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Originally Posted by nightstalker
That was a pretty chilling watch the Other night Gary .
How good was the way he took you through the presumption of guilt to the likleyhood of innocence ?
The tape at the end was just gut wrenching in that a man faced
death right in the face all those years previous over this mess.
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Hi Graham,
As a postscript to the story, Randall Adams passed away of a brain tumor on
Oct 30 2010 but the New York Times did not learn and report of his passing until June 25 2011.
See
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/us/26adams.html
In 2001 at a legislative hearing, Adams said -
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Originally Posted by Randall Adams
"The man you see before you is here by the grace of God. The fact that it took 12 and a half years and a movie to prove my innocence should scare the hell out of everyone in this room, and if it doesn’t, then that scares the hell out of me.”
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You can read about the ultimate fate of David Harris here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(film)
Errol Morris is still an active film maker. In 1991 he made a documentary on
Stephen Hawking and his book "A Brief History of Time". I saw it at the cinema
at the time and I don't ever recollect it being shown on Australian television.
A poor print of it appears here on YouTube -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeaIHB5mBqU
However, if you were moved by "The Thin Blue Line", I wholeheartedly
recommend Errol Morris's 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons
from the Life of Robert S. McNamara". You should still be able to find copies
in stock at stores such as JB HiFi in the documentary section.
Compulsory viewing for all students of the history of the 1960's and all modern
political decision makers and strategists.
It too has a beautiful haunting original soundtrack by Phillip Glass.
It went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, so what
more can I say?
Two minute trailer here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcAyzbMvF7k