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Gap-Toothed Women: Directed by Les Blank. With Teresa Peacock, Sherry Dorst, Tobe Melora Correal, Susie Bruder. A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth.
- (438)
- Short, Documentary
- Les Blank
- 1988-02
Other notable films on non-musical subjects include a film about garlic and another about gap-toothed women, as well as two films about German film director Werner Herzog: Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980) and Burden of Dreams (1982), the latter about the filming of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo.
- American
- Documentary filmmaker
- Leslie Harrod Blank Jr., November 27, 1935, Tampa, Florida
Roger Ebert February 26, 1988. Tweet. Lauren Hutton. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Les Blank’s “Gap-Toothed Women” is an admirable film that all but reviews itself. It is a documentary about women who have only one thing in common: a gap between their front teeth.
Apr 11, 2013 · She was gap-toothed, to tell the truth.” From there, the film, as the title suggests, features women with a gap between their two front teeth, many of them, celebrities and non-celebrities.
[citation needed] Les Blank's Gap-Toothed Women (1987) is a 30-minute documentary film about diastematic women. Famous people Actor Terry-Thomas was known for his 1⁄3-inch (8.5 mm) diastema. Some well-known people noted for having diastema include:
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The take. Despite the amusing specificity of its title, this lovely documentary from director Les Blank is really for all of us. Through the example of gap teeth — a physical feature many of the participants here report being made to feel self-conscious about — the film makes a rallying call to embrace ourselves and all of our physical ...
