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In Cold Blood (1967) -- A faithful docudrama about the real-life mass murder of the Clutter family, which took place in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959 by two psychopathic killers based based upon Truman Capote's novel.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Truman Capote (novel)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 December 1967 (USA) more
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Plot:
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations more
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(16 articles)
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A Master Piece of Film-Making more (87 total)

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Also Known As:
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
134 min | Poland:129 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (release prints) | 3 Channel Stereo (original mix)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | France:-16 | West Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | UK:15 | UK:X (original rating) | South Korea:15 (2006) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (Suggested for Mature Audiences) (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (1970)
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In the jail at the end of the movie, on Andy's wall there's a cover of Life magazine with a picture of Truman Capote, author of the book on which this film is based. more
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Continuity: When Alvin Dewey comes into a room full of reporters, Jensen is leaning against a doorway. He pulls a pack of cigarettes pack out of his jacket, takes a cigarette out of the pack and puts it to his lips and lights it. After taking a puff, he puts his lighter and cigarette pack back in his jacket pocket. Then he turns to listen to Dewey. In the next scene Jensen is turned 90 degrees to where he was in the previous scene with the pack of cigarettes in his left hand lighting his cigarette again. more
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Little girl on bus: 'Scuse me.
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31 out of 45 people found the following comment useful.
A Master Piece of Film-Making, 25 April 2005
Author: angelsunchained from United States

I just saw this film again and it's still a masterpiece after almost 40 years.

Robert Blake and Scott Wilson in their greatest on-screen performances as two cold-blooded killers who slaughtered a family of 4 for a mere 40 dollars. Shot in black and white, the film is brutal, disturbing, and raw in it's portrayal of such a violent and senseless act. There are no heroics or wild police chases, just a realistic look at the crime, the capture, and the executions which inspired the award winning novel by Truman Capote, In Cold Blood.

The murders of the family are the most brutal in film-history, yet avoids the blood-bath so common in today's pictures. It's the senselessness of the whole thing that is so disturbing. Outstand performances by the entire cast. In Cold Blood is a masterpiece.

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