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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Laura Dunne |
| Genre: |
Musical & Performing Arts |
| Subgenre: |
George W. Bush · Media Arts |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
717119114848 |
| Release Date: |
2007 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 33min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 33min Release Company: Cinema Guild, Inc. (September 16, 2008) UPC: 881164000132 |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/01/2008, p.71-72, Film Comment Staff): "[The director brings] clear-eyed reflection to bear on modern capitalism, urban development, and globalization..." |
| More Information |
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Laura Dunn's feature-length directorial debut is a profoundly stirring, visually stunning, and emotionally overpowering work of epic beauty. Sharing a kinship with the film's executive producer, Terrence Malick, Dunn's lyrical nonfiction poem reaches levels of transcendence not often encountered in cinema. Malick and Robert Redford teamed up to executive produce this documentary about the problems of urban sprawl in Austin, Texas. An ambitious land developer there has big dreams, but they endanger beloved Barton Springs as well as the town as a whole. Redford defends the springs, the spot where he first learned to swim. Bradley's plan to build yet another subdivision that would disturb the beautiful natural swimming hole aroused a swell of communal emotion that challenged big business and development in a manner heretofore unseen. As Dunn tells her personal tale, using archival footage, gorgeous graphic effects, lush photography (courtesy of Lee Daniel), and present-day interviews with the formative play... |
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