In Cold Blood (miniseries)
| In Cold Blood | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Kaplan |
| Produced by | Tom Rowe |
| Screenplay by | Benedict Fitzgerald |
| Based on |
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote |
| Starring |
Anthony Edwards Eric Roberts Sam Neill |
| Music by | Hummie Mann |
| Cinematography | Peter F. Woeste |
| Edited by | Michael Ornstein |
Production company |
Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Columbia Broadcasting System |
Release dates |
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Running time | 240 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
In Cold Blood is a 1996 TV miniseries based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. In two parts, it aired on CBS starting November 24, 1996, and concluding November 26. A DVD of the miniseries was released in 2002.
Plot
At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, a brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrifies the nation. While in prison, Dick Hickock, 28, hears a cellmate's story about $10,000 in cash kept in a home safe by a prosperous rancher. When he's paroled, Dick persuades ex-con Perry Smith, 31, to join him in going after the stash.
On a November night in 1959, Dick and Perry break into the Holcomb, Kansas, farm house of Herb Clutter and family. Enraged at finding no safe, they wake the four sleeping Clutters and brutally kill them all. The bodies are found by friends who come by before Sunday church. The murders shock the small Great Plains town, where doors are routinely left unlocked. Detective Alvin Dewey of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation heads the case, but there are no clues, no apparent motive and no suspects.
Cast
- Eric Roberts as Perry Smith
- Anthony Edwards as Dick Hickock
- Sam Neill as Agent Alvin Dewey
- Leo Rossi as Agent Harold Nye
- Stella Stevens as Hotel Keeper
- Gwen Verdon as Sadie
- Louise Latham as Eunice
- Kevin Tighe as Herbert Clutter
- Robbie Bowen as Kenyon Clutter
- Gillian Barber as Bonnie Clutter
- Margot Finley as Nancy Clutter
Reception
The film holds a 6.3 rating on imdb.com.[1]
See also
- In Cold Blood, the 1967 film adaptation of Capote's book.
- Capote, a 2005 film about Capote's researching and writing of In Cold Blood.
- Infamous, a 2006 film covering the same time period in Capote's life.