Capote (2005)
Genre: Drama / Biography
Duration: 114 minuten
Alternative title: Truman Capote
Country:
United States / Canada
Directed by: Bennett Miller
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Chris Cooper
IMDb score:
7,3 (150.985)
Releasedate: 30 September 2005
Capote plot
"In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in."
About the period in which the American writer Truman Capote (Hoffman) - author of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' - is writing his non-fiction novel about the murder of a family in Kansas, 'In Cold Blood'. With the help of writer friend Nelle Harper Lee (Keener) - author of, among others, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Capote tries to befriend the locals in order to learn more about the brutal murders. The facts shock him, but he also befriends one of the killers; Perry Smith (Collins).
Actors and actresses
Truman Capote
Harper Lee
Perry Smith
Jack Dunphy
William Shawn
Dick Hickock
Warden Marshall Krutch
Marie Dewey
Linda Murchak
Alvin Dewey
Reviews & comments
De filosoof
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- 2615 messages
- 1792 votes
Boring movie. The film didn't appeal to me, but I became a fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman and because of the jubilant reviews I went to see it anyway. But even Hoffman fails to make the uninteresting story about and of an extremely narcissistic writer interesting, and I have no idea what others like about it. Or maybe I get that: both the death row inmate and the writer need each other and although they also love each other, they must use each other to survive on their own. The convict tells how he really liked his victim, even when he slit his throat. In fact, the writer does the same with him. Conversely, the writer wants to make the condemned human for the public, but in order to do so he dehumanizes himself. Overall a good movie on paper, but for me the movie didn't work.
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Movsin
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- 8472 messages
- 8513 votes
Capote's character - played incomparably by Philip Seymour Hofman - is portrayed on the screen as if with a filleting knife.
Film that captivates all along the line and does not go under because of the hustle and bustle of similar crime and conviction films.
Synthesis : Something or someone turns out to be a lucrative "gold mine", but sometimes it is not without moral pain and damage.
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jermaineoneal7
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- 34 messages
- 31 votes
Didn't know the book, as well as the character Truman Capote, but did know PSH.
Well deserved Oscar. Bruce Greenwood and the criminal's supporting role is also good.
I agree with the rest of the reviewers, as a film it doesn't stick to your body, but Seymour-Hoffman's performance does. Also a good time image representation of the 50s/60s and also the matching decors, scenery and clothing were realistic and on point.
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