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.