The Thin Pink Line

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The Thin Pink Line
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Directed by Joe Dietl
Michael Irpino
Written byJoe Dietl
Michael Irpino
Produced bySteve Bulzoni Brett Nemeroff
Starring Jennifer Aniston
Will Ferrell
Molly Shannon
Mike Myers
David Schwimmer
Tate Donovan
Margaret Cho
David Cross
Illeana Douglas
Music by Steve Tyrell
Release date
  • October 7, 1998 (1998-10-07)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Thin Pink Line is a 1998 mockumentary directed by Joe Dietl and Michael Irpino. [1]

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The title is a parody of Errol Morris' documentary The Thin Blue Line , which raised questions about the conviction of a prison inmate on death row.

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  1. Miller 2012, p. 224.

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