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With his trademark mixture of empathy and scrutiny, Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) has changed the face of documentary filmmaking in the United States, and his career began with two remarkable tales of American eccentricity: Gates of Heaven and Vernon, Florida. The first uses two Southern California pet cemeteries as the bases for a profound and funny rumination on love, loss, and industry; the second travels to a languorous southern backwater and meets a handful of fascinating folks - a determined turkey hunter, a curious minister, a laconic policeman - engaged in individualistic, sometimes absurd pursuits. Morris consistently creates humane portraits of true candor, and these early works remain two of his greatest and most provocative films
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details:
Actors: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins
Directors: Errol Morris
Format: Blu-ray, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: March 24, 2015
Run Time: 137 minutes
Additional Features:
-DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
-New 2K digital restorations of both films, supervised by director Errol Morris, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
-New interviews with Morris
-Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), a twenty-minute film by Les Blank featuring Herzog fulfilling a bet intended to inspire Morris to complete his first feature
-Footage of Herzog professing his admiration for Gates of Heaven at the 1980 Telluride Film Festival
-PLUS: An essay by critic Eric Hynes
Cast Summary:
George Harris
Lucille Billingsley
Zella Graham
Cal Harberts
Albert Bitterling
Roscoe Collins
Crew Summary:
Director - Errol Morris
Errol Morris - (Producer)
Ned Burgess - (Cinematographer)
Brad Fuller - (Editor)
David Loxton - (Executive Producer)
Rudd Simmons - (Production Manager)
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