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The Thin Blue Line

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The Thin Blue Line
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NR,1hr 41min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
January 1, 1988
Director:
Errol Morris
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
David Harris, Dale Holt, Gus Rose  ...more
Synopsis: Not many filmmakers can claim to have freed a convicted murderer from jail, but Errol Morris accomplished that feat with his stunning documentary about Randall Dale Adams. Morris, whose brilliant previous features Vernon, Florida and Gates of Heaven had focused on less substantial subjects, learned of Adams' plight when the director was in Texas in preparation for a film about a psychiatrist who testified in murder trials. In November 1976, after his car broke down on a road outside Dallas, Adams ... Full Synopsis
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
More like a waking nightmare than a docudrama. A true story of murder and justice evidently miscarried, wrapped in the fictional haze of a surrealistic whodunit, it will leave you in a trance for days. [2 Sept 1988] Full Review
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 from metacritic.com
79
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 12 critic reviews
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