From Academy Award®-winning* director Errol Morris
(The Thin Blue Line) comes this acclaimed film
about success and failure in the grave business of
animal interment. "Memorable, moving and poignant
(Channel 4 Film), 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 departedloved 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). *2003: Documentary Feature, Fog of War
(with Michael Williams)
| Format size: | Fullscreen |
| Languages: | English |
| Runtime: | 83 min. |
| Number of discs: | 1 |
| Subtitles: | English, Spanish, French |
