Errol Morris' Vernon, Florida (pt. 1)

[puppersings]

That's My papa is the beginning driving the truck. :)

[EphraimShay]

@Hope3269 Well, aren't you a happy sort.

[eknigge]

@Hope3269 I think how you see the movie is a reflection of the viewer. I've watched it dozens of times and truly like the people in it, I think that many of them say some pretty profound things. People who laugh at it are just closed minded and condescending. Similarly you hate it because you feel it was designed to humiliate, but that's you projecting. Errol Morris always makes movies about unusual people & situations but he does it with affection.

[wtmorton]

@Hope3269 - I love the film. I first saw it twenty years ago, and I've watched it several times since. It doesn't make Vernon look bad at all. The people in the film are quirky and endearing. They make me laugh not because I think they are ignorant, but because they fill me with nostalgia for a slower way of life that seems to be vanishing before our very eyes. You should be proud of this movie. Not many towns are blessed with such a collection of master storytellers.

[pawlonne]

@frentzbravo7 Actually, when the documentary was made, they were robbing and ready to kill: The documentary was originally intended to investigate a massive fraud in wich citizens from Vernon cutted their own limbs off to collect the insurance money, when the people from Vernon realized what the documentary was about, they threatened the director's life (and a threat coming from a person who cutted his own arm o leg is a serious threat) and forced him to leave the subject of the massive fraud.

[USAFcertified]

It's amazing that barely 30 miles south of that town lies some of the most beautiful beaches anywhere and one of the top rated spring break locations in the country. That is the diamond in the rough for northwest florida though, a good portion of the region is inhabited by such turkey hunters as this living happy simple lives in unincorporated towns spread across the state. Thankfully times are changing and the populous is moving towards a more educated society, may you rest in peace you backwa

[LahTzu]

i like these people , they are just themselves, in a world where so many are not

[EphraimShay]

Sorry I never got more of the documentary uploaded, but the time simply isn't there anymore. If you would like to see the rest, I recommend renting the film. Definitely worth the $5.

[dturbiner]

Thank you very very much for uploading this!

[corizon420]

Proud former Student of vernon HIgh , GO YELLOW JACKETS< god this town is still this way today , but now they fightin to keep it , cause they done run a road through it !!!

[MrWillie8420]

Vernon has one of the most beautiful natural springs in the whole country. will have video tuesday

[biggamer2008]

vernon my home town to bad the old vernon gone due to the 4 lane hiway they are puting in

[fuxfish]

A absolute wonderful peice of work,a masterpeice!

[Deanwrd]

LOL @ That Pick-up truck in the beginning. There's the reason for your Greenhouse Gases/Global Warming/Climate Change. Can we put that $300 billion a year back into the economy now? the culprit's in Vernon, Florida. . . no gooder.

[Me112233]

The truck had a machine in the bed, it was spraying for mosquitos. That wasn't the exhaust.

[jay6018]

That's bugspray, not exhaust. They do that in the South in the Summer time because of mosquitoes.

[bluechipmurray]

@Deanwrd Idiot

[57monoshock]

4 brain bowls, is that guy a doctor,or what?

[JCOheros]

Vernons an ok place, much more advanced than Altha Fl. Cherish places like this, cause they wont be here forever.

[91noles]

I have lived in Vernon my whole life, and most of the people are not as crazy the documentary makes them appear. I still think the movie is hilarious though.

[kuelproductions]

I live in Tallahassee. Why not move here? There isnt nothing in Vernon.

[puppersings]

@kuelproductions They tore it all down. Tallahassee is boring to.

[talthan]

With all sincerity and without meaning to be rude there are copies of this on DVD on ebay for $5.00 shipped

I just bought a copy :)

[cbgreenbay]

Netflix has got this DVD. I got Netflix and love it. I will be getting this DVD sent to me this week. Rented. But I can always buy it if I want it.

[talthan]

ok :)

[cbgreenbay]

Why spend money on a dvd when you dont know if you will like it? I buy only DVDs I like. Some I have paid as much as $35 for. With services like netflix you can watch a movie for little cost then make up your mind if you want to own the DVD. Or if you want to be a criminal you could rip a copy of the DVD you get from netflix onto your computer then burn it to a blank DVD. Cost for blank DVD .50 cents. Or $250,000 and ten years in fed prison. Cheap DVDs on Ebay Beware? ok :(

[talthan]

$5.00 shipped wasnt a big investment... last of the big time spenders is me

[talthan]

its a 56 min documentry... where is the rest of it?

[SupernovaKANGAROO]

I love how "multitasking" is a tag on this video. Hilarious.

[DancerFun7]

I promise it's not that bad people. It has changed trust me I know (: Go Jackets!!!!!

[picklerammer]

I had no idea the spine was connected

to the back bone. Very informative video.

LOL...

Thank you for posting this.

[1ninja69]

uh ..

we got 2 stop lights now ..

if that counts for anything ..

[RosaParks312353]

Our DECA teacher plays this video all the time. It is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

[edenza]

Damn if this doesn't make me a little homesick for north Florida ;)

[qiput]

thank you thank you thank you for uploading!!

[frentzbravo7]

You can laugh at them if you want BUT I'll wager none of these folks are robbing, killing, or raping their neighbors.

[trevorsgirl1031]

@frentzbravo7 ummm yeah they are I lived there methheads alchoholics you name your own family will steal from you

[trevorsgirl1031]

@frentzbravo7 ummm yeah they are I lived there methheads alcoholics you name your own family will steal from you

[kchrzan]

I used to live in that godforsaken place for a summer in 2006 so I could work in Panama City Beach to make money on my college break. My parents moved down there to put up a store. Needless to say, two years later, they moved back to Indiana. My aunt who moved with them, remained in Vernon, where she met her wonderful backwoods husband. We don't talk anymore really. I'm telling ya as a person who lived in this place, this documentary is SPOT ON.

[puppersings]

@kchrzan You are so wrong.. ha... it's sad that you lived  there a summer and think you know all about ti.

[cmchrzan]

@puppersings Sure, if that's what you want to think, go for it. They still close down their doors on Thursdays around noon because that's when they would 'lynch the niggers'. If you think I didn't DIRECTLY hear that from more than one resident, then I feel equally sad for you.

[puppersings]

@cmchrzan LOL I think i would know how Vernon is. My dad was raised there, My grandparents have always lived there and i go there alot. Plus, it's no longer like this. They have tore everything down to build a 4 lane.

[nda5150]

I havent seen this in ages. Thanks for posting it.

[gralto08]

Look out rambo, make way for the TURKEY HUNTER!!!!

[hssotgsm]

Story tellers and stupid people..how could you not be amused!! :-)

This movie is the best--it really captures the Florid Panhandle. I could listen to these stories again and again and never stop laughing.

[asburytheo]

The best part is when the old guy hits his truck door to open it. Hilarious.

[FastAndUgly]

the old guys "gemology" is just priceless. And turkeys are pretty smart you know. Maybe they have four bowls too.