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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Hi-fi Stereo, English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
In Cold Blood is the powerful, true story of a callous murder, based upon the best-selling novel by Truman Capote. A prosperous and respected Kansas farmer, his wife and his two teenage children are wantonly and brutally slaughtered. The murderers are two mindless ex-convict drifters: Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson). Neither of the men are sane enough to regret their crime. The story penetrates the inner workings of the criminals minds as it follows their purposeless meandering through Mexico and the United States in evasion of the law. After more than a year of wandering, the hunted men are finally caught, tried and in a dramatic conclusion condemned to hang.
"4 Stars! Incisive, Engrossing..." Leonard Maltin, Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
IN COLD BLOOD is Richard Brooks' stylish and powerful 1967 drama adapted from Truman Capote's novel about a shocking real-life murder case. This daring cinematic portrait employs flashbacks to fully examine what drives an individual to commit thoughtless and brutal crimes, while using a highly innovative jazz score by Quincy Jones to capture the moody atmosphere. Capote's own role as researcher-narrator of the young criminals' intense friendship, fantasies, and troubled lives is effectively brought to the screen in this striking, groundbreaking drama.Two aimless drifters, Perry Smith (Robert Blake) and Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson), target the home of Kansas businessman Herbert Clutter. After breaking into the house, they find no money, and Smith and Hickock brutally kill the entire Clutter family. They escape the scene of the crime and head for Mexico, but they eventually go back to the States, ultimately returning to Kansas. After being chased for almost a year, the troubled drifters are captured and sentenced to death.
Plot Summary
IN COLD BLOOD is a powerful and often shocking film based on Truman Capote's famous novel about a real-life 1959 murder case. Two delinquent drifters, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, senselessly murder an innocent midwestern family after attempting to rob their household and lead the authorities on a long and gruesome search before being captured and sentenced to death. Using innovative filming techniques and searing dialogue, Richard Brooks's film delves deep into the minds of the two troubled youths, examining the subconscious of senseless and reckless killers.
| Features | Audio: Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | In Cold Blood - DVD Review By: Pete Croatto - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/6/2009 5:25 PM | |
In Cold Blood (the movie) seems so quaint in this era of tell-alls and Law and Order spin-offs, but I can't imagine how the typical moviegoer felt watching this in 1967. A movie that offers the perspective of real-life killers, where a farm family is brutally murdered and justice is a blah solution? No thanks. When does Dr. Doolittle start? Writer/director Richard Brooks' Oscar-nominated adaptation holds up today because what's shocking then is now an appropriately stark, bare-bones look at two losers who get in way over their heads. Dick Hickock (Scott Wilson) recruits his friend, ex-con Perry Smith (Robert Blake), into a big score. While serving time in jail, Dick's cellmate talked about working on the Clutter farm in Holcomb, Kansas....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 9/22/2009 |
| Running Time: 134 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1967 | | Catalog ID: 06831 | | UPC: 00043396068315 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1968) | | | Conrad L. Hall, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Richard Brooks, Nominee, Best Director | | | Quincy Jones, Nominee, Best Music, Original Score | | | Richard Brooks, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
| Memorable Quotes| "I thought Mr. Clutter was a very nice man. He was a real gentleman. I thought so up to the moment I cut his throat."----Perry Smith (Robert Blake) to members of the jury |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Put Blake on the fast-track....Chilling, inevitable..." -- Rating: A- 11/08/1996 p.78USA Today
"...Robert Blake and Scott Wilson remain memorable..." 09/26/2003 p.10E Total Film
"...Superbly shot in black-and-white..." 11/01/2003 p.126 |
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