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9 unusual facts about Val Kilmer


Haiku Studios

A 3D racing game, "Demon Driver", and "Moreau", believed to be a tie-in of the 1996 movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer), were in development when the company went out of business in 1997.

Kenny Hughes

Kenneth Hughes has worked with a wide range of recognized names such as Madonna, Meryl Streep, Michael Bay, Christopher Columbus, Tracey Ullman, Julie Taymor, Jim Carrey, the Bee Gees, Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Ralston, Coen Brothers, the ISO dance company, the Diavalo Dance Theater, the Rogue Go-Go Dance Company, Zubin Mehta, Mika Kaurismäki, Amy Brenneman, Val Kilmer and others.

L.A. Takedown

Heat was made with an ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer.

Richard Dutcher

He also announced that both Val Kilmer and F. Murray Abraham had agreed to portray Joseph Smith and Gov. Thomas Ford of Illinois, respectively (depending on schedules).

Seven Below

Seven Below (US title Seven Below Zero) is a 2012 horror-thriller American film directed by Kevin Carraway starring Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames and Luke Goss in lead roles.

Shelley Memorial

The statue was a key element in the meeting of two main characters in the 1997 movie The Saint, starring Val Kilmer, and also features in an episode of the British TV drama, Lewis.

Shirl Jennings

Shirley "Shirl" Jennings (1940 – October 26, 2003) was one of only a few people in the world to regain his sight after lifelong blindness and was the inspiration for the character of Virgil Adamson in the movie At First Sight (1999) starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino.

Shirl and Barbara Jennings became the inspiration for the characters of Virgil Adamson and Amy Benic in the movie At First Sight (1999) starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino.

The Man-eaters of Tsavo

The book has been adapted to film three times: a monochrome, British film of the 1950s, a 1952 3-D film titled Bwana Devil, and a 1996 color version called The Ghost and the Darkness, where Val Kilmer played the daring engineer who hunts down the lions of Tsavo.


Stolichnaya

In the 1997 film The Saint starring Val Kilmer, a bottle of Stoli is visible in his room in Russia.

The Ten Commandments: The Musical

The original cast included Val Kilmer, Kevin Earley, Lauren Kennedy, Adam Lambert, Luba Mason, Alisan Porter, Nita Whitaker, Michelle Pereira, Nicholas Rodriguez and Ipalé.

The White Sands International Film Festival

Among many recognized films by regional and international filmmakers, the festival has hosted many celebrities over the years such as Val Kilmer, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jeffery Tambor, Mark Medoff, Chris McDonald and Linda Hamilton.


see also

At First Sight

The film and its plot are mentioned in the Friends episode, "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss", the character of Chandler Bing describes it as "a tutti-frutti love story where he (Val Kilmer) played a blind guy".

The Conspiracy

XIII: The Conspiracy, a 2008 film directed by Duane Clark, starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff