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Capote is a 2005 American biographical drama film about American novelist Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller, and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. The film primarily follows the events during the writing of Capote's 1965 nonfiction book In Cold Blood .
Capote: Directed by Bennett Miller. With Allie Mickelson, Kelci Stephenson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Craig Archibald. In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case.
Sep 30, 2005 · Reading of the murder of a Kansas family, New York City novelist Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) decides to cover the story himself, and travels to the small town with his childhood friend...
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The film, written by Dan Futterman and based on the book the book Capote by Gerald Clarke, focuses on the way a writer works on a story and the story works on him. Capote wins the wary acceptance of Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the agent assigned to the case.
Capote aids Smith and Hickock by obtaining expert legal counsel for them and initiating an appeal in the Kansas supreme court. Still, he is frustrated, as Smith declines to relate exactly what happened on the night of the murders.
Check out the official Capote (2005) Trailer starring Philip Seymour Hoffman!
Sep 30, 2005 · A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
