In the Realms of the Unreal poster

In the Realms of the Unreal( 2004)

TV-MADocumentary
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The Mystery of Henry Darger

Overview

In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Henry Darger

      Himself

    2. cast image

      Larry Pine

      Henry Darger (Voice)

    3. cast image

      Dakota Fanning

      Narrator/Vivian Girls (Voice)

    4. cast image

      Frier McCollister

      Voice

    5. cast image

      Wally Wingert

      Voice

    6. cast image

      Mary O'Donnell

      Herself (Neighbor)

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      Kiyoko Lerner

      Herself (Landlady)

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Fri Sep 14 2018
    This is a 2004 documentary film by Jessica Yu introducing the life and work of Henry Darger. A major figure of "outsider art", Darger's work was only discovered after his death when his landlords found thousands of pages of text and paintings in his room. Through his long life, he was known to his few friends and associates only as a janitor in a local hospital. Secretly, he wrote a massive manuscript chronicling the rebellion of girl slaves in a fantasy world, painted with watercolors of the heroines and battles. Yu has chosen three main narrators for the documentary. A little girl (Dakota ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • woman director