Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Acting
Piper Laurie's ethereal Dolly steals every frame
Production
Treehouse set built for $400K, worth every penny
Writing
Capote's dialogue sings even when plot meanders
Director
Charles Matthau
Piper Laurie
Dolly Talbo
Sissy Spacek
Verena Talbo
Walter Matthau
Judge Charlie Cool
Edward Furlong
Collin Fenwick
Nell Carter
Catherine Creek
Jack Lemmon
Dr. Morris Ritz
Mary Steenburgen
Sister Ida
Sean Patrick Flanery
Riley Henderson
Joe Don Baker
Sheriff Junius Candle
Charles Durning
Reverend Buster
Roddy McDowall
Amos Legrand
Mia Kirshner
Maude Riordan
Scott Wilson
Eugene Fenwick
Bonnie Bartlett
Mrs. Buster
Doris Roberts
Mrs. Richards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Matthau cast his father Walter against type as the dying judge, making their scenes together quietly autobiographical.
Capote called this his favorite of his own works—more autobiographical than Breakfast at Tiffany's, less sensational than In Cold Blood.
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