2008
Not Rated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 28 m

2008
Not Rated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 28 m

Summary Executive produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, this 2008 Independent Spirit Award winning-documentary tells the story of a Texas real estate developer who enjoys meteoric success until an environmental movement and the S&L crisis threaten to undo his plans. In an era of rising home foreclosures, failing financial institutions...

Documentary

Directed By: Laura Dunn

Written By: Wendell Berry

2008
Not Rated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 28 m

2008
Not Rated
The Cinema Guild
1 h 28 m

The Unforeseen

Name: The Unforeseen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-02-29
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Rating: 76
Cast: Curtis Peterson, Gary Bradley, Willie Nelson, Ann Richards, Roy Butler

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews

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Written By: Wendell Berry

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One of the most extraordinary accomplishments in recent American nonfiction filmmaking. It hits hard as to facts, and opens its eyes to inexpressible mysteries. It strikes a clear moral and philosophical stance, and then -- as part of that philosophical stance, actually -- reveals its villain as a tragic and sympathetic figure.

By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW

Variety

Observing locally and thinking globally, Laura Dunn's astonishing debut doc feature The Unforeseen is the kind of transformative viewing experience that has made the current period a golden age for nonfiction film.

By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Making her first feature, Austin filmmaker Dunn no doubt included some unnecessary detours for star power's sake (like the inessential footage of Redford and Nelson). But it's ultimately the movie's glacial pace and willingness to let its mind and eye wander that produces its spiritual and intellectual heft--not to mention its atypical visual splendor.

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San Francisco Chronicle

What's unforeseen in Unforeseen, a superior documentary by Laura Dunn, are the consequences of a certain mind-set about mankind's relationship to the world and, finally, to itself.

By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Though The Unforeseen has a few too many clips of Robert Redford, its environmentalist executive producer, its strength is its realization that these unforeseen developments are making few people happy.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

The result is an expansive and ambivalent testament to human ingenuity, human intransigence, and nature’s endangered yet enduring power to move.

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Boston Globe

The film's case against overdevelopment needs to be, and could be, aggressive, airtight. It should play to the unconverted. Instead, The Unforeseen gives us . . . poetry.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Despair, Two Birds Film, Sundance Institute

Release Date Feb 29, 2008

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website http://www.theunforeseenfilm.com/

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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

• 1 Nomination

Cinema for Peace Awards

• 1 Nomination

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Curtis Peterson

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Gary Bradley

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Willie Nelson

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Ann Richards

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Roy Butler

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William Greider

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Ronald Reagan

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Bill Bunch

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Jim Bob Moffett

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Cedar Stevens

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Nico Hauwert

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Chock Woodruff

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Neil Tuttrup

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Frank Cooksey

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Dick Brown

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Robert Redford

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Marshall Kuykendall

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Raymond Slade

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Heny Brooks

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George W. Bush

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