Fans of Val Kilmer are getting an exclusive look inside the career and personal life of the beloved actor in an upcoming documentary. Amazon Studios debuted the first official trailer for the new documentary Val on Tuesday. The film will have its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Now, fans are getting a first look at the human side of this super-human actor.
Val Kilmer is known for being the man who has done it all.
First gaining popularity in the ’80s after his starring role in Top Secret and Real Genius , Val has been a fan favorite for years.
Now, the public is going to be getting a front-row view of Val’s personal life since his rise to fame.
For the past 40 years, Val has been documenting his life and craft through home videos — how cool is that?
The 61-year-old has collected thousands of hours of footage, including truly retro 16mm recordings and clips of his time shooting iconic films like Top Gun , The Doors , and Batman Forever.
The official film synopsis from Amazon Studio reads:
“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.”
Val directors Leo Scott and Ting Poo spent over nine months digitizing the actor’s home videos for the documentary.
“It was gold, like a treasure trove you’re lucky to come across in your career,” Ting said, as per *The New York Post.*
The trailer includes clips from childhood all to his current recovery from throat cancer.
“Hi, my name’s Val. I don’t do this with every interview I go on, take you inside my home, I don’t. But I’m going to,” he says in the trailer.
“I’ve lived a magical life and I’ve captured quite a bit of it,” the trailer continues. “I was the first guy I knew to own a video camera.”
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“I have behaved poorly,” he admits in the trailer.
“I have behaved bravely, bizarrely to some… I see myself as a sensitive, intelligent human being but with the soul of a clown.”
I can’t wait to see this film, which will begin streaming on August 6 on Amazon Prime Video.
h/t: The New York Post
