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Capote

Capote

Actor(s): Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood
Director(s): Bennett Miller
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Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 03/21/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 49
Genres: Drama, Period Film, Crime Drama, Biopic [feature]

Synopsis

The creation of one of the most memorable books of the 1960s -- and the impact the writing and research would have on its author -- is explored in this drama based on a true story. In 1959, Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) was a critically acclaimed novelist who had earned a small degree of celebrity for his work when he read a short newspaper item about a multiple murder in a small Kansas town. For some reason, the story fascinated Capote, and he asked William Shawn (Bob Balaban), his editor at The New Yorker, to let him write a piece about the case. Capote had long believed that in the right hands, a true story could be molded into a tale as compelling as any fiction, and he believed this event, in which the brutal and unimaginable was visited upon a community where it was least expected, could be just the right material. Capote traveled to Kansas with his close friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), herself becoming a major literary figure with the success of -To Kill a Mockingbird, and while Capote's effete and mannered personal style stuck out like a sore thumb in Kansas, in time he gained the trust of Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent investigating the murder of the Clutter family, and with his help Capote's magazine piece grew into a full-length book. Capote also became familiar with the petty criminals who killed the Clutter family, Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino) and Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.), and in Smith he found a troubling kindred spirit more like himself than he wanted to admit. After attaining a sort of friendship with Smith under the assumption that the man would be executed before the book was ever published, Capote finds himself forced to directly confront the moral implications of his actions with regards to both his role in the man's death, and the way that he would be remembered. Capote also co-stars Bruce Greenwood as Capote's longtime companion Jack Dunphy, and Amy Ryan as Mary Dewey, Alvin's wife who became a confidante of Capote's. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote
Catherine Keener - Nelle Harper Lee
Clifton Collins, Jr. - Perry Smith
Chris Cooper - Alvin Dewey
Bruce Greenwood - Jack Dunphy


Awards

2005Best Screenplay (winner)Independent Spirit AwardsDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)Independent Spirit AwardsPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Cinematography (nominee)Independent Spirit AwardsAdam Kimmel
2005Producers Award (winner)Independent Spirit AwardsCaroline Baron
2005Best Actor (winner)Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (winner)Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationCatherine Keener
2005Best Screenplay (winner)Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)Broadcast Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Broadcast Film Critics AssociationCatherine Keener
2005Best Screenplay (nominee)Broadcast Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)Boston Society of Film CriticsPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (winner)Boston Society of Film CriticsCatherine Keener
2005Best Screenplay (winner)Boston Society of Film CriticsDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)National Board of ReviewPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (winner)Golden GlobePhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Actor (winner)Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics AssociatPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (winner)Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics AssociatCatherine Keener
2005Best Director (winner)San Diego Film Critics AssociationBennett Miller
2005Best Actor (winner)San Diego Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Adapted Screenplay (winner)San Diego Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2005Best Screenplay (nominee)Chicago Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)Chicago Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Chicago Film Critics AssociationCatherine Keener
2005Most Promising Director (winner)Chicago Film Critics AssociationBennett Miller
2005Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)Writers Guild of AmericaDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (nominee)Kansas City Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Actor (nominee)Toronto Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Toronto Film Critics AssociationCatherine Keener
2005Best First Feature (nominee)Toronto Film Critics AssociationBennett Miller
2005Best Actor (winner)Screen Actors GuildPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Screen Actors GuildCatherine Keener
2005Best Director (nominee)Directors Guild of AmericaBennett Miller
2005Best Actor (winner)National Society of Film CriticsPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Director (Runner-up) (winner)National Society of Film CriticsBennett Miller
2005Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) (winner)National Society of Film CriticsCatherine Keener
2005Best Screenplay (Runner-up) (winner)National Society of Film CriticsDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)Online Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Online Film Critics AssociationCatherine Keener
2005Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)Online Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2005Breakthrough Filmmaker (nominee)Online Film Critics AssociationBennett Miller
2005Best Actor (nominee)Iowa Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Director (nominee)British Academy of Film and TelevisionBennett Miller
2005Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)British Academy of Film and TelevisionDan Futterman
2005Best Actor (winner)British Academy of Film and TelevisionPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)British Academy of Film and TelevisionCatherine Keener
2005Producer of the Year (nominee)Producers Guild of AmericaCaroline Baron
2005Producer of the Year (nominee)Producers Guild of AmericaWilliam Vince
2005Producer of the Year (nominee)Producers Guild of AmericaMichael Ohoven
2005Best Actor (winner)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciePhilip Seymour Hoffman
2005Best Supporting Actress (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieCatherine Keener
2005Best Director (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieBennett Miller
2005Best Picture (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieCaroline Baron
2005Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieDan Futterman
2005Best First Film (winner)New York Film Critics CircleBennett Miller
2006Screenwriter of the Year (nominee)London Film Critics AssociationDan Futterman
2006Best Actor (nominee)London Film Critics AssociationPhilip Seymour Hoffman
2006Best Picture (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieMichael Ohoven
2005Best Picture (nominee)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ScieWilliam Vince

Member Reviews

Duane S. - FORT WORTH, TX wrote on 6/15/2008...

I really enjoyed this movie. It took you through the artist's journey in researching "In Cold Blood". He has many prison talks with the murderers. It was very well done.

Julie V. - WOODSTOCK, GA wrote on 2/23/2008...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This movie was great. It told the true tell of how Truman Capote wrote the book "In Cold Blood". Which is one of the greatest books ever written. I can truly see where Philip Seymour Hoffman won as many awards as he did for his performance.


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