In Cold Blood (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Writers (WGA):

Truman Capote (book)
Benedict Fitzgerald (teleplay)

Release Date:

24 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation...

Plot Keywords:

Kansas | Murder | Family Relationships | Execution | Mother Daughter Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Dick Hickock
Eric Roberts	...	Perry Smith
Sam Neill	...	Agent Alvin Dewey
Kevin Tighe	...	Herbert Clutter
Gillian Barber	...	Bonnie Clutter
Margot Finley	...	Nancy Clutter
Robbie Bowen	...	Kenyon Clutter
Bethel Leslie	...	Bess Hartmann
Gwen Verdon	...	Sadie Truitt
Leo Rossi	...	Agent Harold Nye
Troy Evans	...	Carl Duntz
Don S. Davis	...	Roy Church (as Don Davis)
L.Q. Jones	...	Tex Smith
Louise Latham	...	Eunice Hickock
Campbell Lane	...	Walter Hickock

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials) | Canada:178 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

CL Ranch - 45001 Township Road, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Version of In Cold Blood (1967)

Soundtrack:

Parrots

I couldn't recommend it, but then again it wasn't too bad.

I watched this on T.V. when it first came out. I would've bet money that it was in the late 80's but it says here its 1996. I watched it with my sister and we only got to see the first part of the miniseries. I really was locked in by the whole attitude Anthony Edwards carried and the hate he showed.

The rest of the cast did nothing for me. Sam Neil is about as dry as an actor can get and Eric Roberts is an ugly no talent nobody who has never made a movie that he didn't cry in. I guess he knows that his sister is a big millionaire and he's nothing - that must suck, and for the record I hate her with passion as well.

The production of this movie was so plain and not even worthy of a lifetime movie of the week in my opinion. the direction has to be a character within its self and that was the most boring aspect of this movie for me.

I found this DVD at wal-mart for $3 last month and just had to see the rest of it. I wish I had left it setting there and saved my $3.

Anthony Edwards was mean and I liked him in it though and thats the reason to watch it. The fear he puts into that family. I just found out today that this is a remake of a 1967 Robert Blake movie of the same name. I'll try to get it and see if it's better.