Not a Capote bio, but focuses on his research into his famous book 'In Cold Blood.'

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2006)

DVD from my public library, excellent picture and sound, with few extras, but of interest is some actual footage of Truman Capote.
This movie spans late 1959 through 1965. Capote already was a successful writer, but the results of his exploration into the small town Kansas murder of the family of 4 catapulted him to international recognition and riches.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is superb as Truman Capote, winning the Oscar for Best Actor. His friend and assistant was Catherine Keener as author Nelle Harper Lee (to Kill a Mockingbird). Chris Cooper is local law enforcement man Alvin Dewey. And Bruce Greenwood gives a low-key performance as Jack Dunphy, Capote's long-time companion.
In a real sense, the events and resulting book that gave Capote fame, also took his life away. As the 1960s grew on, and the two convicted killers' executions (by hanging) were delayed by appeals, Capote grew frustrated that he could not complete his book. Even though he had befriended the two men, in the last stages he was impatient for them to die, to write his final chapter. It was perhaps the guilt of those feelings which pushed Capote to the drug and alcohol abuse that killed him at age 59.
Superbly made and acted movie.