Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 11/11/05 Home Video 06/13/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for language, violence and sexuality/nudity Running Time 1 hour 42 minutes Genre Suspense, Romance Director/Writer Shane Black Cast Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Joel Michaely, Corbin Bernsen Studio Warner Brothers |
KISS KISS, BANG BANG
SYNOPSIS
Harry Lockhart (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) is basically
a decent guy. Sure, he's a petty thief who skates
through life on a shaky cocktail of dog-eared charm
and cockeyed optimism, but he wants to do the
right thing. He just doesn't know how, exactly.
Harry's perpetual bad luck takes a turn for the
better when he and his partner are doing some
after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York
City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the
party. (Yeah, it sounds like trouble, but keep
reading.) In making his frantic getaway from the
cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition
for a Hollywood detective movie, and faster than you
can say Jack Robinson, the producer flies him to
Los Angeles for a screen test.
Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A.'s pros, cons,
losers and wannabes, Harry is teamed with
tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (VAL
KILMER), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his
screen test. Gay Perry is ruthless, relentlessly tough
Harry Lockhart (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) is basically
a decent guy. Sure, he's a petty thief who skates
through life on a shaky cocktail of dog-eared charm
and cockeyed optimism, but he wants to do the
right thing. He just doesn't know how, exactly.
Harry's perpetual bad luck takes a turn for the
better when he and his partner are doing some
after-hours Christmas "shopping" at a New York
City toy store and the security alarm breaks up the
party. (Yeah, it sounds like trouble, but keep
reading.) In making his frantic getaway from the
cops, Harry inadvertently stumbles into an audition
for a Hollywood detective movie, and faster than you
can say Jack Robinson, the producer flies him to
Los Angeles for a screen test.
Thrust into the cutthroat world of L.A.'s pros, cons,
losers and wannabes, Harry is teamed with
tough-guy private eye Perry van Shrike (VAL
KILMER), AKA "Gay Perry," to prepare him for his
screen test. Gay Perry is ruthless, relentlessly tough
and - you guessed it -
gay. He also has little patience for Harry, who tries out his acting skills by passing himself off as a
detective.
It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective
crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (MICHELLE MONAGHAN), an aspiring actress who needs his help.
Inspired by her hero Jonny Gossamer, a fictitious hard-boiled private eye featured in a series of pulp
detective novels, Harmony moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams...but a few years and a lot of
rejections later, she's facing the harsh reality that her best days may be behind her.
When the mysterious suicide of Harmony's sister intersects with a seemingly unrelated case that Harry
and Gay Perry are investigating, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a real-life murder mystery.
Bodies surface and re-surface...long-buried family secrets erupt in present-day mayhem...and what
began as a free trip to L.A. may result in Harry's one-way ticket to the city morgue.
If he's going to stay alive and become the hero that Harmony needs him to be, Harry will have to convince
a reluctant Gay Perry to help him solve the case. He'll need to channel Jonny Gossamer's tough-as-nails
swagger. And a little dose of luck - or is it fate? - wouldn't hurt, either.
--© Warner Bros.
gay. He also has little patience for Harry, who tries out his acting skills by passing himself off as a
detective.
It seems like nothing short of destiny when the thief-trying- to-be-an-actor- impersonating-a-detective
crosses paths with Harmony Faith Lane (MICHELLE MONAGHAN), an aspiring actress who needs his help.
Inspired by her hero Jonny Gossamer, a fictitious hard-boiled private eye featured in a series of pulp
detective novels, Harmony moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams...but a few years and a lot of
rejections later, she's facing the harsh reality that her best days may be behind her.
When the mysterious suicide of Harmony's sister intersects with a seemingly unrelated case that Harry
and Gay Perry are investigating, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a real-life murder mystery.
Bodies surface and re-surface...long-buried family secrets erupt in present-day mayhem...and what
began as a free trip to L.A. may result in Harry's one-way ticket to the city morgue.
If he's going to stay alive and become the hero that Harmony needs him to be, Harry will have to convince
a reluctant Gay Perry to help him solve the case. He'll need to channel Jonny Gossamer's tough-as-nails
swagger. And a little dose of luck - or is it fate? - wouldn't hurt, either.
--© Warner Bros.
BRENDA AND DAVID
Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr) is a petty thief that while doing a little pre-Christmas stealing in NYC
finds himself on the run from the cops and ends up auditioning for a detective movie. Catching the eye of
the casting director and producer Dabney Shaw (Larry Miller), he is offered an all-expense paid trip to LA
for additional screen tests. While in LA, Harry is invited to a pool party where he meets Gay Perry (Val
Kilmer), a gay detective that works for Shaw. Harmony (Michelle Monaghan) comes to Harry for help but
gets him involved in a murder mystery where bodies start turning up. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is laugh out
loud funny. Director/writer Shane Black is best known for writing Lethal Weapon.
Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr) is a petty thief that while doing a little pre-Christmas stealing in NYC
finds himself on the run from the cops and ends up auditioning for a detective movie. Catching the eye of
the casting director and producer Dabney Shaw (Larry Miller), he is offered an all-expense paid trip to LA
for additional screen tests. While in LA, Harry is invited to a pool party where he meets Gay Perry (Val
Kilmer), a gay detective that works for Shaw. Harmony (Michelle Monaghan) comes to Harry for help but
gets him involved in a murder mystery where bodies start turning up. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is laugh out
loud funny. Director/writer Shane Black is best known for writing Lethal Weapon.
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