[OBIT] Val Kilmer, dead at 65, RIP
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- April 2, 2025 at 4:37 am #329894
Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, Real Genius, Willow, Batman, Jim Morrison ( who died before 30 )
The youngest student ever admitted to the drama department at Juilliard, Kilmer made his feature debut in the comedy Top Secret!, which he followed up with Real Genius and his breakout role as the Iceman in Tony Scott’s Top Gun, opposite Tom Cruise.
Other memorable roles include Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors, the title character in Batman Forever, Doc Holliday in Tombstone and Simon Templar in The Saint. His other starring roles include Michael Mann’s Heat, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino;True Romance, directed by Tony Scott; Ron Howard’s Willow; At First Sight; and Thunderheart.
He won the 2003 Prism Award for his work in The Salton Sea, and appeared in the 3-D epic Wings of Courage, as well as voicing the characters of both God and Moses in the animated film The Prince of Egypt. Kilmer’s films also include Oliver Stone’s Alexander, Renny Harlin’s Mindhunters, the animated feature Delgo, Ron Howard’s The Missing and Wonderland. Kilmer most recently starred in MacGruber, a comedy based on the SNL spoof sketch of ‘MacGyver’.
OK, but just to me, Doc Holiday in Tombstone was just the role.
April 2, 2025 at 4:38 am #329895The youngest student ever admitted to the drama department at Juilliard
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.
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 am #329896April 2, 2025 at 9:30 am #329897Personally, I think his Batman was the best out of the 90’s Batman live-action films. At least he looked physically fit unlike poor Michael and George lol.
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 pm #329984Love all his movies even, Top Secret. My favorite was Real Genius.
Seemed like a good man.
April 10, 2025 at 12:40 pm #330089RIP Madmartigan aka Val Kilmer, the greatest swordsman who ever lived! You never know how special someone was until they are gone. I never know who I’m really gonna remember and some greats, just not as much. Val was the first to use a southern accent for Doc Holiday. In the film HEAT, the army shows Kilmer doing a magazine reload and he was an innovator in that regard as well. They use his gunfight as an example in military training, some say. That is really something. Shows what an actor can do to be influential.
Story by George Lucas
Directed by Ron HowardIndustrial Light & Magic created the visual effects and animation sequences, which led to a revolutionary breakthrough with digital morphing technology. How much of a genius was George Lucas that a lot of his effects we now take for granted in the age of A.I.? I’ve seen those morphing videos using AI on youtube and didn’t realize that was a George Lucas thing. Makes me wish George Lucas and James Cameron could have teamed up in their prime. Doesn’t really matter, as their work will last regardless.
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