Capote
- Director: Bennett Miller
- Writer: Dan Futterman; Gerald Clarke
- Producer: Caroline Baron; Dan Futterman
CGiii Comment
Oscar winning portrayal of the whining and obnoxious writer.
Intelligent film-making...and, it is rather good - but, ultimately, leaves you icy cold - simply because Capote is such a slimy little man.
Please make this the last film of Capote - he has been done to death and - let's be truthful - he didn't do that much.
Ooops spoke too soon - some idiot has made a film which is exactly the same as this one - talk about bad timing.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, In Cold Blood. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction.
Cast & Characters
Allie Mickelson as Laura Kinney;
Kelci Stephenson as Nancy Clutter;
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote;
Craig Archibald as Christopher;
Bronwen Coleman as Barbara;
Kate Shindle as Rose;
David Wilson Barnes as Grayson;
Michael J. Burg as Williams;
Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee;
Kwesi Ameyaw as Porter;
Andrew Farago as Car Rental Agent;
Ken Krotowich as Courthouse Guard;
Chris Cooper as Alvin Dewey;
R.D. Reid as Roy Church;
Rob McLaughlin as Harold Nye