History Film / TheSaltonSea

It follows the story of Danny Parker (Kilmer), a former trumpet player and speek freak who works as an informant for two seedy undercover cops. But he moves away from the small time drug parties, and becomes involved with the sadistic drug dealer Pooh-Bear (D'Onofrio).

The film was received reasonably well and showed that Val Kilmer still had it when it comes to acting; however, it's also a film that is still mostly under the radar of the average movie-goer.

* ArmsDealer: A particularly quirky one who has an unusual style of speaking and doesn't seem to blink. [[spoiler: He re-appears later in Danny's imagination in a crucial moment of trying to remember whether the revolver he bought can hold eight or nine rounds]]

** Bobby the dealer is incoherent and rambling, and threatens Danny and his friend Jimmy with a spear gun. But he's somewhat ineffectual due to being high on his own supply.

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''The Salton Sea'' is a 2002 crime / neo-noir film starring Creator/ValKilmer, [[Creator/VincentDOnofrio Vincent D'Onofrio]] and Creator/PeterSarsgaard. It follows the story of Danny Parker (Kilmer), a former trumpet player and speek freak who works as an informant for two seedy undercover cops. But he moves away from the small time drug parties, and becomes involved with the sadistic drug dealer Pooh-Bear. The film was received reasonably well and showed that Val Kilmer still had it when it comes to acting; however, it's a film that is still mostly under the radar of the average movie-goer.

* BookDumb: Jimmy is this, particularly when he asks Danny who JohnFKennedy is and whether he was assassinated or not. Most of the junkies Danny hangs out with seem to be this also.

''The Salton Sea'' is a 2002 crime / neo-noir film starring Creator/ValKilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio and Creator/PeterSarsgaard. It follows the story of Danny Parker (Kilmer), a former trumpet player and speek freak who works as an informant for two seedy undercover cops. But he moves away from the small time drug parties, and becomes involved with the sadistic drug dealer Pooh-Bear. The film was received reasonably well and showed that Val Kilmer still had it when it comes to acting; however, it's a film that is still mostly under the radar of the average movie-goer.

''The Salton Sea'' is a 2002 crime / neo-noir film starring ValKilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio and PeterSarsgaard. It follows the story of Danny Parker (Val Kilmer), a former trumpet player and speek freak who works as an informant for two seedy undercover cops. But he moves away from the small time drug parties, and becomes involved with the sadistic drug dealer Pooh-Bear. The film was received reasonably well and showed that Val Kilmer still had it when it comes to acting; however, it's a film that is still mostly under the radar of the average movie-goer.

''The Salton Sea'' is a 2002 crime / neo-noir film starring ValKilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio and PeterSarsgaard. It follows the story of Danny Parker (Val Kilmer), a former trumpet player and speek freak who works as an informant for two seedy undercover cops. But he moves away from the small time drug parties, and becomes involved with the sadistic drug dealer Pooh-Bear. The film was received reasonably well and showed that Val Kilmer still had it when it comes to acting, however it's a film that is still mostly under the radar of the average movie-goer.

** Bobby the dealer is incoherent and rambling, and threatens Danny and his friend Jimmy with a spear gun. But he's somewhat ineffectual due to being drugged out from his own drug supply.
** Pooh-Bear on the other hand is both crazy and incredibly dangerous. The first scene we see with Pooh-Bear is him and his buddies recreating the JFK assassination with pidgeons in a remote controlled car. This definately drives the point home.

* DeathSeeker: Danny is this at some points. Particularly when [[spoiler: he talks of how he should of died with his wife]] and [[spoiler: at the end where he says 'it doesn't matter' when the villain is ready to shoot him, AND when he almost prepares to shoot himself]]
* DrugsAreBad: Whilst it's not really the point of the film, it shows the crowd that Danny hangs out with as being unintelligent and pitiful. Danny's own use of drugs [[spoiler: As a way of dealing with his Wife's death]] seems have sent him into a downward spiral.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Sort of. Danny gives his neighbour some illegal drugs to plant in her apartment so she can call the cops on her boyfriend. Though the boygfriend only guilty of being abusive and holding her daughter captive. [[spoiler: Planting the evidence doesn't work out though]].
* GagNose: We are told the character Pooh-Bear had to have his nose cut off from snorting too many drugs. You get to see how he looks without his nose briefly before he put's his skin-colored prosthetic one back on.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler: Pooh-Bear uses a unique one on Danny Parker in which he forces him to bring his member near am angry badger stuck in a cage at gun point]]

* SplitPersonality: Not so much the mental illness variety, but between his old life as a trumpet player happily in love with his wife and his new life into the dark world of illegal drugs and being an informant for the police. At the start of the film, Danny even asks the viewer to make up his or her mind which one the protagonist is. [[spoiler: At the end, he deicdes that both of those lives are dead, and a new life can be started.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: There is quite a bit of this between Danny and his neighbour, that almost get's resolved in one scene.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: [[spoiler: After Val Kilmer shoots Pooh-bear's friends/hechmen and Pooh-Bear himself being killed a bit later there is the radio on in the background. It's about a beginner's guide to yodelling, and just after Pooh-Bear is killed we hear from the radio 'Did we all end at the same time?'.]]

* NeedsMoreLove:

* AxCrazy: Bobby the dealer is incoherent and rambling, and threatens Danny and his friend Jimmy with a spear gun. But he's somewhat ineffectual due to being drugged out from his own drug supply. Pooh-Bear on the other hand is both crazy and incredibly dangerous. The first scene we see with Pooh-Bear is him and his buddies recreating the JFK assassination with pidgeons in a remote controlled car. This definately drives the point home.

* ImAHumanitarian: Pooh-Bear pushes Danny to try some food that he has prepared. He then tells a story of how he kept the brains of someone who tried to steal money from him, and that he's being adding it to most of his meals. Cue Danny looking at disgust at the food he's just eaten. Turns out he was just joking though.