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The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production

Label
The singing detective, Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, language and some violence
Main title
The singing detective
Oclc number
54032643
Responsibility statement
Icon Productions presents ; directed by Keith Gordon ; screenplay by Dennis Potter ; produced by Mel Gibson, Steven Haft, Bruce Davey ; a Haft Entertainment, Icon production
Runtime
108
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
Summary
A bedridden novelist drifts in and out of consciousness, alternating between a noir-ish fantasy world, his anguished present, and his traumatic childhood
Table Of Contents
Café Moonglow -- Doctors and nurses -- No tranquilizers -- Boring thoughts -- Book filled with clues -- Poisons of the mind -- Childhood -- Disruptive -- Progress -- Screenplay in shoeboxes -- Attempted assassination -- Cheap fiction -- Word games -- Examining the past -- Enemy -- Two goons -- Dance with the doctor -- True identity -- Unfinished ending -- Warbler
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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