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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 ...
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996. It was created and written by Ben Elton, and starred Rowan Atkinson. The series was popular with viewers, though it suffered in critical reviews due to "inconsistent character development" and an "overly broad plot line".
The Thin Blue Line: Created by Ben Elton. With Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus, Serena Evans. Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler.
The "blue" in "thin blue line" refers to the blue color of the uniforms of many police departments. The phrase originated as an allusion to The Thin Red Line incident during the Crimean War in 1854, wherein a Scottish regiment —wearing red uniforms —famously held off a Imperial Russian Army cavalry charge.
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. 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. Released Aug 25, 1988 1h 46m Documentary. One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from...
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Mar 25, 2015 · Police officers—the “thin blue line” that protects the public from criminals—wear striped ties containing lines of blue. The backgrounds for their interviews are also often given a blue cast. The color red is associated with the law: Judge Metcalfe’s tie as well as the flashing lights of police cars are red.
Although “The Thin Blue Line” assembles an almost inassailable case for Adams and against Harris, it is not a conventional documentary - not a feature-length version of one of those “60 Minutes” segments in which innocent men are rescued from Death Row.
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.
