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Deberg_1990 · 08-16-2014, 05:03 PM

What i read about Downey was his wife worked for bigwig action producer Joel Silver and got him into "mainstream" movie roles again after he cleaned up.

Before he was clean, he mainly worked in offbeat roles. no mainstream stuff. He was very rarely a lead in a big budget mainstream flick. Now, hes basically the opposite of that. Especially once Ironman hit.

**Anyong Bluth** · 08-16-2014, 05:16 PM

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What i read about Downey was his wife worked for bigwig action producer Joel Silver and got him into "mainstream" movie roles again after he cleaned up.

Before he was clean, he mainly worked in offbeat roles. no mainstream stuff. He was very rarely a lead in a big budget mainstream flick. Now, hes basically the opposite of that. Especially once Ironman hit.

One of my favorite flicks of his is a tiny indie he did called Two Girls and a Guy. Another favorite was the first decent sized movie he did after cleaning up Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Deberg_1990 · 08-16-2014, 05:54 PM

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One of my favorite flicks of his is a tiny indie he did called Two Girls and a Guy. Another favorite was the first decent sized movie he did after cleaning up Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

KKBB, was awesome.

That was actually a Joel Silver produced movie. And yes, it was basically his comeback movie , even though it flopped. But it got him back in the game.

**Anyong Bluth** · 08-16-2014, 07:41 PM

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KKBB, was awesome.

That was actually a Joel Silver produced movie. And yes, it was basically his comeback movie , even though it flopped. But it got him back in the game.

Box Office flop or not it's a superb movie, and even though it got solid reviews they didn't do anything to promote the movie and basically released it on what was then annually a junk opening weekend slot.

**Baby Lee** · 08-16-2014, 07:44 PM

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Box Office flop or not it's a superb movie, and even though it got solid reviews they didn't do anything to promote the movie and basically released it on what was then annually a junk opening weekend slot.

Yeah, I'd characterize it as a quiet cult hit. Very few detractors, just a lot of people who don't know anything about it.

Kind of a movie version of Arrested Development or Firefly.

**Anyong Bluth** · 08-16-2014, 08:16 PM

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Yeah, I'd characterize it as a quiet cult hit. Very few detractors, just a lot of people who don't know anything about it.

Kind of a movie version of Arrested Development or Firefly.

Good call. I'd venture to guess it's made more since home release than it ever did at the cinema.

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