In Cold Blood (re-release)

Name: In Cold Blood (re-release)
Genre: Drama, History, Crime
Released: March 3, 2006
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 89
Cast: John Forsythe, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson

2006

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: March 3, 2006 | Approved

Starring: John Forsythe, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson

Summary: Originally released in 1967, In Cold Blood is the powerful, true story of a callous murder, based upon the best-selling novel by Truman Capote. (Sony)

Director: Richard Brooks

Genre(s): Drama, History, Crime

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 134 min

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Roger Ebert

Fantastically powerful despite its flaws. (Review of Original Release) Read full review

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Bosley Crowther

Excellent quasidocumentary, which sends shivers down the spine. (Review of Original Release) Read full review

Kenneth Turan

The most memorable section of the film is the chilling quarter-hour devoted to the apprehension and eventual murder of the Clutter family. Captured in unblinking, neo-documentary detail, it freezes the blood just as they did all those decades ago. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Why Capote liked the movie so much (or said he did) isn't entirely clear, for though it's a gripping piece of American Gothic, it's as thematically timid as it is formally flamboyant. Read full review

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koundinya

Jul 15, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perry is out on parole and calls on his friend Dick in Kansas City. Perry makes up a plan of finding hidden treasure worth 60 million dollars in gold in Mexico and hopes he does it the same way Humphrey Bogart does it in 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre'(1948). Dick convinces that they could go after the hidden treasure after breaking into Mr. Clutter's house and walk away with the 10,000 bucks ensconced in his safe. The Clutters are a revered, rich, god-fearing family in a rural town in Kansas. They are deemed to be the people who would-not-harm-a-creature. The duo execute the robbery as planned but end the lives of the the Clutters. To their aghast, they do not find any safe as told by Dick's friend Harold; all they could rake in is 43 bucks. They leave no traces, clues or witnesses and make it really intricate for the cops to identify them. However, the cops process a photo of the impression made by their blood-soaked shoes and use it to trace the convicts with the help of Harold testifies. The men then head to Mexico and after Dick makes Perry understand hidden treasures only happen in movies, they set out to their native state. They are finally caught by the cops in California. They come up with alibi which the cops rule them out as preposterous. They are proved guilty and sentenced to death. They are taken to "The corner" after a 5-year long wait. The men then hang from the gallows for the heinous crime they committed.

Like 'To kill a mocking bird'(1962), the movie doesn't have much screen-time in a courtroom but it is an equally good movie nonetheless in the genre 'Courtroom Drama'. The movie is a landmark in the way it brings out the message of the gross crimes committed by the people; how people are undaunted by the capital punishment despite watching and hearing many people hang from the gallows. The movie also showed that all the convicts will one day be brought to the book by the hand of the law; such is the perseverance the police force show in catching the criminals. The art-direction , background score and screenplay, combined with wonderful Editing and continuity has made this a movie worth watching. It is far-ahead of Fargo in it's theme any day. Pun intended.… Expand

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talisencrw

Oct 12, 2014

Based on a true story, Truman Capote's script is expertly directed by Richard Brooks and eerily acted by Robert Blake and Scott Wilson. Indispensible for fans of true crime.

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Compi24

Aug 3, 2020

What initially unfolds as an admittedly unimpressive blow-by-blow of the infamous event in question ultimately culminates into an appropriately unnerving look at the disintegration of humanity and the frigid realities of our world's understanding of justice. Richard Brooks's adaptation ofWhat initially unfolds as an admittedly unimpressive blow-by-blow of the infamous event in question ultimately culminates into an appropriately unnerving look at the disintegration of humanity and the frigid realities of our world's understanding of justice. Richard Brooks's adaptation of Truman Capote's legendary "non-fiction novel" of the same name, "In Cold Blood" — if nothing else — successfully performs one of the more dangerous high-wire acts I've seen a movie try to pull off in quite a while. This is a movie that forces you to not only identify with those who have unspeakable crimes committed against them, but the individuals who commit said crimes. It's a gamble, but in the end, I found myself watching the movie's final moments with a quickened pulse and whitened knuckles. Why? Could it be the cinematography? The commendable acting and dialogue? Or could it be that, in depicting every event with such docudramatic flair, Brooks and Co. really, truly succeed in making you feel like an accomplice to the whole thing? Either way, "In Cold Blood's" final moments will forever haunt me. Time for a shower.… Expand

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MovieGuys

Dec 6, 2014

The raw appeal of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is lost to a movie that is, to be honest, boring. It's not bad, per se; it just drags along, plot point by plot point, without offering much insight into the tragedy or the characters. It's not a disaster, but Hollywood could have doneThe raw appeal of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is lost to a movie that is, to be honest, boring. It's not bad, per se; it just drags along, plot point by plot point, without offering much insight into the tragedy or the characters. It's not a disaster, but Hollywood could have done better. I will award points to the movie for going outside the "movie norm" at the time and adding more thematic elements, being the first film to say "bullsh*t" in a dialogue.… Expand

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