Arbor

Theatrical Release Date: 2011 04 27 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 712267301928

Studio: Strand Home

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Situations, Sexual Situations, Drug Content]

Summary: Andrea Dunbar was a British playwright whose work reflected the gritty realities of life in working-class Bradford, West Yorkshire. Dunbar knew of what she wrote -- she grew up in a Bradford housing project, had children by three different men, was a victim of domestic violence, and struggled with alcoholism before she died in 1990 when she was only 29. Andrea's daughter Lorraine Dunbar inherited her gift with language, but also her weaknesses; she also dealt with unhappy relationships with men, worked as a prostitute, became addicted to hard drugs, and served time for manslaughter when her two-year-old son died after drinking her methadone. Filmmaker Clio Barnard set out to tell the story of Andrea Dunbar's brief, troubled life and the neighborhood where she lived and wrote, and The Arbor is a unique mixture of documentary and narrative filmmaking. In addition to interviews with members of Andrea Dunbar's family and residents of Bradford's Buttershaw estates, where Dunbar's plays took place (which are lip-synched by actors to create a distancing effect), the film includes passages from Dunbar's first play, also called The Arbor, played out against the real-life locations where the story is set. The Arbor received its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Avant-garde / Exp

Awards: Film Presented – Tribeca Film Festival Carl Foreman Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Film – London Film Critics Association Film Presented – London Film Festival Best British Director – London Film Critics Association Breakthrough British Filmmaker – London Film Critics Association Best British Supporting Actress – London Film Critics Association Carl Foreman Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Documentary (Runner-up) – L.A. Film Critics Association

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Arbor

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/06/2011

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 95 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Arbor
1. Opening [10:02]
2. "The Arbor" [13:35]
3. The Way They See It [10:26]
4. Ducking Down in Grass [10:26]
5. Great Wit and Perception [13:21]
6. 20 Years on [4:54]
7. "Lovely Kitten" [6:32]
8. Spoons and Needles [7:23]
9. On a Methadone Script [7:38]
10. Parent by Omission [3:45]
11. Out of Prison [2:44]
12. Credits [3:38]

Cast and Crew: Monica Dolan  Actor 
Jimi Mistry  Actor 
Danny Webb  Actor 
Natalie Gavin  Actor 
Neil Dudgeon  Actor 
Robert Emms  Actor 
Christine Bottomley  Actor 
Manjinder Virk  Actor 
George Costigan  Actor 
Kathryn Pogson  Actor 
Molly Nyman  Composer (Music Score) 
Harry Escott  Composer (Music Score) 
Tracy O'Riordan  Producer 
Clio Barnard  Director 
Clio Barnard  Screenwriter 
Michael Morris  Executive Producer 
Holly Escott  Composer (Music Score) 

Country: UK