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Capote / United Artists and Sony Pictures Classics present an A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town Productions/Infinity Media production ; produced by Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince ; screenplay by Dan Futterman ; directed by Bennett Miller.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD PS3505.A59 Z62 2006
Available
LIBRA DVD 012 052
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Indonesian
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Clarke, Gerald, 1937---Film adaptations.
- Clarke, Gerald.
- Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
- Capote, Truman.
- Clarke, Gerald, 1937-.
- Authors, American--20th century--Drama.
- Authors, American.
- Smith, Perry Edward, 1928-1965.
- Smith, Perry Edward.
- Murderers--Interviews--Drama.
- Murderers.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Crime films.
- Film adaptations.
- Interviews.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Anamorphic widescreen presentation.
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with aptional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Bahasa subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Bruce Greenwood, Bob Balaban, Mark Pellegrino, Chris Cooper.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Adam Kimmel ; editor, Christopher Tellefsen ; music, Mychael Danna.
- Notes:
- Based on the book by Gerald Clarke.
- Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
- Originally released in 2005.
- Special features: 2 behind the scenes documentaries; "Answered prayers" - a documentary on Truman Capote; Philip Seymour Hoffman and director Bennett Miller commentary; director Bennett Miller and cinematographer Adam Kimmel commentary.
- Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Golden Globe - Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
- ISBN:
- 1404998101
- OCLC:
- 62709417
- Publisher Number:
- 043396126480
- 12648 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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