Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Truman Capote), Catherine Keener (Nelle Harper Lee), Clifton Collins Jr. (Perry Edward Smith), Chris Cooper (Alvin Dewey)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Capote page.
I didn't know much about Capote's life or the way he wrote his books before seeing Capote and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the movie. After seeing Good Night, and Good Luck. and not being as impressed with it as I thought I would be, my expectations were lower for this Oscar-nominated film. However, I think Capote fully deserved every nomination and award it received.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman did an amazing job as Truman Capote and Catherine Keener as Nelle Harper Lee was also wonderful. The entire cast was great, the sets were well done, the soundtrack was good... I definitely recommend this movie! Everyone I know who said to see it was totally correct, though they agreed that I could wait to rent it, since there was nothing that would be missed on a 36" screen, which was not true of films like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and others out around that time.
Surprisingly, as much as we studied To Kill a Mockingbird in school, it took the film Capote to tell me that it was written by a woman using only her middle and last name to publish rather than including her first name (Nelle). It was neat to learn this little tidbit I wasn't expecting to find in a film about Truman Capote. I didn't realize they were friends, though I guess it makes sense for great authors to be friends with one another.
Rent Capote if you didn't get a chance to see it in the theater.
Grade: A-
Labels: 2005, crime, drama, movie, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:30 PM show | 0 screams