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Title:
The thin blue line [DVD video]
Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604659719
Abstract:
Examines the roadside murder of a Dallas police officer, and the subsequent arrest and conviction of drifter Randall Adams, who was given a death sentence despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
General Note:
Documentary.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: Errol Morris (interview with the director); Joshua Oppenheimer (interview with filmmaker Oppenheimer about The thin blue line); Today: "close up" (excerpt from the March 22, 1989 episode of NBC's Today show features an interview with the newly freed Randall Adams, his attorney Randy Schaffer, and director Errol Morris).
Performers:
Commentators, Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall Touchton, Dale Holt, Sam Kittrell, Hootie Nelson, Dennis Johnson, Floyd Jackson, Edith James, Dennis White, Don Metcalfe, Emily Miller, R.L. Miller, Elba Carr, Michael Randell, Melvyn Carson Bruder ; re-enactments, Adam Goldfine, Derek Horton, Ron Thornhill, Marianne Leone, Amanda Carplo, Michael Nicoll, Michael Cirilla, Phyllis Rodgers.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
No rating available.
