Capote (2005)
Coming Out at 3 February 2006 in theaters.
Biography, Crime, Drama
Capote is biographical film about Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller. It follows the events during the writing of Capote’s 1966 non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title character. The film was based on Gerald Clarke’s 1988 biography Capote. It was filmed mostly in Manitoba in the autumn of 2004 and released September 30, 2005, coinciding with Capote’s birthday.
In 1959 the four dead bodies of the Clutter family are discovered on their Kansas farm. While reading The New York Times, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is riveted by the story and calls The New Yorker magazine editor William Shawn (Bob Balaban) to tell him that he plans to document the tragedy.
Capote travels to Kansas, inviting childhood friend Nelle Harper Lee (Catherine Keener) to come along. He intends to interview those involved with the Clutter family, with Lee as his go-between and facilitator. Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s lead detective on the case, brushes him off, but Dewey’s wife Marie (Amy Ryan) is a fan of Capote’s writing and persuades her husband to invite Capote and Lee to their house for dinner.
Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Dan Futterman, Gerald Clarke (book)
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Kate Shindle, David Wilson Barnes
Cast:
| Allie Mickelson | … | Laura Kinney |
| Kelci Stephenson | … | Nancy Clutter |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | … | Truman Capote |
| Craig Archibald | … | Christopher |
| Bronwen Coleman | … | Barbara |
| Kate Shindle | … | Rose |
| David Wilson Barnes | … | Grayson |
| Michael J. Burg | … | Williams |
| Catherine Keener | … | Nelle Harper Lee |
| Kwesi Ameyaw | … | Porter |
| Andrew Farago | … | Car Rental Agent |
| Ken Krotowich | … | Courthouse Guard |
| Chris Cooper | … | Alvin Dewey |
| R.D. Reid | … | Roy Church |
| Rob McLaughlin | … | Harold Nye |
| Harry Nelken | … | Sheriff Walter Sanderson |
| Jon Ted Wynne | … | Journalist |
| Jonathan Barrett | … | Journalist |
| Christopher Read | … | Journalist |
| Edward Sutton | … | Old Man |
| Mia Faircloth | … | Girl |
| Ainsley Balcewich | … | Girl |
| Kjartan Hewitt | … | Danny Burke |
| Bruce Greenwood | … | Jack Dunphy |
| John Warkentin | … | Warren Hotel Desk Clerk |
| Amy Ryan | … | Marie Dewey |
| Avery Tiplady | … | Alvin Dewey Jr. |
| Nazariy Demkowicz | … | Paul Dewey |
| John Destry | … | Pete Holt |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | … | Perry Smith |
| Mark Pellegrino | … | Dick Hickock |
| Araby Lockhart | … | Dorothy Sanderson |
| John Maclaren | … | Judge Roland Tate |
| Olie Alto | … | Franklin Weeks |
| Bob Balaban | … | William Shawn |
| Adam Kimmel | … | Richard Avedon |
| Jeremy Dangerfield | … | Jury Foreman |
| David Rakoff | … | Ben Baron |
| Robert Huculak | … | NY Reporter |
| James Durham | … | Young Prison Guard |
| Marshall Bell | … | Warden Marshall Krutch |
| Frank Filbert | … | Prison Guard |
| Boyd Johnson | … | ND Prison Guard |
| Don Malboeuf | … | ND Prison Guard |
| Will Woytowich | … | Cruiser |
| C. Ernst Harth | … | Lowell Lee Andrews |
| Wayne Nicklas | … | Row Guard |
| Jason Love | … | Row Guard |
| Norman Armour | … | Literary Enthusiast |
| Bess Meyer | … | Linda Murchak |
| Manfred Maretzki | … | Herb Clutter |
| Miriam Smith | … | Bonnie Clutter |
| Philip Lockwood | … | Kenyon Clutter |
| Marina Stephenson Kerr | … | Operator (voice) |
| Jim Shepard | … | Chaplain |
| John Brown | … | Kansas State Patrol |
| Chad Bruce | … | Jack’s Party Guest |
| Danielle Carriere | … | Cast Extra |
| Cory Cassidy | … | Court Marshall |
| Ryan DeLong | … | Young School Teacher |
| David Ferrall | … | Party Date |
| Edgar Governo | … | New York Literatus |
| Michal Grajewski | … | Young Assistant |
| Ernesto Griffith | … | Porter |
| Michelle Harrison | … | Babe Paley |
| Evelyn Hart | … | Woman at Party |
| Hedwig Herzog | … | Sophie Clutter |
| James Janssens | … | Man in Courtroom |
| Vivian Kalinov | … | New York Literary Party Guest |
| Tiffany Lyndall-Knight | … | Gloria Guiness |
| Roy MacEachern | … | Kansas Citizen |
| Sherry Nelson | … | Party Guest |
| Lorrie Papadopoulos | … | Book Reading Attendee |
| Bob Washington | … | Extra |
| Warren Louis Wiltshire | … | Limo Driver |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia