The Thin Blue Line
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The Thin Blue Line is a groundbreaking 1988 documentary film by Errol Morris that reexamines a wrongful murder conviction and helped popularize the use of stylized reenactments in nonfiction cinema.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thin Blue Line canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
documentary film
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feature film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Stefan Czapsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widespread critical acclaim ⓘ |
| describedAs | groundbreaking documentary ⓘ |
| director | Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Miramax Films ⓘ |
| editedBy | Paul Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
interviews with lawyers
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interviews with police officers ⓘ interviews with the accused ⓘ interviews with witnesses ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Dallas Police Officer Robert W. Wood murder case
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criminal justice system in Texas ⓘ flaws in eyewitness testimony ⓘ prosecutorial misconduct ⓘ |
| genre |
crime documentary
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documentary ⓘ true crime film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fallibility of the justice system
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unreliability of memory and testimony ⓘ |
| includedInList | Sight & Sound greatest documentaries polls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
nonfiction cinema
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subsequent documentary filmmakers ⓘ true crime television series ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on true crime documentaries
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reinvestigation of a murder case ⓘ use of stylized reenactments in documentary film ⓘ |
| portrays |
David Ray Harris as alternative suspect
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Randall Dale Adams as wrongfully convicted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Miramax Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1988-08-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
public scrutiny of Adams conviction
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renewed legal attention to Randall Dale Adams case ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Dallas, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
dramatic reenactments
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interview-based documentary ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| subject |
David Ray Harris
NERFINISHED
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Randall Dale Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ murder of Robert W. Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Errol Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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