Gates of Heaven

1978 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 6,451 VOTES · DIR. Errol Morris

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Overview

A documentary about the men who run a pet cemetery, and the men and women who bury their pets.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,213 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:28 Inspiration of the pet cemetery business...
00:04:57 "because we've just been thinking about the same thing ourselves...
00:08:23 And that's when we started to come forward.
00:11:31 was mostly done in the evening.
00:14:38 I mean, to some people, you know...
00:17:33 "Little Toby was put on this Earth for two reasons: To love and be loved.
00:20:32 And this is part of the inspiration...
00:24:08 that would want to put their pets into a cemetery...
00:28:29 because anybody that would come whizzing up in a Cadillac...
00:32:09 Commences with "B."
00:35:23 And he has no kids. He's not married. "Never get married," he says.
00:38:55 And it has a meaning of life...
00:41:51 You know, I feel like I know him.
00:44:52 What does this mean to me?
00:47:44 I would study eight or nine hours a night.
00:51:19 He taught him this route that I'm responsible for now.
00:54:22 So I think that's what my father's done for many years.
00:57:58 He lived with adult human beings.
01:00:48 and they're very moist from being in a freezer where they're kept.
01:04:05 the handling of the people and he's staying in the background.
01:07:00 When I'd hire a guy...
01:09:56 to my left always said, and it sticks in my brain all the time is that:
01:15:11 So you have to understand that.
01:17:47 you dispose of it with some kind of reverence.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,213
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:01:28
Final line01:17:47

Production Record

DirectorErrol Morris
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,451