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Lake of Fire Directed by Tony Kaye Written by Tony Kaye Produced by Tony Kaye Starring Noam Chomsky Alan Dershowitz Peter Singer Randall Terry Cinematography Tony Kaye Edited by Peter Goddard Music by Anne Dudley
Production
Above the Sea
Distributed by TH!NKFILM
Release dates
September 9, 2006 (2006-09-09 ) (Toronto International Film Festival)
October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03 ) (United States)
Running time
152 minutes Country United States Language English Budget 6.5 Million
Lake of Fire documentary film directed by Tony Kaye that graphically depicts abortion in the United States . It features Noam Chomsky , Peter Singer , Alan Dershowitz , Nat Hentoff , Randall Terry and Norma McCorvey , among others. Footage of Paul Jennings Hill , who murdered physician Dr. John Britton and Britton's bodyguard James Barrett in 1994, was also featured.
The documentary was filmed entirely in black and white. It opened in September 2006 in Toronto , Ontario.
Critical reception [ edit ]
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On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a 94% score based on 54 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads "Lake of Fire ' s engaging interviews and powerful black-and-white visuals make for a riveting and honest documentary about a very controversial topic".[1] Metacritic based on 15 reviews. The site also gave it a "Metacritic Must-See" award.[2]
On November 19, 2007, Lake of Fire was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 15 films on its documentary feature Oscar shortlist, but it did not receive a nomination.[3]
Top ten lists [ edit ]
The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[4]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Shortlist for docu Oscar unveiled" . The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2007-12-21 .
^ "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists" . Metacritic . Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-05 .
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