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Capote
2005
Director
Bennett Miller
Year
2005
Style
Content Rating
R
Stars
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Allie Mickelson, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.
Languages
🇬🇧 English
Origin Countries
🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇦 Canada
Synopsis
In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.
Major Awards
Overall
1 win — 6 nominations
Wins (1)
Best Actor
Academy Awards, USA (2006)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominations (6)
Best Picture
BAFTA Awards (2006)
Best Film
Critics Choice Awards (2006)
Best Picture
Best Director
Academy Awards, USA (2006)
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Screenplay
BAFTA Awards (2006)
Best Screenplay - Adapted
Writers Guild of America, USA (2006)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Critics' Awards
Cahiers du Cinéma (2006)
Best Film