An unforgettable mood piece about human loneliness.
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04/09/07
Gates of Heaven (1978)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:11
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: Independent doc maker Morris (THE THIN BLUE LINE, FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL) interviews pet cemetery proprietors, pet owners, embalmers, as they talk candidly about their feelings for the dear... [More]
Starring: Cal Harberts, Phil Harberts, Scottie Harberts, Lucille Billingsley
Director: Errol Morris
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Reviews for Gates of Heaven
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06/24/06
Errol Morris first film is a window on his early promise as a turly great filmmaker.
11/07/05
Morris' assured feature debut is simultaneously touching and wierd.
07/24/05
No review available.
06/30/05
No review available.
06/10/05
What is missing is the mediation of an artistic sensibility.
01/15/05
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02/17/04
A bizarrely entertaining eye-opening look at pet cemeteries.
02/14/04
Gates of Heaven is a documentary with subject and no argument, and is nonetheless deeply, deeply ruminative.
05/07/03
More to it than I initially gave it credit for.
02/28/02
[P]eople watching on the weirdest plane of humanity.
06/27/01
It is Morris' selection of people and their statements that make Gates of Heaven required viewing for documentary aficionados.
01/01/00
They say you can make a great documentary about almost anything, if only you see it well enough and truly, and this film proves it.
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