The Thin Blue Line

  • UK The Thin Blue Line
Documentary / Crime / Mystery
USA, 1988, 103 min

Directed by:

Errol Morris

Screenplay:

Errol Morris

Cinematography:

Stefan Czapsky, Robert Chappell

Composer:

Philip Glass
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On November 28, 1976, when drifter Randall Dale Adams was picked up by teenage runaway David Harris, his fate was sealed. That night, a police officer was shot in cold blood. And though all the facts pointed to Harris, a sociopath with a lengthy rap sheet, Adams was convicted of capital murder. Was Adams guilty? And if not, can Morris unlock the secrets of this baffling case? (official distributor synopsis)

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Reviews (1)

kaylin 

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English The Thin Blue Line isn't a documentary that will blow you away by completely changing the form of the genre, because it didn't do that, but it shows you how powerful the medium of film actually is and what influence it can have on a person, and indeed on their life. Is it objective? I don't think so, but what is today? But it did manage to look at one case in a completely new way. ()