Group; International Film Guarantors; Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Paramount Pictures; Paramount Vantage; The Saul Zaentz Film Center
Distribution Company
A-Film Distribution; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Eagle Pictures; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Paramount Home Media; Scanbox Entertainment; Shaw Organization
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
Synopsis
Dan Dark gives new meaning to the term "scars of childhood." A hack writer of detective stories, he has suffered from psoriatic arthropathy, a crippling disease of the skin and bones, from the time he was eight-years-old. His latest and worst outbreak has landed him in the hospital where he deliriously tries to figure out who he is and how he got to this terrible place in his life. His fevered mind mingles real people with his fictional characters, and his past with his present. As his condition grows more desperate, he is dispatched to the charge of the eccentric psychiatrist Dr. Gibbons. Initially reluctant to confront his tortured past, Dark is gradually lured out from the "cave in the rocks" under which his spirit has crawled. Dark is visited in the hospital by his ex-wife, whom he fears his sleeping with a character from his past and conspiring to steal the screenplay he wrote years ago of his first novel, The Singing Detective. But nothing is exactly what it appears here. In his hallucinatory state, Dark re-imagines the plot of his novel, casting himself in the starring role of a gumshoe who doubles as a singer in a dance band.
Director
Keith Gordon
Director
Cast
Robert Downey Jr.
Dan Dark
Robin Wright
Nicola/Nina/Blonde
Mel Gibson
Dr Gibbon
Jeremy Northam
Mark Binney
Katie Holmes
Nurse Mills
Adrien Brody
First Hood
Jon Polito
Second Hood
Carla Gugino
Betty Dark/Hooker
Saul Rubinek
Skin Specialist
Alfre Woodard
Chief Of Staff
Amy Aquino
Nurse Nozhki
David Dorfman
Young Dan Dark
Eddie Jones
Moonglow Bartender
Lily Knight
Woman Pysiotherapist
Clyde Kusatsu
Visiting Japanese Doctor
Earl C Poitier
Orderly
Don Fischer
Intern
Andy Umberger
Mr Dark
David Denman
Soldier With Betty Dark
Alec Puro
Dark'S Drummer
Renn Hawkey
Dark'S Bass Player
Bryan Law
Dark'S Guitar Player
Carla Anderson
Dancer
Sandahl Bergman
Dancer
Rita Bland
Dancer
Billy Bonsangue
Dancer
Sergio Carbajal
Dancer
Leonard Crofoot
Dancer
Erin Crouch
Dancer
Kiva Dawson
Dancer
Richard Dorton
Dancer
Brenda Mae Hamilton
Dancer
Gordon Hart
Dancer
Famisha La Pree
Dancer
Suzie Lonergan
Dancer
Eva Mikita
Dancer
Tara Nicole
Dancer
Regan Patno
Dancer
Randi Pareira
Dancer
Sandra Plazinic
Dancer
Sheldon Robins
Dancer
Deanna Steele
Dancer
Tasha Tae
Dancer
Elle Taylor
Dancer
Jessica Vallot
Dancer
Dee Dee Weathers
Dancer
Spice Williams
Dancer
Darrel Wright
Dancer
Dani Wylie
Dancer
Michael P Casey
Leadman
Crew
Curtis Allen
Set Dresser
Jeremy Alter
Location Manager
Dana Anderson
Company Grip
Robert Anzures
Rigging Grip
Jon C Archibald
Rigging Grip
Nick Arnds
Best Boy Grip
Eddie Avila
Second Assistant Camera
Randy Babchuck
Electrician
Larry Ballard
Medic
Pat Ballard
Song ("Mr Sandman")
Christine Bauer
Stunts
Bernice Bedwell
Song ("In My Dreams")
Jennifer Bender
Extras Casting
Linda Benevente-notaro
Specialty Costumer (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Robert P Bennett
Camera Operator
David Bergad
Dialogue Editor
Mark Berger
Rerecording Mixer
Jan Bergstrom
Set Decorator
Dena Berman
Casting Associate
Imelda Betiong
Assistant Editor
Scott Blackwell
Special Effects Foreman
Andrew Blau
Production Coordinator
Sara Boik
Production Assistant
Simone Boiseree
Stunts
Simone Boisseree
Stunts
Larry Boyd
Set Dresser
Johnny Bragg
Song ("Just Walking In The Rain")
Patricia Budz
Hair Stylist
Steven Butensky
Production Accountant
Geb Byers
First Assistant Camera
Alberto Mauricio Caballero
Labor Foreman
Charles Calhoun
Song ("Flip Flop And Fly")
Greg Cannom
Makeup Effects Creator
Frank Canonica
Machine Room Recordist
Denise Chamian
Casting
Chapman/leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.
Other
John Chickanis
Electrician
Vicki Christianson
Chief Financial Officer (For Icon Productions)
Bob Cochran
Song ("Three Steps To Heaven")
Eddie Cochran
Song ("Three Steps To Heaven")
Eddie Cochran
Song Performer ("Three Steps To Heaven")
Wil J Collins
Production Assistant
Atmadev Cornelius
Main Title Design (Mwp Editorial)
Jeff Couch
Transportation Captain
Keith Cox
Construction Coordinator
Marsha Craig
Studio Teacher
Cory Czekaj
Special Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Bruce Davey
Producer
Billy Davis
Song ("Important Words")
Kenneth Davis
Dolly Grip
Chester G Dawes
Song ("It'S All In The Game")
Tom Dawson
Costume Supervisor
Paul Detlefson
Set Dresser
William Diamant
Company Grip
Joseph Dianda
Key Grip
Judi Dickerson
Dialect Coach
Robert Downey Jr.
Song Performer ("In My Dreams")
Jimmy Duncan
Song ("My Special Angel")
David Dupuis
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Consuelo Duran
Specialty Costumer (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Alan B Edwards
Rigging Gaffer
Tommy Edwards
Song Performer ("It'S All In The Game")
Donna Ekins
Set Decorating Coordinator
Paul Evans
Song ("When")
Maureen Farley
Property Master
Piotr Filipowski
Sound Editor
Robert G Forrest
Company Grip
Alan Frazier
Best Boy Electric
Bob Fredrickson
Color Timer
Frankie Garbutt
Stunts
Anna Geyer
Machine Room Recordist
Mel Gibson
Producer
Penny A Gillman
Payroll Accountant
Paul Giorgi
First Assistant Accountant
Richard Girod
Paint Foreman
Greg Goertzen
Production Assistant (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Jane Goldsmith
Script Supervisor
Paul Green
Executive Vice President (For Icon Productions)
Chris Gridley
Assistant Sound Editor
Nathan Gunn
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeff Habberstad
Stunt Coordinator
Steven Haft
Producer
Earle H. Hagen
Song ("Harlem Nocturne")
Claudia Hardy
Specialty Costumer (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Barbara Harris
Adr Voice Casting
Brenner Hugh Harris
Set Dresser
Eric Heffron
First Assistant Director
Bobby Helms
Song Performer ("My Special Angel")
Michael Hilow
Stunts
Chris Howell
Stunts
Dan Jones
Camera Loader
Casey Jordan
Production Assistant
Will Jorgenson
Assistant Location Manager
Rick Kahn
Transfer Room Operator
Teri Kane
Film Publicist
Ted Kennedy
Dolly Grip
Tom Killeen
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
John Kim
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Mary Kim
Production Supervisor (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Dan Kneece
Steadicam Operator
David Kneece
Steadicam Operator
Kevin Lake
Associate Producer
Matty Lake
Production Assistant
A. Welch Lambeth
Transportation Coordinator
Bill Landrum
Choreographer
Jacqui Landrum
Choreographer
James Lebrecht
Sound Designer
Jerry Leiber
Song ("Poison Ivy")
Kelly Lindquist
Key Costumer
John Madara
Song ("At The Hop")
Shaun Madigan
Gaffer
Rajeev Malhotra
Post-Production Supervisor
Brent Mannon
Props
Mimi Maxmen
Assistant Costume Designer
Merdyce C. Mcclaran
Assistant Property Master
James Meenaghan
Businees And Legal Affairs (For Icon Productions)
Jim Meenaghan
Business Affairs
Bob Merrill
Song ("How Much Is That Doggie In The Window")
Anthony Miller
Assistant Editor
Richard C Miller
First Assistant Camera
Vera Mitchell
Hair Design (For Mr Gibson)
Marnie Moore
Foley Artist
Michael D. Moore
Second Assistant Director
Beth Unger Morrison
Script Clearance
Jack Nance
Song ("It'S Only Make Believe")
Mark Nieman
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Patricia Norris
Production Designer
Patricia Norris
Costume Designer
John Nurr
Supervising Sound Editor
David Nute
Location Foreman
Alexei O'brien
Production Assistant (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Margie O'malley
Foley Artist
Maureen Osborne
Set Dresser
Dale Ottley
Production Secretary
Patti Page
Song Performer ("How Much Is That Doggie In The Window")
David Parker
Rerecording Mixer
Helena Parker
Digital Effects Artist (Whodoo Efx Inc)
Helena Parker
Effects Designer (Whodoo Efx Inc)
David Peterson
Special Effects Coordinator
Michael Peterson
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Pamela Phillips
Key Makeup Artist
Arthur Pimentel
Model Shop Supervisor (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Dennis Potter
Source Material (Based Upon The Original Television Series)
Dennis Potter
Screenwriter
Jane Potter
Co-Producer
Robert Potter
Co-Producer
Sarah Potter
Co-Producer
Christopher J Pyles
On Set Dresser
Rocky Quiroz
Cable Person
Johnny Ray
Song Performer ("Just Walking In The Rain")
Jack Reardon
Song ("When")
David Reibel
Second Second Assistant Director
Melissa A Remenarich
First Assistant Editor
Jack Rhodes
Song ("Woman Love")
Jimmy Rich
Assistant (To Mr Downey Jr)
Tom Richmond
Director Of Photography
Tom Richmond
Dp/Cinematographer
Robert S Riley
Song ("Just Walking In The Rain")
Frank Rinella
Foley Recordist
Mark Ritcheson
Digital Effects Producer (Whodoo Efx Inc)
Sacha Riviere
Second Assistant Camera
Michele Robertson
Film Publicist
Stephen Robinette
Hair Stylist
Monica Rust
Medic
Sam Sainz
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Janell Sammelman
Production Assistant
Earl Sampson
Boom Operator
Michael Carey Schneider
Music Coordinator
Traceigh Scottel
Assistant Production Coordinator
Lorey Sebastian
Still Photographer
Noah Segan
Production Assistant
Carl Sigman
Song ("It'S All In The Game")
Jimmy Simeone
Set Dresser
Artie Singer
Song ("At The Hop")
Paul Sklar
Stunts
Rebecca Snavely
Assistant (To Mr Gordon)
Robert S Soles
Plaster Foreman
Daniel Sperry
Dolby Sound Consultant
Brian Spie
Lead Character Design (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Eric Stabenau
Stunts
Shawn Stevens
Craft Service
Mike Stoller
Song ("Poison Ivy")
Patti Tauscher
Foley Editor
Amy Tillman
Business And Legal Affairs (For Icon Productions)
Viet Tran
Transfer Room Operator
Gustavo Traslavina
Construction Foreman
Lisa Tritico
Medical Advisor
Clark Tucker
Stunts
Todd Tucker
Character Design (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Carson Turner
Assistant Location Manager
Lou Willie Turner
Song ("Flip Flop And Fly")
Conway Twitty
Song ("It'S Only Make Believe")
Conway Twitty
Song Performer ("It'S Only Make Believe")
Richard Van Dyke
Sound Mixer
Keith Vanderlaan
Makeup Effects Creator
Brian Vandorn
Effects Technician (Keith Vanderlaan'S Captive Audience Crew)
Gene Vincent
Song ("Important Words")
Gene Vincent
Song Performer ("Woman Love"), Song Performer ("Important Words"), Song Performer ("In My Dreams")
Toni-ann Walker
Hair Supervisor
Jim Wardell
Set Dresser
Film Details
Also Known As
Den sjungande detektiven, Singing Detective
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Musical
Thriller
Release Date
2003
Production Company
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc.; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Haft Entertainment; Hanna Brothers Extreme Motion Picture Catering; Icon Productions; Icon Uk Group; International Film Guarantors; Mary Nelson-Fraser & Associates; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Paramount Pictures; Paramount Vantage; The Saul Zaentz Film Center
Distribution Company
A-Film Distribution; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Eagle Pictures; Icon; Icon Uk Group; Paramount Home Media; Scanbox Entertainment; Shaw Organization
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States October 24, 2003
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2003
Released in United States January 2003
Released in United States on Video March 23, 2004
Based on the BBC miniseries "The Singing Detective" (UK/1986) written by Dennis Potter and starring Michael Gambon.
Project was previously set up at Columbia Studios with producer Steven Haft.
Kodak
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 16-26, 2003.)
Released in United States on Video March 23, 2004
Limited Release in United States October 24, 2003
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2003
