Capote (film)
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| Directed by | Bennett Miller |
| Written by | Dan Futterman, Gerald Clark |
| Produced by | Joshua Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kerry Rock |
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Chris Cooper Clifton Collins Jr. Bob Balaban |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release dates | September 30, 2005 |
Running time | 98 min |
| Language | English |
Capote is an Academy Award-nominated 2005 biographical film that follows Truman Capote (portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. The film follows the events in Capote's life during the writing of his non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the summer of 2004.
Plot
Template:Spoiler The movie opens with Capote a New York celebrity for his previous works. While reading the papers, he comes across a story of the murder of an entire family in Kansas and calls his editor to suggest he wants to write about it.
He travels to Kansas with his childhood friend Harper Lee, and sets about interviewing persons involved with the victims, the Cutter family, with Lee as his go-between and interpreter of rural life. When the murderers are apprehended, Truman ingratiates himself with the wife of the town's sherriff and gains access to one of the suspects, Perry Smith. Truman spends the next five years writing his masterpiece, waiting the outcome of the trials and appeals and eventual punishment of Smith and his partner in crime.
Cast
- Philip Seymour Hoffman Truman Capote
- Catherine Keener Harper Lee
- Clifton Collins Jr. Perry Smith
- Chris Cooper Alvin Dewey
- Bruce Greenwood Jack Dunphy
- Bob Balaban William Shawn
- Amy Ryan Marie Dewey
- Mark Pellegrino Richard Hickock
- Allie Mickelson Laura Kinney
- Marshall Bell Warden Marshall Krutch
- Araby Lockhart Dorothy Sanderson
- Robert Huculak New York Reporter
- R.D. Reid Roy Church
- Rob McLaughlin Harold Nye
- Harry Nelken Sheriff Walter Sanderson
Awards
- Philip Seymour Hoffman won the 2006 Golden Globe and Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also won the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
- Capote has been nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Bennett Miller), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Keener), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Dan Futterman). The 78th Academy Awards will be handed out on March 5, 2006.
Critics' awards
- Broadcast Film Critics Association: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Screenplay - Dan Futterman, Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener
- Chicago Film Critics Association: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Most Promising Filmmaker - Bennett Miller, Bennett Miller on making the film, etc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Screenplay - Dan Futterman, Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener
- National Board of Review: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
- New York Film Critics Circle: Best First Film - Bennett Miller, Bennett Miller on making the film, etc.
- Online Film Critics Society: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Southeastern Film Critics Association: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Toronto Film Critics Association: Best First Feature - Bennett Miller, Best Performance, Male - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Supporting Performance, Female - Catherine Keener
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