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Capote

  • 20052005
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  • 1h 54m
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In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one... Read allIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
132K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,528
713
  • Director
    • Bennett Miller
  • Writers
    • Dan Futterman(screenplay)
    • Gerald Clarke(book)
  • Stars
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Clifton Collins Jr.
    • Catherine Keener
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bennett Miller
  • Writers
    • Dan Futterman(screenplay)
    • Gerald Clarke(book)
  • Stars
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Clifton Collins Jr.
    • Catherine Keener
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    • 459User reviews
    • 276Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 59 wins & 89 nominations total

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    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Truman Capoteas Truman Capote
    Clifton Collins Jr.
    Clifton Collins Jr.
    • Perry Smithas Perry Smith
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Nelle Harper Leeas Nelle Harper Lee
    Allie Mickelson
    Allie Mickelson
    • Laura Kinneyas Laura Kinney
    Kelci Stephenson
    Kelci Stephenson
    • Nancy Clutteras Nancy Clutter
    Craig Archibald
    Craig Archibald
    • Christopheras Christopher
    Bronwen Coleman
    Bronwen Coleman
    • Barbaraas Barbara
    Kate Shindle
    Kate Shindle
    • Roseas Rose
    David Wilson Barnes
    David Wilson Barnes
    • Graysonas Grayson
    Michael J. Burg
    Michael J. Burg
    • Williamsas Williams
    • (as Michael J. Berg)
    Kwesi Ameyaw
    Kwesi Ameyaw
    • Porteras Porter
    Andrew Farago
    • Car Rental Agentas Car Rental Agent
    Ken Krotowich
    • Courthouse Guardas Courthouse Guard
    Chris Cooper
    Chris Cooper
    • Alvin Deweyas Alvin Dewey
    R.D. Reid
    • Roy Churchas Roy Church
    Rob McLaughlin
    • Harold Nyeas Harold Nye
    • (as Robert McLaughlin)
    Harry Nelken
    • Sheriff Walter Sandersonas Sheriff Walter Sanderson
    Jon Ted Wynne
    Jon Ted Wynne
    • Journalistas Journalist
    • Director
      • Bennett Miller
    • Writers
      • Dan Futterman(screenplay)
      • Gerald Clarke(book)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The James Baldwin "problem novel" mentioned by Capote in the opening party scene is called "Another Country".
    • Goofs
      Although depicted in several scenes typing furiously on a typewriter, Truman Capote was famous for writing everything in longhand. He never typed any of his novels or short stories.
    • Quotes

      Truman Capote: It's as if Perry and I grew up in the same house. And one day he stood up and went out the back door, while I went out the front.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Into the Blue/Serenity/The Greatest Game Ever Played/Mirrormask/Capote/The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Hot Cha Cha
      Written by Bebo Valdés (as Ramon E. Valdes)

      Performed by Bebo Valdés (as Bebo Valdes)

      Courtesy of Absolute Spain

    User reviews459

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    Top review
    9/10
    Mr. Hoffman, you are Truman Capote.
    The easiest role for an actor to play is a historical figure - we have no idea how Julius Caesar really sounded, how he moved his body, punctuated his speech, bit his lip, walked into a room, held his cigarette. The hardest role is the living, or recently deceased, celebrity whom we watched, heard, studied, mimicked and thought we understood. JFK, Martin Luther King, Ray Charles, and, above all, the inventor of self referential celebrity, Truman Capote (with apology to Andy Warhol and, of course, Noel Coward)..

    After exploding to meteoric fame with his novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, Capote became the New York café society's darling, heir to Coward's gay-man-child-bon-vivant. He drank and held court with the best of New York, which just also happened to be the nexus of television in the early 60s. Before long Capote was the quintessential modern celebrity, famous for being famous. And he did it all before our eyes.

    Philip Seymour Hoffman does not so much play Capote as become him. And not just in mannerism, no mean feat, but in personality, because we are convinced that Hoffman feels what Capote felt, cries over the lies, accepts his moral failings. For a short story writer-raconteur from New Orleans, Capote found himself at the center of a nationally enthralling multiple homicide, facing the ultimate journalist's Faustian dilemma: if he perpetrates a lie for the sake of exposing the truth, is he ever worthy of redemption? Capote, in the end, concluded that he wasn't; he never wrote another book. He descended into drunkenness and died a lonely soul. This is not the stuff of Holly Golightly.

    I saw this picture at the Toronto Film Festival with Hoffman, Catherine Keener and director Bennett Miller in attendance. Though they had seen it many many times before, it was obvious even they were moved by it and by our reaction. As we stood and applauded them, we turned to one another, glowing in the realization that we had witnessed an amazing performance.

    We knew Truman Capote. We watched him live on television. Truman Capote was (we imagined) our friend. Mr. Hoffman, you are Truman Capote.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Sony Classics (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Капоте
    • Filming locations
      • Stony Mountain Penitentiary, Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • Sony Pictures Classics
      • A-Line Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $28,750,530
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $324,857
      • Oct 2, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $49,327,405
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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