Capote

"In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in."

2005 1h 54m EN

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7.0

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89%

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7.3

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★7.0TMDB · 1,705🍅89%Rotten Tomatoes●88Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 148,094

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Synopsis

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A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

“In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in.”

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Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Truman Capote
Catherine Keener
Harper Lee
Clifton Collins Jr.
Perry Smith
Bruce Greenwood
Jack Dunphy
Bob Balaban
William Shawn
Mark Pellegrino
Dick Hickock
Marshall Bell
Warden Marshall Krutch
Amy Ryan
Marie Dewey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Dan Futterman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Canada

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bennett Miller, shot by Adam Kimmel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener and Clifton Collins Jr. carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in.".

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The take

Bennett Miller directs. Adam Kimmel behind the camera. Mychael Danna scores. Christopher Tellefsen cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 7.0× over at the box office.
2Released 21 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.
4Directed by Bennett Miller, shot by Adam Kimmel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Christopher Tellefsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener and Clifton Collins Jr. carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in.".
9IMDB entry: tt0379725 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "dreams", "based on novel or book", "self-fulfilling prophecy", "identity".

The technical file

Cinematography: Adam Kimmel
Original score: Mychael Danna
Editing: Christopher Tellefsen
Production design: Jess Gonchor
Costume design: Kasia Walicka Maimone
Makeup / hair: Pamela M. Athayde
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Box office: $49,327,405
Return: 705% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Capote (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes: 89% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 88/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 148,094 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 59 wins & 89 nominations total

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Actor

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CinemaSerf2023-08-07
★ 7/10
Actor or mimic or both? Philip Seymour Hoffman certainly delivers a plausible and captivating portrayal of the eponymous acclaimed novelist in the late 1950s. He is researching his latest novel when he alights on news of the brutal murder of a Kansas family. Pretty unscrupulously, this rather unfulfilled writer decides this is a rich vein for him to exploit, and so using just about every (legal) means at his disposal manages to ingratiate himself with friends of the victims and then once the police apprehend two suspects, he does the same with Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jnr.). He intends to use the template of this case and the true nature of the personalities to construct a novel - but one based in fact not fiction. What ensues here is quite a cleverly crafted look at just how the shrewd and intelligent man uses his intellect to manipulate the scenario so as to provide him what what he wants, when he wants it - but it also exposes his slightly controlling character to some fault lines. He begins to form a relationship, of sorts, with his quarry - he has a fondness that compromises his objectivity to his story; the accused serves to begin to humanise this rather aloof and frankly quite arrogant figure. There is a distinct power shift here. It's a tightly cast effort this, with most of the emphasis on the efforts of Hoffman, a strong performance from Collins and a useful supporting contribution from Catherine Keener as the foil/conduit for much of her friend Capote's thoughts and behaviour. The style of the production, the attention to detail and the Mychael Danna score all add to the richness of this, admittedly quite speculative, drama that shines a bit of a light not just into what made this man tick, but also just what made the USA tick too.

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