The thin blue line /: IFC Films ; an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris.

Name: The thin blue line / IFC Films ; an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris.
Description: 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.

Morris, Errol,; Law, Lindsay,; Lipson, Mark,; Adams, Randall Dale,; Harris, David,; Rose, Gus,; Johnson, Jackie,; Touchton, Marshall,; Czapsky, Stefan,; Chappell, Robert,; Bafaloukos, Ted,; Barnes, Paul,; Glass, Philip,; Riesman, Michael,; Oppenheimer, Joshua,; Schaffer, Randy,; Musser, Charles,; IFC Films,; American Playhouse Theatrical Films,; Criterion Collection (Firm),

The thin blue line / IFC Films ; an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris.

Morris, Errol, film director.; Law, Lindsay, film producer.; Lipson, Mark, film producer.; Adams, Randall Dale, commentator.; Harris, David, 1960-2004, commentator.; Rose, Gus, commentator.; Johnson, Jackie, commentator.; Touchton, Marshall, commentator.; Czapsky, Stefan, director of photography.; Chappell, Robert, 1952- director of photography.; Bafaloukos, Ted, production designer.; Barnes, Paul, 1951- editor of moving image work.; Glass, Philip, composer (expression); Riesman, Michael, conductor.; Oppenheimer, Joshua, 1974- interviewee (expression); Schaffer, Randy, interviewee (expression); Musser, Charles, writer of supplementary textual content.; IFC Films, production company.; American Playhouse Theatrical Films, presenter, production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

2015

HV6534.D34 T55 2015

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Title The thin blue line / IFC Films ; an American Playhouse presentation ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Lindsay Law ; produced by Mark Lipson ; directed by Errol Morris.

Uniform Title Thin blue line (Motion picture)

Edition Director-approved DVD special edition.

ISBN 9781604659719
1604659718

Published [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]

Language English

Language Note English language soundtrack with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Description 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.

Other Standard Identifiers 715515142014

Call Number HV6534.D34 T55 2015

Dewey Decimal Classification 364.152/3

Distributor No. CC2463D The Criterion Collection
CC2463DDVD The Criterion Collection

Summary 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.

Note Wide screen (1.78:1).
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). Insert includes an essay by film scholar Charles Musser.
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.

Credits Directors of photography, Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell ; production designer, Ted Bafaloukos ; editor, Paul Barnes ; original music composed by Philip Glass ; music conducted by Michael Riesman.

System Details Note DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround.

Digital File Characteristics video file DVD video region 1

Added Author Morris, Errol, film director.
Law, Lindsay, film producer.
Lipson, Mark, film producer.
Adams, Randall Dale, commentator.
Harris, David, 1960-2004, commentator.
Rose, Gus, commentator.
Johnson, Jackie, commentator.
Touchton, Marshall, commentator.
Czapsky, Stefan, director of photography.
Chappell, Robert, 1952- director of photography.
Bafaloukos, Ted, production designer.
Barnes, Paul, 1951- editor of moving image work.
Glass, Philip, composer (expression)
Riesman, Michael, conductor.
Oppenheimer, Joshua, 1974- interviewee (expression)
Schaffer, Randy, interviewee (expression)
Musser, Charles, writer of supplementary textual content.

Added Corporate Author IFC Films, production company.
American Playhouse Theatrical Films, presenter, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.

Series Criterion collection ; 753.

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