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Vernon, Florida is a 1981 American documentary film produced and directed by Errol Morris profiling various residents living within the town of Vernon, Florida. [1] Originally titled Nub City, this follow-up to Gates of Heaven initially focused on residents of the Southern town who cut off their own limbs as a way to collect insurance money.
Vernon, Florida: Directed by Errol Morris. With Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins, George Harris, Joe Payne. A documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.
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In the late 1950s and early 60s, the Florida Panhandle was responsible for two-thirds of all loss-of-limb accident claims in the United States due largely to one town: Vernon, Florida. This was because Vernon was the site of a widespread insurance scam where residents would dismember themselves for a payout.
Vernon, Florida (1981) Vernon, Florida is an odd-ball survey of the inhabitants of a remote swamp-town in the Florida panhandle. Henry Shipes, Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins and others discuss turkey-hunting, gator-grunting and the meaning of life.
May 23, 2015 · Morris chose Vernon by accident, but many of the same type of people could be found in almost any southern town of the same size. While Gates of Heaven had a narrative arc, it also had quirky and unique characters with stories to tell.
Vernon is a town in the Florida panhandle surrounded by swamps. Here, Errol Morris found the quietly fascinating subjects for the follow-up to his galvanizing debut, Gates of Heaven.
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The inaugural program is the new Morris documentary “Vernon, Florida,” produced for PBS. Like “Gates of Heaven,” it is a seemingly deadpan but actually very involved record of a group of people and their obsessions.
