Fur (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Fur

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writer = Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay)
Patricia Bosworth (book)
starring = Nicole Kidman
Robert Downey, Jr.
Ty Burrell
Harris Yulin
and
Jane Alexander
director = Steven Shainberg
producer = Laura Bickford
Patricia Bosworth
Andrew Fierberg
William Pohlad
Bonnie Timmermann
distributor = Picturehouse
released = November 10, 2006
runtime = 122 minutes
language = English
budget =
music = Carter Burwell
awards =
imdb_id = 0422295

"Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" (also known simply as "Fur") is a 2006 film starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images.

For the film, director Steven Shainberg, best known for his kinky indie "Secretary", reunited with its screenwriter, Erin Cressida Wilson, who used Patricia Bosworth's book "Diane Arbus: A Biography" as a source. As its name implies, the film is a fictional account rather than an accurate biography. The cinematic Arbus is torn between a bizarre relationship with a neighbor suffering from hypertrichosis, Lionel (Robert Downey, Jr.), and a conventional life with her husband Allan (Ty Burrell), a photographer. A clogged drain leads her into a netherworld populated by transvestites, dwarves and others living on the fringes of society.

Cast

*Nicole Kidman - Diane Arbus
*Robert Downey Jr. - Lionel
*Ty Burrell - Allan Arbus
*Harris Yulin - David Nemerov
*Jane Alexander - Gertrude Nemerov
*Emmy Clarke - Grace Arbus
*Genevieve McCarthy - Sophie Arbus
*Boris McGiver - Jack Henry
*Marceline Hugot - Tippa Henry
*Mary Duffy - Althea

External links

* [http://www.furmovie.com/ Official website]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/327161/Fur-An-Imaginary-Portrait-of-Diane-Arbus/overview New York Times review]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422295/ Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Page]