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In Cold Blood
starring: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
directed by: Richard Brooks

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800113261
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0800113268
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: April 21, 1998
Running Time: 134 minutes
Sales Rank: 2649
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1967

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Truman Capote's extraordinary nonfiction book about the course of two killers in this world--their lives, their senseless slaughter of an entire family, their executions--was faithfully adapted for the screen in this 1967 film by Richard Brooks (Deadline USA, The Blackboard Jungle). Robert Blake and Scott Wilson are remarkable as the murderers, but what has kept this film special over the decades is Brooks's blunt, clearheaded, and nonsensational approach to the story. (The term 'semidocumentary' has been applied to Brooks's style on this film, and it's an entirely fair description.) The experience of watching In Cold Blood is naturally unsettling, but the director--as with Capote--leaves final judgments about justice to the beholder. --Tom Keogh

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Truman Capote
I have been wanting this movie, and was very pleased to find it. It is a must have to go with the movie "Capote" This true crime, black and white movie is well made for the time in which it was made, Robert Blake did a great job. I was very please in the service of the seller, I got it in 3 days.

Rating:

- 4 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

A searing film that takes full advantage of starkly beautiful cinematography and fine performances by its young actors, In Cold Blood may not always be considered a great film, but it slides nicely up next to them.

Rating:

- No Turning Back...
Robert Blake is magnificent (there's a word I rarely use) as Perry Smith in this classic rendition of IN COLD BLOOD. While his murderous acts, along w/ partner Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson), are as reprehensible as they are senseless, I found myself captivated by Perry and his fate. Blake brings a child-like quality to this killer that makes him more difficult to hate, and impossible to dismiss. Now, I felt for the victims even more in that they were totally innocent prey. This poor family was annihilated for no reason other than greed and blind rage. Still, Perry Smith is one of those monsters made in the crucible of life-long pain and pointless existence. Did he deserve to pay the highest price for his crimes? Certainly. Is his past an excuse for his actions? Not at all. However, I did find Blake's portrayal to be surprisingly moving. Smith's last few minutes are unforgettable...

Rating:

- Richard Brooks' true crime masterpiece
Based on Truman Capote's masterpiece of a book by the same name.

Bone chilling. Nightmare-inducing.

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