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After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
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“Is Val Kilmer the best thing in The Salton Sea?”
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- John Chardon TMDB · May 20158/10
My name is Tom Van Allen. I'm a trumpet player. The Salton Sea is directed by D. J. Caruso and written by Tony Gayton. It stars Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Sarsgard, Doug Hutchinson, Anthony LaPaglia, Debora Kara Unger, Adam Goldberg and Luis Guzmán. Music is scored by Thomas Newman and cinematography by Amir Mokri. Danny Parker (Kilmer) is hanging out with a bunch of methamphetamine users, apparently in an effort to numb the pain of his one time life that saw his wife murdered. Or is he? The word of mouth for it was strong, but no sooner did it hit cinemas than it disappeared off the face of the earth. However, the cult cinema world is often a vibrant place to lurk, enter there and you find The Salton Sea, a wonderfully tricksy and off beat neo-noir awash with misery, revenge, redemption and odd ball characters that are either stuck in purgatory, or heading to nowhereville. Protagonist Danny Parker leads the film, a man whose identity is fractured after being dealt a blow from the hands of fate, very much in limbo mentally, he none the less has goals to achieve, nothing is never quite as it seems until director Caruso wants us in on the side-shifts. Danny is often in the
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Cast
- Val KilmerTom Van Allen | Danny Parker
- Vincent D'OnofrioPooh-Bear
- Adam GoldbergKujo
- Luis GuzmánQuincy
- Doug HutchisonGus Morgan
- Anthony LaPagliaAl Garcetti
- Glenn PlummerBobby
- Peter SarsgaardJimmy the Finn
- Deborah Kara UngerColette
- Chandra WestLiz
Crew
- D.J. CarusoDirector
- Tony GaytonScreenplay
- Amir MokriDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Jim PageEditor
- Butch RobinsonProducer
- Frank DarabontProducer
- Ken AguadoProducer
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