The Elephant in the Living Room

Feb 11, 2010

1h 36m

★ 6.6

Coming Soon - To a backyard near you.

Overview

A film about the controversial world of exotic animal ownership within the suburbs of the United States. "The Elephant in the Living Room" offers an unprecedented glimpse into the fascinating subculture of trading and raising the most deadly and exotic animals in the world as common household pets.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

NightFly Entertainment

MainSail Production Services

The Elephant in the Living Room Trailers

Cast

Self

Tim Harrison

Self

Terry Brumfield

Self

Russ Clear

Self

Casey Craig

Self

Pat Craig

Self

Zuzana Kukol

Self

Raymond Little

Self

Scott Shoemaker

Self

Bill Stiffler

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia

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