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Capote( 2005)

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

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Philip Seymour Hoffman

      Truman Capote

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      Catherine Keener

      Harper Lee

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      Clifton Collins Jr.

      Perry Smith

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      Bruce Greenwood

      Jack Dunphy

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      Bob Balaban

      William Shawn

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      Mark Pellegrino

      Dick Hickock

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      Marshall Bell

      Warden Marshall Krutch

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      Amy Ryan

      Marie Dewey

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      Bess Meyer

      Linda Murchak

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      Chris Cooper

      Alvin Dewey

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      Allie Mickelson

      Laura Kinney

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      Craig Archibald

      Christopher

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      Bronwen Coleman

      Barbara

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      Kate Shindle

      Rose

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      David Wilson Barnes

      Grayson

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      Michael J. Burg

      Williams

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      Kwesi Ameyaw

      Porter

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      Andrew Farago

      Car Rental Agent

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      Kelci Stephenson

      Nancy Clutter

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      C. Ernst Harth

      Lowell Lee Andrews

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      Kjartan Hewitt

      Danny Burke

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      Nazariy Demkowicz

      Paul Dewey

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Aug 07 2023
    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 u...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    7000000.00

    Revenue

    49327405.00

    Keywords

    • dreams
    • based on novel or book
    • self-fulfilling prophecy
    • identity
    • literature
    • journalism
    • literature research
    • biography
    • based on true story
    • kansas, usa
    • magazine
    • author
    • truman capote
    • 1950s
    • 1960s