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Capote is a 2005 American biographical drama film about American novelist Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. The film primarily follows the events during the writing of Capote's 1965 nonfiction book In Cold Blood .
Feb 3, 2006 · Capote: Directed by Bennett Miller. With Allie Mickelson, Kelci Stephenson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Craig Archibald. In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case.
In the early 1950s, Capote took on Broadway and films, adapting his 1951 novella, The Grass Harp, into a 1952 play of the same name (later a 1971 musical and a 1995 film), followed by the musical House of Flowers (1954), which spawned the song "A Sleepin' Bee".
Reading of the murder of a Kansas family, New York City novelist Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) decides to cover the story himself, and travels to the small town with his childhood...
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Oct 20, 2005 · The film, written by Dan Futterman and based on the book the book Capote by Gerald Clarke, focuses on the way a writer works on a story and the story works on him. Capote wins the wary acceptance of Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the agent assigned to the case.
November 1959. Intrigued by the brutal Clutter Family massacre in rural Holcomb, Kansas, Truman Capote, the acclaimed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and prominent writer for The New Yorker, sets foot in the small town to cover the story.
Instead of painting Capote as a monster who lied and manipulated people into getting what he wanted or showing him as someone who we should sympathize for, first-time director Bennett Miller confidently aims for middle ground and succeeds in doing so. Capote comes off as a human being, albeit a troubled one. He nevery seems to…
Sep 30, 2005 · One of the most beautifully stark, yet provocative and powerful films of 2005 has to be Capote. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who gives his finest screen performance to date, literally becomes Truman Capote through effete mannerism, nasaly voice & self-absorbed tone.
Sep 30, 2005 · A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
CAPOTE is a critically acclaimed film that explores the life and work of the legendary writer Truman Capote, played by Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman.
