Austin Movie Show review (greatness, in every way)

Rating: 10/10 (30 October 2005)

As you watch Capote you know you're watching greatness, in every way. You know these filmmakers and actors are going to be talked about for years to come. Philip Seymour Hoffman, a tall, large, deep-voiced, supporting actor does a complete 180  he truly becomes Truman Capote, a short, stocky, high-pitched, and leading man. Capote tells the story of how legendary author Truman Capote researched and wrote his most successful book, In Cold Blood, in the early 1960s. Hoffman is fearless as he throws himself completely into the most complex, controversial, and mysterious roll of his career. The real-life Truman Capote became so traumatized and scarred while writing In Cold Blood that he never finished another book for the rest of his life. It was the end of his career. Hoffman, on the other hand, is on the verge of an entirely new career  as a leading Hollywood star.