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Famed writer , southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded murders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle , also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesnt work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Trumans fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Truman knows that he has to take it to its natural conclusion, something which he cannot force. But also missing are the details of the November 14, 1959 event itself, something that neither Dick or Perry have divulged even in testimony.
Reading of the murder of a Kansas family, New York City novelist decides to cover the story himself, and travels to the small town with his childhood friend, aspiring novelist . When Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are arrested and charged, Capote forms an emotional bond with Smith during his jailhouse interviews despite the young criminals apparent guilt.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Truman Capote
Clifton Collins Jr.
Perry Smith
Catherine Keener
Nelle Harper Lee
Allie Mickelson
Laura Kinney
Kelci Stephenson
Nancy Clutter
Craig Archibald
Christopher
Bronwen Coleman
Barbara
Kate Shindle
Rose
David Wilson Barnes
Grayson
Michael J. Burg
Williams
Kwesi Ameyaw
Porter
Andrew Farago
Car Rental Agent
Ken Krotowich
Courthouse Guard
Chris Cooper
Alvin Dewey
R.D. Reid
Roy Church
Rob McLaughlin
Harold Nye
Harry Nelken
Sheriff Walter Sanderson
Jon Ted Wynne
Journalist
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