Bibliograph

Capote, United Artists ; A-Line Pictures ; Cooper's Town Productions ; Eagle Vision, Inc. co-production with Infinity Media ; produced by Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince ; screenplay by Dan Futterman ; directed by Bennett Miller

Type

Label

Capote, United Artists ; A-Line Pictures ; Cooper's Town Productions ; Eagle Vision, Inc. co-production with Infinity Media ; produced by Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince ; screenplay by Dan Futterman ; directed by Bennett Miller

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for some violent images and brief strong language

Main title

Capote

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

62709417

Responsibility statement

United Artists ; A-Line Pictures ; Cooper's Town Productions ; Eagle Vision, Inc. co-production with Infinity Media ; produced by Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince ; screenplay by Dan Futterman ; directed by Bennett Miller

Runtime

114

Summary

In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith. However, his feelings of compassion for Perry conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification