Capote is an Academy Award-nominated 2005 biographical film that follows Truman Capote (portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker in a small Kansas town where he investigates the gruesome murders of a local family. The film follows the events in Capote's life during the writing of his non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the summer of 2004.

Plot

The movie opens with Capote a New York celebrity for his previous works. While reading the papers, he comes across a story of the murder of an entire family in Kansas and calls his editor to suggest he wants to write about it.

Cast

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote
• Catherine Keener - Harper Lee
• Clifton Collins Jr. - Perry Smith
• Chris Cooper - Alvin Dewey

Awards

• Philip Seymour Hoffman won the 2006 Golden Globe and Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also won the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
• Capote has been nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Bennett Miller), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Catherine Keener), and best screenplay (Dan Futterman). The 78th Academy Awards will be handed out on March 5.

Critics' awards

Broadcast Film Critics Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Best Screenplay - Dan Futterman
• Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Most Promising Filmmaker - Bennett Miller
• Bennett Miller on making the film, etc.

Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Best Screenplay - Dan Futterman
• Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener

National Board of Review

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

• Best First Film - Bennett Miller
• Bennett Miller on making the film, etc.

Online Film Critics Society Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

• Best First Feature - Bennett Miller
• Best Performance, Male - Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Best Supporting Performance, Female - Catherine Keener

DVD release date

March 14, 2006