Fur (film)

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Fur

Directed by	Steven Shainberg
Produced by	Laura Bickford Patricia Bosworth Andrew Fierberg William Pohlad Bonnie Timmermann
Written by	Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay) Patricia Bosworth (book)
Starring	Nicole Kidman Robert Downey, Jr. Ty Burrell Harris Yulin and Jane Alexander
Music by	Carter Burwell
Distributed by	Picturehouse
Release date(s)	November 10, 2006
Language	English
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (also known as Fur) is a 2006 film starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images. She committed suicide in 1971.

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 an affair with overly hirsute neighbor Lionel (Robert Downey, Jr.) and a more conventional life with doting, domestic husband Allan (Ty Burrell) as she tries to find her muse amidst the dregs of society.