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The Singing Detective

Summary: From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.

Release Date: November 14, 2003

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Crime

Director: Keith Gordon

Writer: Dennis Potter

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Icon Productions, Haft Entertainment, Airborne Productions

Distributor: Paramount Classics

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 8,000,000

Domestic: $ 337,174

International: $ 98,451

Box office:

Budget:$8MDomestic:$337.2KInternational:$98.5KWorldwide:$435.6K

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The Metacritic audience rated this 16% higher than the critics.

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45/100

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61/100

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33% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

17% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White61.11%Jewish22.22%Black11.11%Asian5.56%

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