The Onion Field 4K Restored Ver.

[Machine Translation] A police officer murder case that shook the entire nation. Where, exactly, is justice...? A long-awaited crime film based on a true story finally unveils its secrets! From the bestselling author of *The Centurion* and *The Choirboys*, Joseph Wongbo whose novel *In Cold Blood* was highly praised by Capote himself comes a thoroughly realistic story, now brought to life on screen with a star-studded cast! *Onion Field* is a shocking true-crime film that portrays the weighty themes of what it means to judge others and what true justice really is as top-notch entertainment. The film is based on the nonfiction novel *The Onion Field Murders* by Joseph Wongbo, who served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 14 years before making his debut as a novelist with *The Centurion*. Upon its release, it was hailed as the greatest true-crime novel since Truman Capote s *In Cold Blood*," became a bestseller, and was highly praised by Capote himself. One night in 1963, Carl and Ian, a pair of young police officers who had just been assigned as partners, pulled over a car for a traffic violation. The driver was Greg, a small-time thug feared even by his own peers for his ruthlessness. Greg, however, led the two officers into a remote farmland and shot Ian dead. Although he was arrested immediately, Greg studied the legal system while in prison and continued to avoid the death penalty by defending himself. Meanwhile, Carl, who faced public scorn for abandoning his colleague, suffered from severe PTSD, which drastically derailed the rest of his life... The video extras include the trailer.

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全米を震撼させた警官殺人事件。正義はいったいどこにあるのか・・・? 実話をもとにした幻の犯罪映画、ついにそのベールを脱ぐ! 『センチュリアン』『クワイヤボーイズ』のベストセラー作家、ジョゼフ・ウォンボー原作「冷血」のカポーティも大絶賛した、徹底的なリアリズム小説を豪華キャストで完全映像化! 人を裁くとはどういうことか、本当の正義とは何かという重いテーマを、極上のエンタテインメントとして描いた衝撃の実録犯罪映画が、この『オニオン・フィールド』である。原作は14年間ロサンゼルス市警察につとめ、デビュー作「センチュリアン」で小説家に転身したジョゼフ・ウォンボーによるノンフィクション小説「オニオン・フィールドの殺人」。発表時、"トルーマン・カポーティの「冷血」以来、最高の犯罪記録小説"と評価を得てベストセラーになり、カポーティ自身にも激賞された。──1963年のある夜。コンビを組んだばかりの若い警官、カールとイアンは、違反した車を停める。乗っていたのはその冷酷ぶりで仲間からも恐れられるチンピラのグレッグだった。グレッグは逆にふたりを人里離れた農地へ連行した挙句、イアンを射殺してしまう。すぐに逮捕されたものの、獄中で司法制度を学び、自らを弁護して死刑を逃れ続けるグレッグ。一方、同僚を置いて逃亡したことで世間から冷たい視線を浴びたカールは激しいPTSDに悩まされ、その後の人生を大きく狂わせていくのだった・・・。映像特典には予告編を収録。