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In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) -- A documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist.

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Director:
Jessica Yu
Writers:
Henry Darger (writings)
Jessica Yu (writer)
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Release Date:
29 March 2008 (Japan) more
Plot:
A documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
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The Most Extreme Example Of Outsider Art more

Cast

  (in credits order)
Larry Pine ... Henry Darger (voice)

Dakota Fanning ... Narrator / Vivian Girls (voice)
Frier McCollister ... Additional Voice (voice)

Wally Wingert ... Additional Voice (voice)
Janice Hong ... Additional Voice (voice)
Ruby McCollister ... Additional Voice (voice)
Paul Robert Langdon ... Additional Voice (voice)
Mary O'Donnell ... Herself - Neighbor
Kiyoko Lerner ... Herself - Landlady
Mary Rooney ... Herself - Parish Bookkeeper
David Berglund ... Himself - Neighbor
Regina Waters ... Herself - Neighbor
Mark Waters ... Himself - Neighbor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Darger ... Himself (photos)
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Directed by
Jessica Yu 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Henry Darger  writings
Jessica Yu  writer

Produced by
Ellin Baumel .... line producer
Karen Carter .... associate producer
Sally Jo Fifer .... executive producer
Joan Huang .... co-producer
Cara Mertes .... executive producer
Kara Vallow .... animation producer
Susan West .... producer
Jessica Yu .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jeff Beal 
 
Film Editing by
Jessica Yu 
 
Casting by
Linda Lamontagne 
 
Art Department
Henry Darger .... artwork
Eric Koenig .... storyboard artist
Aurian Redson .... storyboard artist
 
Sound Department
Jeff Beal .... sound recordist: Many Rooms Music
Stephanie Brown .... supervising sound editor
Rick Ellis .... sound recording engineer
Paul Hackner .... re-recording engineer
Matt Hedges .... sound facility coordinator
Matthew Iadarola .... sound re-recording mixer
Eddie Kim .... sound designer
Tomas Marsh .... sound recording engineer
Del Martin .... re-recording engineer
Eryne Prine .... foley supervisor
Matt Hedges .... sound editorial coordinator (uncredited)
Eryne Prine .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael F. Barrow .... cinematographer: New York (as Michael Barrow)
Tim Bieber .... director of photography: Chicago
Lamar Bloodworth .... gaffer
Joe Brady .... assistant camera
Osa Elmfors .... assistant camera
Ron Forsythe .... key grip
Bill Frye .... grip
Marlene Haegele .... second assistant camera
Shana Hagan .... director of photography: Los Angeles
T.S. Hale .... grip
Russell Harper .... director of photography: Chicago
Wesley Hicks .... additional camera operator
Darren Kasmir .... gaffer
Harry Lapham .... key grip
Juliet Lofaro .... still photographer
Guy Moeller .... grip
Ryan Puckett .... grip
 
Animation Department
Andrew Brandou .... animator
Britt Ehringer .... animator
Peter Ehrlich .... animator
Matthew Gadbois .... animator
Meher Gourjian .... animator
Tom Kanchanapinyokul .... animator
Eric Koenig .... animation storyboard artist
Aurian Redson .... animation storyboard artist
David Wigforss .... animator
 
Editorial Department
Michael Mintz .... color corrector
Thom Whitehead .... on-line editor
 
Music Department
Joan Beal .... conductor: choir
 
Other crew
Bill Abrams .... legal counsel: Abrams, Garfinkel & Rosen LLP
David Beall .... cleanup artist
David Berglund .... photos of Henry Darger courtesy of
Scott Marvel Cassidy .... book art sequences
Denise Chavez .... cleanup artist
Cynthia DeLaney Gorman .... marketing and sales
Jake Delman .... production assistant
Amy Dorn .... production assistant
Ron Forsythe .... researcher
Tony Haske .... production assistant
Rachel Katz-Atkin .... production assistant
Kiyoko Lerner .... Henry Darger's artwork and writings used by permission of
Kiyoko Lerner .... consultant
Kiyoko Lerner .... photos of Henry Darger courtesy of
Erik Lusk .... cleanup artist
Lisa Masseur .... production assistant
Mark Masseur .... production assistant
Rodd Miller .... cleanup artist
Christopher Nguyen .... production assistant
Elise Pearlstein .... researcher
Katherine Pitts .... operations manager
Larry Powell .... production assistant
Andrea Sausen .... production assistant
Kris Scheiffele .... researcher
Armando Soto .... cleanup artist
Joe Vaux .... cleanup artist
Chris Ware .... title art
Thom Whitehead .... digital transfers
Martin Yu .... animated website
 
Thanks
Brooke Anderson .... thanks
David Berglund .... special thanks
Karen Carter .... thanks
Loretta Janeski .... thanks
Dao Le .... thanks
Kiyoko Lerner .... special thanks
Claudine Magre .... thanks
David Obermeyer .... thanks
Mary O'Donnell .... special thanks
Mary Rooney .... special thanks
Ted Shen .... thanks
Trixie .... thanks
Marc Waters .... special thanks
Regina Waters .... special thanks
Sydney Wilkinson .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger (Australia) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[last lines]
[end title cards]
Title Card: After Darger's death in 1973, the Lerners decided to share their discovery of his work, preserving his room and its contents.
Title Card: Since then, Henry Darger's work has been exhibited and collected worldwide. His art has inspired the creation of paintings, poetry, music, and works in theatre, dance, and opera.
Title Card: The room was dismantled in 2000.
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Soundtrack:
Innocent When You Dream (78) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
The Most Extreme Example Of Outsider Art, 27 March 2009
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Author: Seamus2829 from United States

With the recent focus on outsider art,somebody must have figured that Henry Darger was a natural. Darger was a janitor and well known introvert for years. What was not known (at least until after his death in 1973),was that Darger kept a series of stories & paintings, as a continuing account of a realm of fantasy that only Darger could relate to. Vast volumes of paintings & text were found in the cramped apartment that he lived in for years (he had little family & had less than no use for the company of other people). Jessica Yu's film attempts to tell Darger's story (with extracts of his writing read by the likes of Dakota Fanning,and others). This film is a "must see" for anybody with an interest in art (especially outsider art). As this film is independently produced,it carries no MPAA rating,but does contain a bit of mature subject matter (mainly in the way of some of his paintings depicted that has nudity).

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