The Capote Tapes (2019)

Coming Out at November 6, 2020 in theaters and January 29, 2021 on digital

Documentary, Biography

The Capote Tapes is documentary film directed by Ebs Burnough, and written by Ebs Burnough & Holly Whiston. The film stars Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer, Jay McInerney and George Plimpton. The film primiered at September 7, 2019 on Toronto International Film Festival.

In the 35 years since his death, Truman Capote has remained a source of curiosity to many. His works, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, have maintained their place in the literary canon of great twentieth century American literature and still appeal to readers across the globe today.

Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece, an epic portrait of NYC’s glittering jet-set society. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through never before heard audio archive and interviews with Capote’s friends and enemies, this intimate documentary reveals the rise and fall of one America’s most iconic writers.

Director: Ebs Burnough

Writers: Ebs Burnough, Holly Whiston

Stars: Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer, Jay McInerney, George Plimpton

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