The Elephant in the Living Room
The Elephant in the Living Room

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The Elephant in the Living Room takes viewers on a journey deep inside the controversial American subculture of raising the most dangerous animals in the world, as common household pets. Set against the backdrop of a heated national debate, director Michael Webber chronicles the extraordinary story of two men at the heart of the issue - Tim Harrison, an Ohio police officer whose friend was killed by an exotic pet; and Terry Brumfield, a mentally unstable man who struggles to ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Elephant in the Living Room:

Tim Harrison
Terry Brumfield
Russ Clear
Casey Craig
Pat Craig
Zuzana Kukol

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The Elephant in the Living Room takes viewers on a journey deep inside the controversial American subculture of raising the most dangerous animals in the world, as common household pets. Set against the backdrop of a heated national debate, director Michael Webber chronicles the extraordinary story of two men at the heart of the issue - Tim Harrison, an Ohio police officer whose friend was killed by an exotic pet; and Terry Brumfield, a mentally unstable man who struggles to selfishly raise two African lions that he loves like his own family in a small cage in his backyard. He does not understand the controversy over "owning" wild animals; the reality is, he keeps them for himself, not because he thinks it puts the lions in a good situation. In the first of many unexpected twists, the lives of these two men collide when Terry's male lion escapes its pen and is found attacking cars on a nearby highway. Winner of 5 Best Documentary Awards, the film courageously exposes the shocking reality behind the multi-billion dollar exotic pet industry with stunning photography, inspiring storytelling and unprecedented access into a world rarely seen, right in our own backyard.

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The Stranger (Seattle, WA) - 9/10 by Lindy WestA documentary about America's thriving exotic-pet subculture, The Elephant in the Living Room keeps its feet firmly and patiently planted in the OH-MY-GOD-PEOPLE-GET-A-GRIP camp, without losing sight of its subjects' humanity.
Seattle Times - 9/10 by Jeff ShannonAn exceptionally compassionate, fair-minded film that clearly states, beyond any rational benefit of the doubt, that raising potentially dangerous animals as pets is destructive to animals and humans alike.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - 9/10 by Philip Martinalarming and heartbreaking documentary ... examines the small but apparently rapidly growing subculture of people who keep exotic animals as pets.
Film Journal International - 8/10 by Maitland McDonaghSympathetic but clear-eyed documentary...about the rewards and liabilities of America's growing fascination with exotic pets...
HollywoodChicago.com - 8/10 by Brian TallericoThis fascinating documentary shines a light into an underreported corner of America, the backyards and living rooms that currently house deadly exotic animals that should never have found themselves in captivity at all, much less as pets.
AV Club - 6/10 by Tasha RobinsonThe documentary shoots fish in a barrel -- or maybe snakes in Tupperware -- but it does so with gripping, maddening, well-told stories.
Orlando Weekly - 6/10 by Justin StroutThe Elephant in the Living Room is structurally scattershot but its evidence is sound and fair, its characters sympathetic and its message, if muddled, is still important and effectively delivered.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews - 5/10 by Betty Jo TuckerKudos to producer/director Michael Webber for delivering such an emotional, enlightening and gripping documentary about the dangers of keeping wild animals as pets.
User Review - 10/10 by Brenda CA Must see Film. It truly is an eye opener!!
User Review - 10/10 by Cindy GI have seen this film and it touched my heart. In a perfect world we could keep our favorite animals as pets and THEY would be healthy and happy. Instead, because of the lack of common sense in the majority of our population, we "love" these animals to death. Wild animals have better lives in the wild. Yes, a certain amount of animals need to be confined for education and research but not as pets. We need to show our love for them by PROTECTING them not prancing them around as our prisoners. All of God's creatures need to be cherished, US and THEM. This movie gets that message across in a very understanding and sensitive way.

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