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1978

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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 departed and their work dealing with the bereaved. A typically off-center look at American obsessions. Read more

Starring	Scottie Harberts, Zella Graham, Floyd McClure, Lucille Billingsley
Director	Errol Morris
Genres	Drama

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Starring	Scottie Harberts, Zella Graham, Floyd McClure, Lucille Billingsley, Cal Harberts
Director	Errol Morris
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1978 To Rent: DVD: 26 Jun 2006

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  Death is for the living and not for the dead.
  
  An extraordinary documentary about the transferral of 400 pet coffins from one pet cemetary to another and Errol Morris's vision and talent also produces a ... read more »
  
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  it's alright, perhaps overly sentimental and odd as you would expect but i wouldn't go as far to say it was a classic, but worth a look nonetheless
  
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  Whilst so many documentaries are bloated and obvious, lumbering beasts that spread the investigation of an issue over an hour and a half, Morris's film is ... read more »
  
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  Death is for the living and not for the dead.
  
  An extraordinary documentary about the transferral of 400 pet coffins from one pet cemetary to another and Errol Morris's vision and talent also produces a ... read more »
  
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  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 departed and their work dealing with the bereaved. A typically off-center look at American obsessions....