The Unforeseen

20072007
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 28m

The Unforeseen (2007)

A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and the environment's unexpected response to human interference.A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and the environment's unexpected response to human interference.A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and the environment's unexpected response to human interference.

Director
- Laura Dunn
Writer
- Wendell Berry(poem: Santa Clara Valley)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

Gary Bradley, real estate developer, describes his craft before a large aerial map of a subdivision.

Rancher Henry Brooks traverses a barren landscape beneath a highway overpass

A spiderweb over Barton Springs pool

3 young children swim together in picturesque and pristine Barton Springs (1996)

Robert Redford recounts learning to love nature as a child through swimming in Barton Springs

Image from the film's opening title sequence designed by Kyle Cooper/Prologue Films

Roadways, sewer and waterlines are the building blocks used to transform a raw piece of land into a subdivision.

The Unforeseen (2007)

Director
- Laura Dunn
Writer
- Wendell Berry(poem: Santa Clara Valley)
All cast & crew
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A documentary about the development around Barton Springs in Austin, Texas, and the environment's unexpected response to human interference.

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Genre
- Documentary
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Terrence Malick, a long time resident of Austin, originally conceived the idea for the film.

Goofs
A latter animation showing water lines becoming blood vessels has a noticeable shift. It appears a duplicate frame has been accidentally inserted.

Quotes
Gary Bradley: Nature in your life, very quickly becomes God. A God who gives great abundance at times... and takes everything away at times.
[on growing up on a farm]

Crazy credits
The film's credits play alongside a series of photographs. Contribution photographers are listed at the end of the sequence. Photos were from various Flickr accounts and many names are actually Flickr members' nicknames.

Connections
Features Frontline: The Great American Bailout (1991)

Soundtracks
Spiegel Im Spiegel
Written by Arvo Pärt
Performed by Vadim Gluzman abd Angela Yoffe
Courtesy of BIS Records

Top review

9/10

Awesome Doc

I've watched a lot of docs and this is one of my favorites. I won't get all into the plot as others have dissected way too thoroughly here, but if you enjoy slow, melancholy, euphoric docs then you will love this one. It's very reflective of our time and the Wendell Berry poems paired with the Album Leaf music is wonderful. Very well made. It's a real artpiece of doc cinema for it's time.

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Release date
- January 2007 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Το απρόβλεπτο
Filming locations
- Austin, Texas, USA
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $90,287
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,496
- Mar 2, 2008
Gross worldwide
- $90,287

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Runtime
1 hour 28 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital

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