Capote
A fascinated Truman Capote travels to Kansas to write about the brutal Clutter family murders, navigating a tense dance with the grieving community, a reluctant detective, and his own obsession with truth and notoriety.
“In New York City, he was the ultimate insider. But out here, he was on the outside, looking in.”
Synopsis
A biographical film focusing on the life of writer Truman Capote and his assignment from *The New Yorker* to write the non-fiction book *In Cold Blood*.
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A crew of 64+ credited
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Edited by Christopher TellefsenShot by Adam John KimmelScored by Mychael DannaDesigned by Jess Gonchor
Box Office
2005 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.0× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$49.3M
US & Canada: $28.8M — 58% of worldwide · International: $20.6M (42%)
Opening weekend: $325K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $492K — 2% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 12 theaters
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- Truman Capotefr
- Truman Capote - A sangue freddoit
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Cast & Crew
64 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Truman Capote
Clifton Collins Jr
as Perry Smith
Catherine Keener
as Harper Lee
Allie Mickelson
as Laura Kinney
Bruce Greenwood
as Jack Dunphy
Kelci Stephenson
as Nancy Clutter
Bob Balaban
as William Shawn
Craig Archibald
as Christopher
Mark Pellegrino
as Dick Hickock
Bronwen Coleman
as Barbara
Marshall Bell
as Warden Marshall Krutch
Kate Shindle
as Rose
Supporting cast
41Amy Ryan
as Marie Dewey
David Wilson Barnes
as Grayson
Bess Meyer
as Linda Murchak
Michael J Burg
as Williams
Chris Cooper
as Alvin Dewey
Kwesi Ameyaw
as Porter
Andrew Farago
as Car Rental Agent
C Ernst Harth
as Lowell Lee Andrews
Kjartan Hewitt
as Danny Burke
Nazariy Demkowicz
as Paul Dewey
Ken Krotowich
as Courthouse Guard
R D Reid
as Roy Church
Rob Mclaughlin
as Harold Nye (as Robert McLaughlin)
Harry Nelken
as Sheriff Walter Sanderson
Jon Ted Wynne
as Journalist
Christopher Read
as Journalist
Jonathan Barrett
as Journalist
Edward Sutton
as Old Man
John Warkentin
as Warren Hotel Desk Clerk
Avery Tiplady
as Alvin Dewey Jr.
John Destry
as Pete Holt
Araby Lockhart
as Dorothy Sanderson
John Maclaren
as Judge Roland Tate
Olie Alto
as Franklin Weeks
Adam Kimmel
as Richard Avedon
Jeremy Dangerfield
as Jury Foreman
David Rakoff
as Ben Baron
Robert Huculak
as NY Reporter
James Durham
as Young Prison Guard
Will Woytowich
as Cruiser
Wayne Nicklas
as Row Guard
Jason Love
as Row Guard
Norman Armour
as Literary Enthusiast
Manfred Maretzki
as Herb Clutter
Miriam Smith
as Bonnie Clutter
Philip Lockwood
as Kenyon Clutter
Marina Stephenson Kerr
as Operator (voice)
Jim Shepard
as Chaplain
Tiffany Lyndall Knight
as Gloria Guiness (uncredited)
Michelle Harrison
as Babe Paley (uncredited)
Hedwig Herzog
as Sophie Clutter (uncredited)
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