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Capote
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396126480
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Unknown
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: 12648
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Running Time: 114 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
Bolstered by an Oscar®-caliber performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role, Capote ranked highly among the best films of 2005. Written by actor/screenwriter Dan Futterman and based on selected chapters from the biography by Gerald Clarke, this mercilessly perceptive drama shows how Truman Capote brought about his own self-destruction in the course of writing In Cold Blood, the "nonfiction novel" that was immediately acclaimed as a literary milestone. After learning of brutal killings in rural Holcomb, Kansas, in November 1959, Capote gained the confidence of captured killers Perry Smith (Clifton Collins, Jr.) and Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino) in an effort to tell their story, but he ultimately sacrificed his soul in the process of writing his greatest book. Hoffman transcends mere mimicry to create an utterly authentic, psychologically tormented portrait of an insincere artist who was not above lying and manipulation to get what he needed. Bennett Miller's intimate direction focuses on the consequences of Capote's literary ambition, tempered by an equally fine performance by Catherine Keener as Harper Lee, Capote's friend and the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, who served as Capote's quiet voice of conscience. Spanning the seven-year period between the Kansas murders and the publication of In Cold Blood in 1966, Capote reveals the many faces of a writer who grew too close to his subjects, losing his moral compass as they were fitted with a hangman's noose. --Jeff Shannon
In 1959 Truman Capote a popular writer for The New Yorker learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb Kansas. Inspired by the story material Capote and his partner Harper Lee travel to the town to research for an article. However as Capote digs deeper into the story he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work In Cold Blood. To that end he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners especially with Perry Smith a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction.System Requirements:Running Time 98 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396126480 Manufacturer No: 12648
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Solid biopic
The only reason to make a film about someone as controversially repugnant as Truman Capote would be to illuminate his greatest quality- his superb prose writing. At his best, Capote was one of last century's greatest wordsmiths. Instead, the current film, Capote, focuses on the lesser things the man was known for- his showmanship, sensationalism, and homosexuality- although in that last category what is shown is tame and watered down. Now, I'm not saying that a full fledged swordfight between Philip ... Read More
Rating:  - Great movie
In an age of movies that are loud, brash, violent and special FX laden I was so impressed to see a movie where I wanted to sit right up close to the TV to catch every word. They don't make any good thought provoking movies anymore but seeing this movie renewed my faith that there are still some good people out there making fine films like this. To all the folks who were involved in the making of this film I say a big thank you. I haven't been lost in a movie in a long time till this came along.
Rating: - Intriguing and Difficult Character Study
Capote is one of the more thought provoking movies I've seen this year, in which viewers are given a long, almost agonizing look into the heart, soul and angst of author/celebrity Truman Capote.
Philip Seymour-Hoffman is fabulous in his portrayal of Truman Capote who sets out to investigate the murder of a family in small town Kansas. Capote's original magazine article grows into a book as the writer is drawn into the horror of the murder and the shaping events in the brutal killers' pasts. ... Read More
Rating: - Capote
I really did like this movie. I knew the story of "In Cold Blood" and learning how Truman Capote came to write it, was a story within a story and was very interesting.
Rating:  - A bad move.
I do not understand why this move received a lot of good reviews? I watched first "Infamous' move about T. Capote. It is much greater move than this. It balances out hrrible crime and Truman's life style and personality. I so much like "Infamous" that it became my favorite move which I can watch over and over again. The main character in that move is a really great actor. His play moved me comparing with "Capote' main character, actor really plays poorly . His artificial play was felt throughout the move. ... Read More
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