Val (2021)

The life you live is the story you tell.

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Cast (49)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Val Kilmer

Self

Jack Kilmer

Self / Narrator

Mercedes Kilmer

Self

Joanne Whalley

Self

Kevin Bacon

Self (archive)

Fairuza Balk

Self (archive)

Marlon Brando

Self (archive)

Nicolas Cage

Self (archive)

Jim Carrey

Self (archive)

Cher

Self (archive)

Tom Cruise

Self (archive)

N

Nelson de la Rosa

Self (archive)

Robert De Niro

Self (archive)

Robert Downey Jr.

Self (archive)

Anthony Edwards

Self (archive)

Jimmy Fallon

Self (archive)

Will Ferrell

Self (archive)

John Frankenheimer

Self (archive)

Shawn Hatosy

Self (archive)

Tommy Lee Jones

Self (archive)

P

Peter Kass

Self (archive)

N

Norm Keesing

Self (archive)

Nicole Kidman

Self (archive)

Stephen Lang

Self (archive)

Jay Leno

Self (archive)

James Lipton

Self (archive)

Kyle MacLachlan

Self (archive)

Michael Mann

Self (archive)

Kelly McGillis

Self (archive)

Jim Morrison

Self (archive)

Temuera Morrison

Self (archive)

Al Pacino

Self (archive)

Sean Penn

Self (archive)

Ron Perlman

Self (archive)

Tim Robbins

Self (archive)

Rick Rossovich

Self (archive)

Kurt Russell

Self (archive)

Joel Schumacher

Self (archive)

Tony Scott

Self (archive)

Tom Sizemore

Self (archive)

Mira Sorvino

Self (archive)

Oliver Stone

Self (archive)

T

Tom Stratton

Self (archive)

David Thewlis

Self (archive)

James Tolkan

Self (archive)

Barry Tubb

Self (archive)

Mark Twain

Self (archive)

Denzel Washington

Self (archive)

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive)

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