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Vernon, Florida | 
 enlarge | Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Claude Register, Albert Bitterling, Howard Pettis, Roscoe Collins, Henry Shipes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 13815
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 56 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1006005
UPC: 027616902337
EAN: 0027616902337
ASIN: B00094AS5Y
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Release Date: July 26, 2005
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Product Description
Fire up the pickup and head down to this backwater town with "one of America s strangest and most brilliant documentary filmmakers" (Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times)! Oscar -winning* director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) presents a pastiche of fascinating interviews with the weird and wonderful people of Vernon Florida in this "amusing portrait" (Variety) of oddball Americana!For the inhabitants of this Southern town there s no place like home for the rest of us there s no place like Vernon Florida! From the passionate turkey-hunter to the peculiar pet collector each member of this motley crew has a story to tell. And in the masterful hands of Morris their obsessions and eccentricities reveal the heart and soul of an unabashedly unique slice of the American pie!System Requirements: Running Time 56 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 027616902337 Manufacturer No: 1006005
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The ordinary denizens of a small Southern town become natural subjects for filmmaker Errol Morris in Vernon, Florida, a hypnotically bizarre character study. Based on the evidence of the film, this small humid town in the panhandle is home to a disproportionately high percentage of oddballs. (On the other hand, Morris's other work suggests that poking a camera anywhere uncovers a common vein of weirdness.) Some of the material comes across as sideways homespun wisdom: when a man gazes across a swamp and marvels at how much water is out there, he adds, "And that's just the top of it." Hard to argue with that. Then there's the jar of sand the contents of which, its owners swear, has been growing in volume over the years. And a hunter's descriptions of the near-orgasmic highs and lows of turkey hunting is a monologue that would have impressed Faulkner or Thomas Wolfe. It has always been an open question whether Morris's blank-eyed camera is encouraging the viewer to laugh at his subjects or simply presenting the world as it is. You'll laugh, and more likely be astonished. --Robert Horton
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 Mean Spirited Satire Of Local Yokels August 10, 2008
Chris Luallen (Nashville, Tennessee)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Coming from such an acclaimed film maker as Errol Morris I found this documentary a disappointment. It's true that the stories of such eccentric characters as the turkey hunter and the elderly animal collector can be funny at times. But I found the whole thing rather mean-spirited, as you really aren't laughing with the people but rather laughing at them.
The film's country bumpkins may be a revelation to viewers from big cities. But Vernon, Florida isn't actually all that unique. I live in a small town outside of Nashville and have some equally oddball neighbors. I'm sure many others in rural America can say the same.
Fortunately, Morris found greater maturity in his later docs like "Fog Of War". But this early effort just seems to be the work of an elitist making fun of those he views as less intelligent. Skip it!
Huge Audio Problem April 5, 2007
Brandon Heat (ROK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You have the turn the volume up on your TV extremely high to hear this movie, even then it's difficult to understand what they're saying. Also, at certain times (like when a truck is rushing past) you're treated with a full-blast of sound, shattering yer stinkin' eardrums.
It's a shame, because it's a great movie marred by a technical isse.
 you just have to be there January 9, 2007
Scott C. Williams
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've been to this part of the country, you will get this movie. If you've been anywhere like it, you'll get this movie. If you haven't, you won't. It's almost 30 years old, but this movie is timeless in its depiction of how people really live in 'fly-over country'.
 Funny December 30, 2006
Andi (NAS, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie cracked us up. I'm from a small town, my husband a large city and we both though it was funny although I think I related better to the Southern flavor.
An Amazing Slice of Americana September 6, 2006
Steves (Southern California, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is just a remarkable film! It's hard to believe these people are for real, but they obviously are! You'd swear half of them are being played by Jonathan Winters, but they are as they appear - "quirky" and "eccentric" just don't cut it as appropriate adjectives to describe the townsfolks of Vernon. It must be seen to be believe!
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