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The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, about the trial and conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. Morris became interested in the case while doing research for a film about Dr. James Grigson, a psychiatrist known in Texas as "Dr. Death" for testifying with ...
Aug 25, 1988 · Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas, Texas. Briefly, a drifter (Randall Adams) ran out of gas and was picked up by a 16-year-old runaway (David Harris).
The " thin blue line " is a term that typically refers to the concept of the police as the line between law and order and chaos in society. [1] . The "blue" in "thin blue line" refers to the blue color of the uniforms of many police departments.
The Thin Blue Line. Those moments are the result of a 30-month investigation by Errol Morris, one of America’s strangest and most brilliant documentary filmmakers, who sometimes jokes that he is not a “producer-director” but a “detective-director.”.
The Thin Blue Line. Released Aug 25, 1988 1h 46m Documentary List. 100% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 90% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road...
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A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas. Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas, Texas.
The Thin Blue Line. Among the most important documentaries ever made, The Thin Blue Line, by Errol Morris, erases the border between art and activism. A work of meticulous journalism and gripping drama, it recounts the disturbing tale of Randall Dale Adams, a drifter who was charged with the murder of a Dallas police officer and sent to death ...
The Thin Blue Line. In 1976, Randall Adams was wrongly sentenced to death for the murder of a Dallas policeman. Errol Morris' stunning documentary exposed the truth of the case and is actually credited with overturning Adams' conviction. 595 IMDb 8.0 1 h 41 min 1988. X-Ray 18+. Documentary · Cerebral · Dark · Mysterious.
Through archival footage, interviews and reenactments, filmmaker Errol Morris makes a case for the innocence of a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Watch trailers & learn more.
The Thin Blue Line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976.
