While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
Acting
Toby Jones's Capote: smaller, nastier, more fun.
Direction
McGrath leans into the gossip-column energy.
Writing
The prison scenes crackle with dangerous flirtation.
Director
Douglas McGrath
Toby Jones
Truman Capote
Sandra Bullock
Nelle Harper Lee
Daniel Craig
Perry Smith
Peter Bogdanovich
Bennett Cerf
Jeff Daniels
Alvin Dewey
Hope Davis
Slim Keith
Gwyneth Paltrow
Kitty Dean
Isabella Rossellini
Marella Agnelli
Juliet Stevenson
Diana Vreeland
Sigourney Weaver
Babe Paley
John Benjamin Hickey
Jack Dunphy
Lee Pace
Dick Hickock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released one year after Capote (2005), this became the 'other' Capote film — unfairly overshadowed despite Jones's superior physical match.
Daniel Craig took the role of Perry Smith immediately after Layer Cake, deliberately choosing a part where he barely speaks.
US
