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A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
The New Cult Canon: Fast, Cheap Out Of Control(From The AV Club. 21 May 2008, 9:05 PM, PDT)
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(Credited cast)| Lucille Billingsley | ... | Herself | |
| Zella Graham | ... | Herself | |
| Cal Harberts | ... | Himself | |
| Dan Harberts | ... | Himself | |
| Phil Harberts | ... | Himself | |
| Scottie Harberts | ... | Himself | |
| Mike Koewler | ... | Himself | |
| Floyd McClure | ... | Himself | |
| Ed Quye | ... | Himself | |
| Florence Rasmussen | ... | Herself |
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German film director Werner Herzog had made a bet with fledgling director (and current film student) Errol Morris that if Morris made a film about pet cemeteries, Herzog would eat his shoe. Morris went on to make this film, so Herzog kept his promise. The meal is documented in the film Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980). moreQuotes:
Mrs. Harberts: Surely at the gates of heaven an all-compassionate God is not going to say, "Well, you're walking in on two legs, you can go in. You're walking in four legs, we can't take you." moreFAQ
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I saw this film for the first time about 2 years ago on IFC and thankfully I videotaped it. Since then, I've watched it 10 or 11 times and it always fascinates me. I especially like the last third of the film in which we meet the harberts family who own the Bubbling Well Pet Cemetary in Nappa Valley. They all seem so sincere and at the same time they crack me up. Errol Morris just has a way of letting real life people go on and on about a subject without it ever becoming boring...