Val (2021) Movie Script
1
Its like Ive lived my life
and
its sort of
all in these boxes,
but what
is part of the
profound sadness
is that
I know its incomplete.
As much as Ive
filmed and as hard
as Ive tried,
theres nothing I can do
to make
any of it understood.
I know that
thats not true,
but its how I feel.
Hi.
Im meeting the director
of the drama division
to show my son the school.
She was so hard on us.
Right under...
Do you know who that is?
Thats a famous actress,
Kelly McGillis.
It sure does.
I miss London bad.
Its just, you know,
the first big city I came to
after New York.
So, as you have seen now
several times,
I cant speak
without plugging this hole.
This is because
they put a piece of plastic
down my breathing tube,
which is also,
as everyone knows,
where your food goes down,
and because the hole
is so small,
you have to make a choice,
when you have this
kind of problem, whether you
breathe or eat.
Obviously, if you cant breathe,
you cant eat.
Shit!
Goddamn.
I used to hate the Valley
with an absolute passion.
I hate it.
Its so, uh--
its the rim of hell.
Its where hell begins,
right here.
If you look over the edge,
you can look down into hell.
I havent been out here
in 15 years.
The last time
I was out here was making
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
with Robert Downey Jr.
That house was there,
but the rest
of these houses werent here,
and my dad
bought all the property
and
sold each one of the lots
so he could
decide who his neighbors
were gonna be.
This is my old house.
The second house.
Its full of death.
For Joanne, my wife,
it was total hell.
Home was just
another place to rehearse.
She tried to be supportive, but
also just the music
over and over and over again.
Jim had this aspiration to
capture this
fleeting
ethereal truth.
I think its Yeats who said,
Im paraphrasing, but
the idea is
you see a tree
and you observe a truth
about the tree.
I see this
hole in my throat
and I wonder
whether people wonder
if Ive had any fear of dying.
Because I obviously
am
sounding
much worse than I feel.
But its an obstacle
obviously that
is, uh,
very present
with whoever sees me.
And
I have had fears
but none that have ever
been overwhelming
about my life,
because I
dont believe in death,
and my whole life Ive
tried to see the world
as one
piece of life.
Thats how
I understand it right;
when you pull back
from the planet, you see that
were all one
life source.
Hi, sweetheart.
Youre not quite ready yet.
Okay.
Im going to come...
Im going to come over
to you, right? Pick you up?
Alright.
Sure, why not?
Holy cow.
Howdy.
Not bad.
Thank you so much.
Thunderheart.
Thank you.
Fantastic.
Val Kilmer "Chosen by God."
I blew his mind in South India.
I always love it here
in Texas because
my father was born here.
Even though he passed on,
I always feel close by
when I come to Texas.
And, um...
and, um,
Im having such
a great time here.
Id like to thank everybody for
putting on such a great show.
Sometimes
I feel so low
and I have the blues
really, really hard
about having to,
you know,
fly around the country.
I dont look great and
Im selling basically
my old self, my old career.
For many people,
its like the lowest thing
you can do is
talk about your old pictures
and sell photographs of...
of when you were Batman or
the Terminator.
I dont want to insult
any of the other actors
that fly around the world.
But it enables me to
meet my fans and...
and what ends up happening is
I feel really grateful
rather than humiliated
because theres so many people.
Actors like Tommy Lee Jones...
...had designed
this whole performance,
and so had Jim Carrey.
It was just so huge.
I think it made no difference
what I was doing.
I tried to be like an
actor on a soap opera.
The way I would turn to Nicole.
Go count how many times
I put my hands on my hips.
I dont know how
they come up with this
style of acting,
but they seem to go...
go to soap opera school.
"Why, why,
why would you say that?"
I wanna take a break.
Yeah, my stomach...
I wanna lay down.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The reason
Im wearing an AZ hat
is that
Im going to Arizona,
because
my mother passed on,
and
she, uh...
right now she doesnt have
anyone to cremate her.
It glows in the dark.
Its very pretty.
I like those with that dress.
Okay, time to go.
I wrote something nice
last night all about her style.
Her hairdo and her jewelry--
they always popped.
I miss my mama.
But I had a vision
that she was so happy
with her youngest son.
So were going out to Malibu
because of
my wonderful little church,
and
my members there,
I love them very much.
Ive studied
all the major religions.
Ive always been
interested in religions,
and
often when I meet someone,
Ill end up
talking about their faith.
Ill ask them.
I cant help it.
Im a bastard.
And I love you.
Its very, very funny.
Malibu, six miles.
Oh, look at the ocean.
What would happen if
I went into this church service
and I came out
speaking perfectly well?
Its a very good lesson
for me to study
about victory over the grave.
Its like Ive lived my life
and
its sort of
all in these boxes,
but what
is part of the
profound sadness
is that
I know its incomplete.
As much as Ive
filmed and as hard
as Ive tried,
theres nothing I can do
to make
any of it understood.
I know that
thats not true,
but its how I feel.
Hi.
Im meeting the director
of the drama division
to show my son the school.
She was so hard on us.
Right under...
Do you know who that is?
Thats a famous actress,
Kelly McGillis.
It sure does.
I miss London bad.
Its just, you know,
the first big city I came to
after New York.
So, as you have seen now
several times,
I cant speak
without plugging this hole.
This is because
they put a piece of plastic
down my breathing tube,
which is also,
as everyone knows,
where your food goes down,
and because the hole
is so small,
you have to make a choice,
when you have this
kind of problem, whether you
breathe or eat.
Obviously, if you cant breathe,
you cant eat.
Shit!
Goddamn.
I used to hate the Valley
with an absolute passion.
I hate it.
Its so, uh--
its the rim of hell.
Its where hell begins,
right here.
If you look over the edge,
you can look down into hell.
I havent been out here
in 15 years.
The last time
I was out here was making
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
with Robert Downey Jr.
That house was there,
but the rest
of these houses werent here,
and my dad
bought all the property
and
sold each one of the lots
so he could
decide who his neighbors
were gonna be.
This is my old house.
The second house.
Its full of death.
For Joanne, my wife,
it was total hell.
Home was just
another place to rehearse.
She tried to be supportive, but
also just the music
over and over and over again.
Jim had this aspiration to
capture this
fleeting
ethereal truth.
I think its Yeats who said,
Im paraphrasing, but
the idea is
you see a tree
and you observe a truth
about the tree.
I see this
hole in my throat
and I wonder
whether people wonder
if Ive had any fear of dying.
Because I obviously
am
sounding
much worse than I feel.
But its an obstacle
obviously that
is, uh,
very present
with whoever sees me.
And
I have had fears
but none that have ever
been overwhelming
about my life,
because I
dont believe in death,
and my whole life Ive
tried to see the world
as one
piece of life.
Thats how
I understand it right;
when you pull back
from the planet, you see that
were all one
life source.
Hi, sweetheart.
Youre not quite ready yet.
Okay.
Im going to come...
Im going to come over
to you, right? Pick you up?
Alright.
Sure, why not?
Holy cow.
Howdy.
Not bad.
Thank you so much.
Thunderheart.
Thank you.
Fantastic.
Val Kilmer "Chosen by God."
I blew his mind in South India.
I always love it here
in Texas because
my father was born here.
Even though he passed on,
I always feel close by
when I come to Texas.
And, um...
and, um,
Im having such
a great time here.
Id like to thank everybody for
putting on such a great show.
Sometimes
I feel so low
and I have the blues
really, really hard
about having to,
you know,
fly around the country.
I dont look great and
Im selling basically
my old self, my old career.
For many people,
its like the lowest thing
you can do is
talk about your old pictures
and sell photographs of...
of when you were Batman or
the Terminator.
I dont want to insult
any of the other actors
that fly around the world.
But it enables me to
meet my fans and...
and what ends up happening is
I feel really grateful
rather than humiliated
because theres so many people.
Actors like Tommy Lee Jones...
...had designed
this whole performance,
and so had Jim Carrey.
It was just so huge.
I think it made no difference
what I was doing.
I tried to be like an
actor on a soap opera.
The way I would turn to Nicole.
Go count how many times
I put my hands on my hips.
I dont know how
they come up with this
style of acting,
but they seem to go...
go to soap opera school.
"Why, why,
why would you say that?"
I wanna take a break.
Yeah, my stomach...
I wanna lay down.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The reason
Im wearing an AZ hat
is that
Im going to Arizona,
because
my mother passed on,
and
she, uh...
right now she doesnt have
anyone to cremate her.
It glows in the dark.
Its very pretty.
I like those with that dress.
Okay, time to go.
I wrote something nice
last night all about her style.
Her hairdo and her jewelry--
they always popped.
I miss my mama.
But I had a vision
that she was so happy
with her youngest son.
So were going out to Malibu
because of
my wonderful little church,
and
my members there,
I love them very much.
Ive studied
all the major religions.
Ive always been
interested in religions,
and
often when I meet someone,
Ill end up
talking about their faith.
Ill ask them.
I cant help it.
Im a bastard.
And I love you.
Its very, very funny.
Malibu, six miles.
Oh, look at the ocean.
What would happen if
I went into this church service
and I came out
speaking perfectly well?
Its a very good lesson
for me to study
about victory over the grave.