Gates of Heaven
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Title
Gates of Heaven
Description
From Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris comes this acclaimed film about success and failure in the grave business of animal interment. "Memorable, moving and poignant" (Channel 4), Gates of heaven is "so rich and thought-provoking... it stays in your mind for tantalizing days" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
When financial hardship forces California's Foothill Pet Cemetery to close its pearly gates, its dearly departed loved ones are relocated to the nearby Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park. During this tense transition, filmmaker Morris meets a collection of eccentric cemetery operators and anguished animal lovers and elicits a meditation on love and loneliness that's "strange, chilling [and] appallingly funny" (Newsweek).
When financial hardship forces California's Foothill Pet Cemetery to close its pearly gates, its dearly departed loved ones are relocated to the nearby Bubbling Well Pet Memorial Park. During this tense transition, filmmaker Morris meets a collection of eccentric cemetery operators and anguished animal lovers and elicits a meditation on love and loneliness that's "strange, chilling [and] appallingly funny" (Newsweek).
Creator
Morris, Errol
Publisher
MGM Home entertainment
Date
1978
Format
DVD
Type
Documentary (D)
Identifier
G37 1978 DVD
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Duration
83 min.
Citation
Morris, Errol, “Gates of Heaven,” NSCAD Visual Resources Collection, accessed April 28, 2024, https://nscadvrc.omeka.net/items/show/9480.
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