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Stuart McLean

R.D. Laing Documentary
Certificate: Exempt
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Retail Price: £12.99
Release Date: 10/08/2015
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Trailblazing
psychiatrist R.D. Laing changed the way mental illness was treated with
his unique approach to therapy and in the early 1970s he allowed a film crew
access to a group of his patients in one of the most incredible fly-on-the-wall
documentaries ever made, Asylum. Now this fascinating film makes
its UK DVD debut courtesy of OEG Classic Movies.

With David Tennant on board to play the renowned Glasgow-born analyst Ronald
David Laing in a major new biopic, this timely release gives an insight
into mental illness as filmmaker Peter Robinson and his crew enter the
world of the schizophrenic residents of a hospital in Archway, London.

Filmed over a seven-week period the film takes us behind the doors and into the
lives of mentally ill patients and Laing’s controversial approach to
healing them through compassion and freedom.

Originally released in 1972 this groundbreaking film comes to UK DVD for the first time on 10 August 2015 complete with a slew of fascinating special features

Special Features:
- Breathing & Running (18 mins 1971) - Laing at Home
- Psychiatry & Violence (24 Mins 1971) - Laing in the USA
- Audio Commentary