Thursday, January 14, 2016

Capote (2005)


Academy Awards, USA 2006

Won
Oscar
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nominated
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Caroline Baron
William Vince
Michael Ohoven
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Catherine Keener
Best Achievement in Directing
Bennett Miller
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Dan Futterman

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Directed by Bennett Miller
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM/Sony)

Novelist Truman Capote decides to write his next book about the murder of a family in rural Kansas. He travels there with his childhood friend and fellow writer Harper Lee. They "research" his book by getting to know friends and acquaintances of the family, as well as the killers locked up in jail. Capote becomes intrigued by one of the men, finding much in common, and becomes personally involved with his case. It drags on for years, meanwhile Capote has all but finished the book, but crucially needs the details of the night of the murders. The film is cold and calculating, much like its characters, with jarring moments of violence. However, Hoffman gives a bravura performance.

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