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.

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Cast

Val Kilmer

Self

Jack Kilmer

Self / Narrator

Mercedes Kilmer

Self

Joanne Whalley

Self

Kevin Bacon

Self (archive)

Fairuza Balk

Self (archive)

Marlon Brando

Self (archive)

Nicolas Cage

Self (archive)

Jim Carrey

Self (archive)

Cher

Self (archive)

Val Kilmer — Self

Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and a lead role in Willow.

Jack Kilmer — Self / Narrator

John Wallace "Jack" Kilmer (born June 6, 1995) is an American actor known for starring in the 2013 film Palo Alto and for playing Pelle "Dead" Ohlin in the 2018 Norwegian black metal biopic Lords of Chaos, and for playing Ozzy Osbourne in Ozzy's "Under the Graveyard" video. He is also the narrator of Val, a documentary about his father Val Kilmer.

Mercedes Kilmer — Self

Mercedes Kilmer (born October 29, 1991) is an American actress and producer. She is known for Paydirt (2020), Ingrid (2015), and Prettyface (2016).