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Truman Capote's best seller, a breakthrough narrative account of real-life crime and punishment, became an equally chilling film in the hands of writer-director Richard Brooks. Cast for their unsettling resemblances to the killers they play, Robert Blake and Scott Wilson give authentic, not so show-like performances as Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, who in 1959 murdered a family of four in Kansas during a botched robbery. Brooks brings a detached, documentary-like starkness to this uncompromising view of an American tragedy and it's aftermath; at the same time, stylistically In Cold Blood is a filmmaking master class, with clinically precise editing, chiaroscuro black-and-white cinematography by the great Conrad Hall, and a menacing jazz score by Quincy Jones.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product Details
Actors: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe
Directors: Richard Brooks
Format: Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, AC-3, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: November 17, 2015
Run Time: 134 minutes
Special Features
New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Conrad Hall's work in the film; New interview with film historian Bobbie O'Steen on the film's editing; New interview with film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins about Quincy Jones's music for the film; New interview with writer Douglass K. Daniel on director Richard Brooks; Interview with Brooks from a 1988 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinémas; With Love from Truman, a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles; Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: ; one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967; Trailer
Cast & Crew
Robert Blake Perry Smith
Scott Wilson Dick Hickok
John Forsythe Alvin Dewey
Paul Stewart Reporter, Jenson
Gerald O'Loughlin Harold Nye
Jeff Corey Hickock's Father
John Gallaudet Roy Church
James Flavin Clarence Duntz
Charles McGraw Mr. Smith
James Lantz Officer Rohleder
John McLiam Herbert Clutter
Ruth Storey Bonnie Clutter
Vaughn Taylor "Good Samaritan"
Duke Hobbie Young Reporter
Sheldon Allman Rev. Post
Ted Eccles Young Hitchhiker
Raymond Hatton Old Hitchhiker
Mary Linda Rapelye Susan Kidwell
Ronda Fultz Nancy's Friend
Al Christy Sheriff
Stan Levitt Insurance Man
Brenda Currin Nancy Clutter
Willow Geer-Alsop Prosecuting Attorney
Technical Credits
Richard Brooks Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Jack Ahern Art Director,Set Decoration/Design
Robert F. Boyle Production Designer
Geza Gaspar Special Effects
Conrad L. Hall Cinematographer
Quincy Jones Score Composer
Jack Martell Costumes/Costume Designer
Gary Morris Makeup
Peter Zinner Editor
Truman Capote Source Author
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