Vernon Florida (1981)
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100% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(1,882 ratings)
For his second documentary feature, Errol Morris originally set out to chronicle Vernon, FL, because it had the highest rate of a particular sort of insurance fraud -- dismemberment performed for profit -- than any other place in the country. Nothing of that original idea survives in the film… More For his second documentary feature, Errol Morris originally set out to chronicle Vernon, FL, because it had the highest rate of a particular sort of insurance fraud -- dismemberment performed for profit -- than any other place in the country. Nothing of that original idea survives in the film itself. Instead, Morris seems perfectly content letting the camera roll in front of the other eccentrics he found there, using his trademark approach of simply letting his subjects do the talking themselves. Many of them exhibit unusually close relationships to animals, including a turtle keeper, a worm farmer, and most memorably, an extremely enthusiastic turkey hunter. Other highlights include a sermon offering a close reading on the significance of the word "therefore" and a couple with a jar of sand from White Sands, NM, that they insist, thanks to radiation, has begun to multiply. ~ Keith Phipps, Rovi
- Directed By
- Errol Morris
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Oct 8, 1981 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 26, 2005
Critic Reviews
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Annette Cardwell, Filmcritic.com
engrossing and rather endearing
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Rumsey Taylor, Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Vernon at first appears to be an exploitative display of the fluent eccentricities of a rural compendium and becomes collectively applicable, even relevant.
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John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
the great turkey hunter creates a long lasting character along with the other Vernon residents
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Cast
- George Harris
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Albert Bitterling
as Himself
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Claude Register
as Himself
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Snake Reynolds
as Himself
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Henry Shipes
as Himself