The Thin Blue Line

This film (drama)Also known asThe Thin Blue Line，is aUSAProducerwomen sex，At1988Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating8.1(For reference only)。

This film recreates the 1976 police shooting case in Dallas, Texas, using a method of event reenactment. Director Errol Morris interviewed Randall Adams, the convicted murderer who was sentenced to death and later had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, David Harris, the habitual criminal who testified against Adams, and three witnesses from the trial, the Miller couple and Michael Randall, as well as the police, judges, and lawyers involved in the investigation and trial. Through different perspectives on the events from various characters, Morris successfully validated Adams's innocence and highlighted, through the words of a prosecutor in the film, that the police represent the "thin blue line" distinguishing a democratic society from a totalitarian one. This film's release caused a significant reaction in the United States. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Adams's conviction. Since Dallas refused to conduct a retrial, Adams was finally exonerated in 1989 and became an active social advocate against the death penalty. The film has also become extremely important in the history of American documentaries, winning the International Documentary Association Award, the National Society of Film Critics Award, and being selected for the National Film Registry.