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The Singing Detective

2003, Movie, R, 109 mins

The Singing Detective: Review

Coarse and misguided, Keith Gordon's film of the late Dennis Potter's own reworking of his intricate, dyspeptic, 1986 miniseries is a failure on every level. At the core of Potter's multileveled narrative lies pulp novelist Daniel Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) — Philip Marlow in the original — and "lie" is the word. Hospitalized with virulent psoriatic arthropathy that's blistered his skin and swollen his joints to immobility, the misanthropic Dark lashes out at the worl... read more leave a comment

The Singing Detective: Cast & Details

Year: 2003
Rated R

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Cast
Robert Downey Jr.: Dan Dark
Robin Wright Penn: Nicola/Nina/Blonde
Mel Gibson: Dr. Gibbon
Jeremy Northam: Mark Binney
Katie Holmes: Nurse Mills
Adrien Brody: First Hood

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Savoring a British TV invasion | Matt Roush | 11/2/2005
Stiff upper lips? Hardly. The best of British TV is anything but stuffy. From the guilty pleasure of the trashy Footballers' Wives (returning for a third season in February) to hauntingly dark mysteries and wacky comedies, BBC America has become one of my top cable destinations for the range of its bold and unpredictable programming. But the fun doesn't stop there. PBS still turns to England for classy drama, HBO has developed a crush on shows with an accent (Rome and Extras) and A&E will air a fourth season of gritty spy drama MI-5 in 2006. Here's a roundup of some recent arrivals. Bad GirlsTuesdays at 9 pm/ET, BBC AmericaThink: "Oz with Estrogen"The Lowdown: read more

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