The thin blue line [videorecording] / an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris ; produced in association with American Playhouse ; Channel 4.
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FilmPublisher number: 1006004 | Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2005]Description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792864700
- 9780792864707
- Thin blue line (Motion picture).
- First person (Television program) Mr. Personality.
- Directors of photography, Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell ; editor, Paul Barnes ; original music composed by Philip Glass.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Not many filmmakers can claim to have freed a convicted murderer from jail, but Errol Morris accomplished that feat with his stunning documentary about Randall Dale Adams. Morris, whose brilliant previous features Vernon, Florida and Gates of Heaven had focused on less substantial subjects, learned of Adams' plight when the director was in Texas in preparation for a film about a psychiatrist who testified in murder trials. In November 1976, after his car broke down on a road outside Dallas, Adams had accepted a ride from a stranger, David Harris. Harris was driving a stolen car, and when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulled the two men over to check on the vehicle, Harris shot and killed Wood. A jury believed that Adams was the killer, thanks to the perjured testimony of Harris and the misleading accounts of two witnesses. A story about Adams on 60 Minutes helped to bring public attention to the case, but it was Morris' film, which contained extensive interview material with both Adams and Harris as well as stylized reenactments of the crime, that clinched the case for Adams' innocence. He was set free on March 15, 1988. Although Morris' film made many critics' top ten lists, it was unaccountably not nominated for an Academy award, raising doubts about the credibility of the Motion Picture Academy's nominating process in this category. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
"c1988 Independent Film Channel and Fourth Floor Productions, Inc."--Disc label.
"IFC Films"--Spine of container.
Includes the episode Mr. Personality from the television series First person.
Originally released in 1988; copyright held by Third Floor Productions.
Directors of photography, Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell ; editor, Paul Barnes ; original music composed by Philip Glass.
Interviewees: Randall Adams, David Harris.
Reenactments: Adam Goldfine, Derek Horton, Ron Thornhill.
In 1976, Randall Adams was wrongly sentenced to death for the murder of a Dallas policeman. Errol Morris' documentary exposed the truth of the case and is credited with overturning Adams' conviction.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, NTSC; region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo surround.
In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.