DVD
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- Audio commentary from actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and director Bennett Miller
- 'Making Of' featurette
- 'Truman Capote' featurette
Nominated for 5 Oscars and winner of the Best Actor gong (Philip Seymour Hoffman), this is the much-celebrated drama recounting the events surrounding Capote's most famous literary work, 'In Cold Blood'.
In 1959, Truman Capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story material, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to 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'. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for the book, which only an execution can provide. The conflict and mixed motives, for both interviewer and subject, make for a troubling experience that would produce a literary account that redefined modern non-fiction....

Average rating (3 reviews)
A clever, fascinating portrait of a (vile) genius
howiet | 17/11/2008 | See all howiet's reviews (20) »
What a clever film. This isn't a biography of the man, but an examination of a period of his life when he wrote 'In Cold Blood'. His behaviour during this period of his life says all you need to know about him, you don't need to know the rest. He may be a brilliant writer, but he appears to also have been a vile little man, who selfishly uses people to inspire his work and gets upset when he is unable to control the outcome in his own time. The performances are excellent, and Hoffman deserved his Oscar. It's a fascinating film, and Capote is a fascinating (though unpleasant) man.
quite a story and what a performance
albertIIjr | 06/06/2008 | See all albertIIjr's reviews (93) »
this really is a mindblowing story, based on reality. the one story that made truman capote 'a big shot' writer and at the same time 'killed' his further creativity. a victim of his own narcissism, it almost made him mad.
apart from the story, the performance of philip seymour hoffman is outstanding and the oscar the only correct reward.
EMOTIONAL & MIND BLOWING
oldy666 | 06/03/2008 | See all oldy666's reviews (1) »
this is some of the best acting i have seen all year and hoffman is without doubt one of the best in the business at the mo. this film makes you want to read in col blood. so much emotion in this film.
ALL HAIL KING HOFF!
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Bob Balaban, Amy Ryan, Dan Futterman, Mark Pellegrino & Michael J. Burg | |
15 years and over | |
2005 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
English ; Hindi | |
1 hour and 54 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |



















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