The Salton Sea

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This page is about the movie. For the body of water, see Salton Sea.
For the documentary, see Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea.
The Salton Sea

Promotional film poster
Directed by D. J. Caruso
Produced by Ken Aguado
Written by Tony Gayton
Starring Val Kilmer
Vincent D'Onofrio
Peter Sarsgaard
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Running time 103 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

The Salton Sea is a 2002 film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.

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[edit] Plot

Tom Van Allen and his wife knock on the door of an innocuous-looking house asking for directions. While they are inside, gunmen enter, guns blazing. Allen's wife, although hidden at first, is discovered and then shot and killed. Tom, who survives, realizes that they had mistakenly stumbled into a small meth lab. Following his wife's death, Tom drifts into methamphetamine addiction and enters the drug subculture, taking on the new identity of Danny Parker. Has "Danny" forgotten his previous life as a husband and musician--or does he still harbor a deep-seated rage towards the gunmen who killed his wife?

Tagline: If you're looking for the truth you have come to the wrong place.

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[edit] Trivia

The song Tom Van Allen plays on the trumpet is Miles Davis' Saeta from Sketches of Spain. Val Kilmer actually learned 45 seconds of the song for the role.

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