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Capote (2005)

R 09/30/2005 Crime, Drama 1h 54m
70%
User
Score
7.3/10
89%
88/100

In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in.

Overview

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

Bennett Miller

Director

Dan Futterman

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Truman Capote

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Harper Lee

Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr.

Perry Smith

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Jack Dunphy

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

William Shawn

Mark Pellegrino

Mark Pellegrino

Dick Hickock

Marshall Bell

Marshall Bell

Warden Marshall Krutch

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Marie Dewey

Bess Meyer

Bess Meyer

Linda Murchak

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Media

Philip Seymour Hoffman & Bennett Miller on Capote

Philip Seymour Hoffman & Bennett Miller on Capote

Original Trailer

Original Trailer

Trailer 2

Trailer 2

Trailer 1

Trailer 1

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 7, 2023

Actor or mimic or both? Philip Seymour Hoffman certainly delivers a plausible and captivating portrayal of the eponymous acclaimed novelist in the late 1950s. He is researching his latest novel when he alights on news of the brutal murder of a Kansas family. Pretty unscrupulously, this rather unfulfilled writer decides this is a rich vein for him to exploit, and so using just about every (legal) means at his disposal manages to ingratiate himself with friends of the victims and then once the police apprehend two suspects, he does the same with Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jnr.). He intends to use the template of this case and the true nature of the personalities to construct a novel - but one based in fact not fiction. What ensues here is quite a cleverly crafted look at just how the shrew...

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