Film· 2005· Drama

Capote

by Bennett Miller

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  • Clutter family murders

The film follows Truman Capote reporting on the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Kansas for what became In Cold Blood.

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Capote

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row. The film was based on Gerald Clarke's 1988 biography Capote. It was released by Sony Pictures Classics on September 30, 2005, coinciding with what would have been Capote's 81st birthday.

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