Vernon, Florida

Vernon, Florida
by Errol Morris

List Price: ~~$19.98~~
Our Price: $17.99
You Save: $1.99 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $1.06 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases

Compare Prices for Vernon, Florida

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD Cover Information

Actor: Albert Bitterling, Claude Register, Henry Shipes, Howard Pettis, Roscoe Collins
Director: Errol Morris
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 56 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Vernon, Florida

Movie Review: Mean Spirited Satire Of Local Yokels
Summary: 2 Stars

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!

Write your own review

More Vernon, Florida reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Summary of Vernon, Florida

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

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

Documentary DVD Video

DVD Video

Movies most talked about in FLORIDA--IT'LL EITHER KILL YA OR MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE DEAD

Mule Skinner Blues
Release date: 2003-08-26; DVD
Best price: $34.99

Seaquest - Season 3
DVD

Seaquest DSV: Season Two
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.; Release date: 2008-01-01; DVD
Best price: $37.45
Price in other shops: ~~$59.98~~

The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
Release date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $2.89
Price in other shops: ~~$9.98~~

Master Blaster
Prism Entertainment; Published: 1987; VHS Tape; VHS Video

Alligator
Lightening Video; Release date: 1991-09-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

The Substitute
Release date: 1997-06-18; DVD
Best price: $26.49

Band of the Hand
Release date: 2003-01-28; DVD
Best price: $98.89

Body Heat (Deluxe Edition)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2006-10-24; DVD
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Lookin Alive
GM; VHS Tape; VHS Video

Similar DVD Movies

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Release date: 2001-11-06; DVD
Best price: $2.79
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Sony; Release date: 2004-05-11; DVD
Best price: $8.06
Price in other shops: ~~$14.94~~

No Country for Old Men
Release date: 2008-03-11; DVD
Best price: $8.97
Price in other shops: ~~$29.99~~

The Apartment
Release date: 2001-06-19; DVD
Best price: $3.35
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

Mr. Death: The Rise & Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
Release date: 2003-07-22; DVD
Best price: $8.54
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

Dancing Outlaw DVD
Release date: 2005-06-15; DVD
Best price: $29.95
Price in other shops: ~~$59.95~~

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Sony; Release date: 2002-09-24; DVD
Best price: $8.16
Price in other shops: ~~$14.94~~

Errol Morris' First Person - The Complete Series
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2005-07-26; DVD
Best price: $5.81
Price in other shops: ~~$39.98~~