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TAPE: EF02/0343 IN_TIME: 14:12:48 DURATION: 5:45 SOURCES: APTN/Warner Bros RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film clips without clearance DATELINE: New York recent SHOTLIST 1. B-roll 2. Clip 'The Salton Sea' 3. Sot DJ Caruso: "The screenplay was so strong that it enabled me to get such a great cast and these characters were so dynamic on the page and to get these actors together with Val Kilmer and Peter Sarsgaard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Debra Kara Unger, even Luis Guzman came in and did something small for me. It was so easy to get them because the material was so good and I think they all felt my passion after one meeting so it was fun. " 4. Clip 'The Salton Sea' 5. Sot Val Kilmer: "Really everything about this character in Salton Sea was appealing. It is a very tough story but it is a love story the way I read it, you don't really understand where you are at at the beginning of the story and you can't come into it 10 minutes into it. You have got to see it from the beginning or you don't really know where you are." 6. Clip 'The Salton Sea' 7. Sot DJ Caruso:"I think Val is an incredibly complex actor because he doesn't ever really plan how he is going to react in certain situations. So what he does is he prepares himself with so much character background and character study and where is the character now, so that when he gets into the character situation it can become real to him. " 8. Clip 'The Salton Sea' That is why I look the way that I do and move the way that I do , and sound the way do. it is because if this man that I met years ago. That was also a very dangerous guy. " 10. Sot Val Kilmer: "Yes he is really great, and Peter Sarsgaard too, they're the kind of actors that are vivid. Kind of infuriating too because you never see them working. they always seem to be relaxed and nothing seems to bother them and then you turn on the camera and they are all dramatic. But he was just fun to work with. The hardest thing for me was not laughing in some of the scenes that were serious. " 11.Clip 'The Salton Sea' 12. Sot Peter Sarsgaard: "If you were really, really totally there and it was the most authentic thing ever. You still have to remember that you can't turn around that way, you have to stay in this box if it is a close up. It is really what acting is all about, just trying to connect. So I think that must be what it is about for Val but how he goes about doing it is as private as how he goes about doing what he does in the bathroom." 13.Clip 'The Salton Sea' KILMER RESURRECTS HIS CAREER WITH 'THE SALTON SEA' After a series of box office flops, it looks as though Val Kilmer may have recovered his waning movie career with his latest release, 'The Salton Sea'. Unlike other recent films of his, such as "The Saint", "Red Planet," and "The Island of Dr Moreau," which were nearly universally panned, this project has been given the thumbs up by most of the critics. 'The Salton Sea' tells the story of accomplished jazz musician Danny Parker, played by Kilmer, whose life is turned upside down after his wife is murdered. Every night his dreams are full of the murder he witnessed and eventually he sets off in search of redemption and revenge in the seedy underworld of downtown Los Angeles. There he encounters a eclectic mixture of people, who are all united by one thing - their choice of drug, crystal methamphetamine. Included in the group are Jimmy the Fin (Peter Sarsgaard), his troubled neighbour, Colette (Debra Kara Unger), and her violent boyfriend Quincy (Luiz Guzman). Aided by Jimmy "The Finn", Danny tries to work as the middle man in a drug deal with Pooh Bear (Vincent D'Onofrio), a deranged drug baron with a penchant for sadistic recreational games. He also begins to reconnect with his tenderness as he reaches out to help his neighbour Colette. However, nothing is what it seems and no-one is who they appear to be. Like 'Memento', the film starts at the end and skips about until all is laid bare. The film is directed by D.J. Caruso, who has worked on numerous television projects including 'Dark Angel', Smallville', and 'Martial Law'. He had his first foray into the film world last year with the little known 'The Expendables'. Although Val Kilmer is the star of the film, the golden boy, according to the critics, is Vincent D'Onofrio as the malicious drug baron, who many believe is a baddie in the league of Hannibal Lecter. His nose is covered with a cover, and according to the script, half his nose has fallen off, due to excessive drug-taking. 'The Salton Sea' goes on limited release this Friday (April 26th) in North America and on general release there on May 17th. The rest of the world will get a chance to see 'The Salton Sea' some time after June 1st. CLEARANCE DETAILS THE SALTON SEA WARNER BROS