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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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PG13,1hr 36min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
December 29, 1999
Director:
Errol Morris
Distributor:
Lions Gate Releasing
Starring:
Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., Ernest Zündel, David Irving  ...more
Synopsis: Throughout his work, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris has sought out characters lost in their own eccentric worlds, and he has managed to convey their sense of wonder with their passion, be it a topiary gardener arguing the merits of hand shears in Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) or astrophysicist Stephen Hawking discussing the origin of the universe in A Brief History of Time (1992). In his most provocative work since The Thin Blue Line (1988), Morris details what happens when this interior ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
In an act of cinematic self-destruction to rival that of Senator Joseph McCarthy's more public meltdown in Emile De Antonio's Point of Order, Fred Leuchter, self-professed capital punishment expert, not only allows himself to be used by a nefarious Holocaust denier, he also permits director Errol Morris to capture the entire process on film. Hubris or sheer stupidity? It's hard to tell, because for ... Full Review
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