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Capote (2005) |
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115
minutes
Rated: R
Status: Released to video
Country:
US
Studio: Sony Pictures
Classics
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins,
Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood,
Bob Balaban, Mark Pellegrino, Amy
Ryan
Director: Bennett Miller
Screenwriter: Dan Futterman |
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Synopsis |
In November,
1959, Truman Capote, the author of
"Breakfast at Tiffany’s" and a
favorite figure in what is soon to
be known as the Jet Set, reads an
article on a back page of the New
York Times. It tells of the murders
of four members of a well-known farm
family -- the Clutters -- in
Holcomb, Kansas. Similar stories
appear in newspapers almost every
day, but something about this one
catches Capote’s eye. It presents an
opportunity, he believes, to test
his long-held theory that, in the
hands of the right writer,
non-fiction can be as compelling as
fiction. What impact have the
murders had on that tiny town on the
wind-swept plains? With that as his
subject--for his purpose, it does
not matter if the murderers are
never caught--he convinces The New
Yorker magazine to give him an
assignment and he sets out for
Kansas. Accompanying him is a friend
from his Alabama childhood: Harper
Lee, who within a few months will
win a Pulitzer Prize and achieve
fame of her own as the author of "To
Kill a Mockingbird."
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