The Thin Blue Line (1988)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)


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Cast & Crew.

Randall Adams
Self

David Harris
Self

Gus Rose
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas

Jackie Johnson
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas

Marshall Touchton
Self - Homicide Detective in Dallas

Dale Holt
Self - Internal Affairs Investigator in Dallas

Sam Kittrell
Self - Police Detective in Vidor

Hootie Nelson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor

Dennis Johnson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor

Floyd Jackson
Self - Friend of David Harris in Vidor

Edith James
Self - Defense Attorney

Dennis White
Self - Defense Attorney

Don Metcalfe
Self - The Judge

Gary T. McDonald
Producer

Emily Miller
Self - Surprise Eyewitness

R.L. Miller
Self - Surprise Eyewitness

Elba Carr
Self - Employee at Fas-Gas

Michael Randell
Self - Third Surprise Eyewitness

Melvyn Carson Bruder
Self - Appellate Attorney

Ron Adams
Self - Randall Adams' Brother (archive footage)

John Dillinger
Self - Gangster (archive footage)

James Grigson
Self - Texas Forensic Psychiatrist Prosecution (archive footage)

Mark Mays
Self - Murder Victim (archive footage)

Douglas Mulder
Self - Dallas Prosecutor (archive footage)

Anna Sage
Self - Informant in John Dillinger Case (archive footage)

Teresa Turko
Self - Dallas Police Officer (archive footage)

Henry M. Wade
Self - Texas District Attorney (archive footage)

Robert Wood
Self - Murdered Dallas Police Officer (archive footage)

Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) / Director / Writer

Amanda Caprio
Popcorn Lady at Drive-In - Re-Enactments

Michael Cirilla
2nd Interrogation Officer Jackie Johnson - Re-Enactments

Adam Goldfine
Randall Adams - Re-Enactments

Derek Horton
David Harris - Re-Enactments

Marianne Leone Cooper
Officer Teresa A. Turko - Re-Enactments

Michael Nicoll
Interrogation Officer Gus Rose - Re-Enactments

Phyllis Rodgers
Police Stenographer - Re-Enactments

Ron Thornhill
Officer Robert W. Wood - Re-Enactments

Samuel Lehmer
Sound Effects Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Brad Fuller
Sound

Jack Leahy
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mark Lipson
Producer

Stefan Czapsky
Director of Photography

Paul Barnes
Editor

Robert Chappell
Director of Photography

Philip Glass
Music

Theo Mayes
Key Makeup Artist / Key Hair Stylist

Jaime Kibben
Dialogue Editor

Jeff Kliment
Sound Effects Editor
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Details.
Release DateAugust 28, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Box Office$1,209,846
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This Movie Is About.
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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 "100 percent certainty" of a defendant's recidivism in many trials, including that of Randall Adams. The film centers around the "inconsistencies, incongruities and loose ends" of the case, and Morris, through his investigation, not only comes to a different conclusion, but actually obtains an admission of Adams's innocence from the original suspect of the case, David Harris. The "thin blue line" in the title "refers to what Mr. Morris feels is an ironic, mythical image of a protective policeman on the other side of anarchy".
The film won many awards, but was a controversial film among documentary film critics, who felt the use of reenactment had no place in the documentary format. For this reason, the film was not nominated for an Academy Award, though it won several other awards for best documentary. Roger Ebert "attributed its rejection to the inability of academy voters to appreciate innovative film making."
In 2001, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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