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Lake of Fire

  • 20062006
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h 32m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
2.7K
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Lake of Fire (2006)
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A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.
IMDb RATING
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2.7K
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    • Tony Kaye
    • Tony Kaye(screenplay)
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    • Noam Chomsky
    • Bill Baird
    • Flip Benham
    • Tony Kaye
    • Tony Kaye(screenplay)
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    • Noam Chomsky
    • Bill Baird
    • Flip Benham
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    • 31User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky
    • Self - Professor of Linguistics, MIT
    Bill Baird
    • Self - Activist
    Flip Benham
    • Self - Director, Operation Rescue National
    Dallas Blanchard
    • Self - Professor of Sociology, University of West Florida
    John Britton
    • Self - Ladies Health Center, Pensacola
    • (as Dr. John Britton)
    Pat Buchanan
    Pat Buchanan
    • Self - Republican Presidential Candidate
    John Burt
    • Self - Activist
    Andrew Cabot
    • Self - Activist
    Frederick Clarkson
    • Self - Author
    Alan Dershowitz
    Alan Dershowitz
    • Self - Professor of Law, Harvard
    Joycelyn Elders
    Joycelyn Elders
    • Self - Surgeon General, 1993-1994
    • (archive footage)
    Kevin Fitzpatrick
    • Self - Department of Sociology, University of Alabama
    • (as Prof. Kevin Fitzpatrick)
    Mary Lou Greenberg
    • Self - Refuse and Resist
    Michael F. Griffin
    • Self - Convicted of Abortion Related Murder
    David Gunn Jr.
    • Self - Son of David Gunn
    Nat Hentoff
    • Self - Writer
    Paul Hill
    • Self - Convicted of Abortion Related Murder
    • (archive footage)
    Roger Hunt
    • Self - Prime Sponsor, South Dakota Anti-Abortion Bill
    • (as Representative Roger Hunt)
      • Tony Kaye
      • Tony Kaye(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      It took 16 years to make this film.
    • Quotes

      Noam Chomsky: You are not going to get the answers from holy texts. You are not going to get the answers from biologists. These are matters of human concern that have to be discussed seriously...

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      Featured in WatchMojo: Another Top 10 Controversial Documentary Films (2017)

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    8/10
    essential viewing... if you can take it.
    when i first heard that Tony Kaye – who, let's remember, first made the scene as a self-proclaimed "hype artist" – was releasing a documentary about abortion, i was understandably skeptical. turns out my apprehension wasn't necessary. this is a level-headed, even-handed analysis of a difficult and complex subject. regardless of where you might fall on the spectrum of debate, this film will raise questions that deserve reflection. and, needless to say, this is an issue which warrants attention and discussion – at the heart of the issue are some of the most fundamental questions about life; surrounding the issue, however, are myriad paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas... if the details and gray areas seem unresolvable, how does one contend with the big picture? the speakers assembled represent the range and nuances of the debate well; some of the images are graphic but integral; and for the most part the irrationality and unhinged emotion that often cloud this subject are avoided. i wonder about the use of B&W, both from a theoretical standpoint (the obvious point that this is not a B&W issue, for instance – or is that meant ironically? – but also the fact that some footage from primary sources had to be manipulated into B&W which might raise some thoughts about documentary technique) and from an artistic standpoint (B&W often providing a feeling of remove between viewer and image, lacking the immediacy of color... although, with this subject, perhaps making use of this sense of remove is a wise choice). this is a film which deserves to be seen – which also deserves to be widely shown in schools – but will probably never find a large audience. and – i'm only speculating here – my guess is that most of those audience members will be primarily from one side of the spectrum.
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      • October 3, 2007 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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      • Anonymous Content
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    • 2 hours 32 minutes
      • Black and White

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