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Capote (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 180 Fresh: 163  Rotten:17 Average Rating: 8.2/10
 
Consensus: Philip Seymour Hoffman's riveting central performance guides a well-constructed retelling of the most sensational and significant period in author Truman Capote's life.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Theatrical Release: Sep 30, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $28,337,516

Synopsis: In November, 1959, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and a favorite figure in what is soon to be known as the Jet Set, reads an article on a back page of the New York Times. It tells of the murders of four members of a well-known farm family—the... In November, 1959, Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and a favorite figure in what is soon to be known as the Jet Set, reads an article on a back page of the New York Times. It tells of the murders of four members of a well-known farm family—the Clutters—in Holcomb, Kansas. Similar stories appear in newspapers almost every day, but something about this one catches Capote's eye. It presents an opportunity, he believes, to test his long-held theory that, in the hands of the right writer, non-fiction can be compelling as fiction. What impact have the murders had on that tiny town on the wind-swept plains? With that as his subject—for his purpose, it does not matter if the murderers are never caught—he convinces The New Yorker magazine to give him an assignment and he sets out for Kansas. Accompanying him is a friend from his Alabama childhood: Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), who within a few months will win a Pulitzer Prize and achieve fame of her own as the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. Though his childlike voice, fey mannerisms and unconventional clothes arouse initial hostility in a part of the country that still thinks of itself as part of the Old West, Capote quickly wins the trust of the locals, most notably Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper), the Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who is leading the hunt for the killers. Caught in Las Vegas, the killers—Perry Smith (Clifton Collins Jr.) and Dick Hickock (Mark Pellegrino)—are returned to Kansas, where they are tried, convicted and sentenced to die. Capote visits them in jail. As he gets to know them, he realizes that what he had thought would be a magazine article has grown into a book, a book that could rank with the greatest in modern literature. His subject is now as profound as any an American writer has ever tackled. It is nothing less than the collision of two Americas: the safe, protected country the Clutters knew and the rootless, amoral country inhabited by their killers. Hidden behind Capote's often frivolous façade is a writer of towering ambition. But even he wonders if he can write the book—the great book—he believes destiny has handed him. "Sometimes, when I think how good it could be," he writes a friend, "I can hardly breathe." -- © Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Chris Cooper, Bob Balaban

Director: Bennett Miller
Producer: Michael Ohoven, William Vince, Caroline Baron, Dana Kimmell

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 21, 2006

[DVD Details]
  • DVD Features
  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Audio:

    • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
    • (unspecified) - French
    • Subtitles - English - Close Captioned
    • Subtitles - French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Bahasa - Optional

    Additional Release Material:

    • Audio Commentary - 1. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Star; Bennett Miller - Director
    • 2. Bennett Miller - Director; Adam Kimmel - Cinematographer
    • Behind the Scenes - (2) Documentaries
    • Documentary

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    The Passion of Truman Capote.

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    05/17/08
    Thomas Peyser
    Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
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    2/5

    Hoffman tries, but mainly just gets the surface of Capote.

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    01/31/08
    Rob Gonsalves
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    08/16/07
    Dave Calhoun
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    07/14/07
    Joe Lozito
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    I am aware that virtually every critic in America if not on the planet has lauded Hoffman's portrayal of the author and that I am in the minority. Watching Hoffman I felt something primal was missing from his interpretation ... To my mind, Hoffman's work

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    12/30/06
    Kenneth Turan
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    12/30/06
    Ethan Alter
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    4/4

    ...the one award I'm sure it will win, Best Actor for Hoffman

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    12/13/06
    Michael A. Smith
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    09/28/06
    Sight and Sound
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    3.5/4

    a milestone in modern acting, and quite fascinating in any number of ways, particularly its depiction of the minutiae of the writer's life.

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    08/20/06
    Jay Antani
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    06/24/06
    Time Out
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    88/100

    all kinds of of ambitions -- noble and otherwise --converge; where self-doubt is less a necessary editor than an objection to be overcome.

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    04/17/06
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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    04/01/06
    Empire Magazine
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    Capote is a taut, elegant work of cinematic expression...a major work.

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    03/21/06
    Rick Curnutte
    TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
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    A quiet but hypnotic film that earns its nominations.

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    03/14/06
    Bruce Bennett
    Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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    4/5

    The performance you'll see in "Capote" is easily the best of the year. actually, the best of any year. It's one of those turns that'll be remembered for years to come, up with Welles in "Citizen Kane", Brando in "The Godfather", Nicholson in "

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    03/05/06
    Clint Morris
    Moviehole
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    4/5

    Estupendo retrato de una personalidad compleja y fascinante que vale por sí mismo, más allá de la formidable caracterización de Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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    03/03/06
    Enrique Buchichio
    Uruguay Total
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    Hoffman's conspicuously dapper turn as Capote shouldn't overshadow the murky, pervasively tense work of director Bennett Miller.

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    02/28/06
    Audrey Rock-Richardson
    Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
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    4/4

    Sometimes movie biographies (even when dealing with fascinating people) are dry and familiar. Capote, on the other hand, is full of life.

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    02/26/06
    Mike McGranaghan
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    4/5

    Seymour da la actuación de su carrera, reviviendo el intelectualismo, la homosexualidad y el estilo corrosivo de uno de los más grandes narradores de Estados Unidos.

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    02/26/06
    Luis Martinez
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