Capote
Title:
Capote
Author:
Miller, Bennett director.
Uniform Title:
Capote (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
Culver City, Calif. : [Sony Pictures Home Entertainment], [2006]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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 Holcomb, 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 convicted killers, 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.
General Note:
Based on the book by Gerald Clarke.
Special features: two audio commentary soundtracks, one with Philip Seymour Hoffman and director Bennett Miller and one with director Bennett Miller and cinematographer Adam Kimmel; two making-of featurettes; Answered prayers, a documentary on Truman Capote.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for some violent images and brief strong language.
ISBN:
9781404998100
UPC:
043396126480
043396126510
883904274070
Format :
DVD
