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.
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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
1604659718
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Copyright
©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.
Item Number
715515142014
Call Number
HV6534.D34 T55 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.152/3
Distributor No.
CC2463D The Criterion Collection
CC2463DDVD 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.
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.
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
Series
Criterion collection ; 753.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Special features: Errol Morris (interview)
Joshua Oppenheimer (interview)
Today : "close up" (Today show interview with Randall Adams, attorney Randy Schaffer, and director Errol Morris).
Joshua Oppenheimer (interview)
Today : "close up" (Today show interview with Randall Adams, attorney Randy Schaffer, and director Errol Morris).