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 row, despite evidence that he did not commit the crime. Incorporating stylized reenactments, penetrating interviews, and haunting original music by Philip Glass, Morris uses cinema to build a case forensically while effortlessly entertaining his viewers. The Thin Blue Line effected real-world change, proving film’s power beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, supervised by director Errol Morris and producer Mark Lipson, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with Morris
- New interview with Joshua Oppenheimer, director of The Act of Killing
- NBC report from 1989 covering Randall Adams’s release from prison
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Charles Musser
New cover by Peter Mendelsund
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, supervised by director Errol Morris and producer Mark Lipson, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with Morris
- New interview with Joshua Oppenheimer, director of The Act of Killing
- NBC report from 1989 covering Randall Adams’s release from prison
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Charles Musser
New cover by Peter Mendelsund
Credits
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Produced by
- Mark Lipson
- Executive producer
- Lindsay Law
- Associate producer
- Brad Fuller
- Directors of photography
- Stefan Czapsky
- Directors of photography
- Robert Chappell
- Production design
- Ted Bafaloukos
- Editor
- Paul Barnes
- Original music composed by
- Philip Glass
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