He was the only actor to turn down a return visit to Gotham City. (He hated the costume.) It doesn’t get much cooler than that. For the purpose of Ting Poo and Leo Scott’s biodoc, being the youngest drama student accepted to Juilliard takes a back seat to being the first guy on the block with a camcorder. No matter how tough times got, Val Kilmer managed to hold onto his storage locker-cum-personal archive. When a role arose that caught Kilmer’s attention (Pvt. Joker. in
Full Metal Jacket, Henry Hill in
Goodfellas) he would send directors homemade audition tapes, several of which are on display. Footage of buddy Brando in a hammock and John Frankenheimer on the defensive make for a much better time than
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The Most Val Kilmer Moments in the New Documentary Val
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Val Kilmer on a life in illusion and the new doc ‘Val’
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By JAKE COYLE
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The new documentary
Val, bursting with footage Val Kilmer shot himself over his 61 years, includes home videos and backstage glimpses, as you might expect. But the most remarkable thing is seeing Kilmer’s own audition tapes of himself. It’s not just a few scenes here and there. They capture Kilmer living in parts – including some he never got to (officially) play.
There’s footage of him as Henry Hill in
VAL, A Poignant Documentary About Val Kilmer
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