Capote (Blu-ray) R
In Cold Blood.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 9, 2012
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr. & Chris Cooper | |
Performer: | Bob Balaban, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan & Mark Pellegrino | |
Directed by | Bennett Miller | |
Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen | |
Screenplay by | Dan Futterman | |
Composition by | Mychael Danna | |
Produced by | Michael Ohoven, William Vince, Caroline Baron & Dana Kimmell | |
Director of Photography: | Adam Kimmel |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 2005 -
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Entertainment Reviews:
[I]t's a stark, complex and ultimately stunning examination of a man who exploited others for professional gain and the emotional price he paid.
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Rating: 2/5 --
The film burdensomely lugs around its single, grand thematic idea (namely how a writer is in lure to, but ultimately exploits, their real-life inspiration or subject matter).
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Patrick Nabarro
Hoffman's unmissable and unforgettable performance as Truman Capote should make him the frontrunner for every Best Actor prize in the book.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Hoffman doesn't just act like Truman Capote; he is Truman Capote.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Philip Seymour Hoffman is in complete control of his effects....The Oscar-worthy achievement is really the voice...
Sight and Sound
Ms. Keener's quiet austerity provides a counterbalance to Mr. Hoffman's brilliance.
Wall Street Journal
Capote is about the snake. Perfecting his scenes play like therapy sessions, with a homoerotic undercurrent, and they go to the core of journalism's dark art.
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Maclean's Magazine
Product Description:
Bennett Miller's CAPOTE is a finely crafted biopic that recounts a historic chapter in American history and, in the process, captures the unraveling of a truly gifted mind. Starring an extraordinary Philip Seymour Hoffman as the legendary Truman Capote, the film concentrates on the seven-year period during which Capote wrote his groundbreaking nonfiction novel, IN COLD BLOOD. One morning in 1959, Capote learned of a horrific family killing in Holcomb, Kansas. With the intention of writing an article for the New Yorker, he traveled to the Midwest with his good friend Nell Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), who was about to publish her own masterwork, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Somehow, the soft-spoken, eccentric writer managed to earn the trust of local authorities--most notably, reserved K.B.I. agent Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper). But when the two killers were caught and returned to Kansas to await trial, Capote began to form an intense emotional bond with one of them, Perry Smith (Clifton Collins, Jr.). The pressure of this connection threatened to push an already fragile Capote into the darkest recesses of himself. His only hope was to finish the book that he was convinced would shock the nation and change the course of writing forever.
Hoffman's tender portrayal of the writer is a remarkable achievement. He slips into the skin of Capote flawlessly, allowing viewers to experience Capote's inner turmoil for themselves. Keener and Cooper once again deliver compassionate performances. But it is Miller's overall vision, based on a script by Dan Futterman and beautifully realized by his technical collaborators (especially director of photography Adam Kimmel and production designer Jess Gonchor), that makes CAPOTE an Oscar-worthy production.
Hoffman's tender portrayal of the writer is a remarkable achievement. He slips into the skin of Capote flawlessly, allowing viewers to experience Capote's inner turmoil for themselves. Keener and Cooper once again deliver compassionate performances. But it is Miller's overall vision, based on a script by Dan Futterman and beautifully realized by his technical collaborators (especially director of photography Adam Kimmel and production designer Jess Gonchor), that makes CAPOTE an Oscar-worthy production.