A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
Acting
Hoffman dissolves into Capote like he was always meant to be there.
Cinematography
Kansas emptiness that mirrors the hollow in Truman's chest.
Writing
Every line Truman speaks is performance, including the 'real' ones.
Director
Bennett Miller
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Truman Capote
Catherine Keener
Harper Lee
Clifton Collins Jr.
Perry Smith
Bruce Greenwood
Jack Dunphy
Bob Balaban
William Shawn
Mark Pellegrino
Dick Hickock
Marshall Bell
Warden Marshall Krutch
Amy Ryan
Marie Dewey
Bess Meyer
Linda Murchak
Chris Cooper
Alvin Dewey
Kate Shindle
Rose
David Wilson Barnes
Grayson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Harper Lee declined to be portrayed on screen; Catherine Keener based her performance entirely on interviews and Lee's own writing.
Hoffman famously stayed in character between takes, which reportedly unnerved the crew—method acting as its own kind of exploitation, much like Capote's.
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