Capote

Capote

Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was based on Gerald Clarke's biography Capote. The movie was filmed mostly in Manitoba in the autumn of 2004. It was released September 30, 2005, to coincide with Truman Capote's 81st birthday. The film opens in Kansas with the discovery of the dead bodies of four of the members of the Clutter family by...
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quick facts
Release date:September 30, 2005
Directed by:Bennett Miller
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:114 Minutes
Producer:Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince
Editor:Christopher Tellefsen
Music by:Mychael Danna
Cinematography:Adam Kimmel
Screenplay by:Dan Futterman
Estimated budget:$7,000,000
Adapted from:Capote
Genre:Biography

Award-winners from Capote

Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener
Character:Nelle Harper Lee
Born:March 23, 1959
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Character:Truman Capote
Born:July 23, 1967

Cast of Capote

Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Jack Dunphy
Born:August 12, 1956
Age:55
Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban
William Shawn
Born:August 16, 1945
Age:66
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper
Alvin Dewey
Born:July 9, 1951
Age:60
Marshall Bell
Marshall Bell
Warden Marshall Krutch
Born:September 28, 1942
Age:69
Clifton Collins, Jr.
Clifton Collins, Jr.
Perry Smith
Born:June 16, 1970
Age:41
Mark Pellegrino
Mark Pellegrino
Dick Hickock
Born:April 9, 1965
Age:47

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
2005 Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Independent Spirit Producers Award, Caroline Baron
2005 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture
2006 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Austin Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Filmmaker, Bennett Miller
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2006 Leo Award for Best Feature Length Drama, Caroline Baron
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director, Bennett Miller
2005 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Artios for Best Casting for Feature Film Casting, Drama, Coreen Mayrs
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2006 Leo Award for Best Overall Sound in a Feature Length Drama, Bill Sheppard
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Film
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director, Bennett Miller
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature, Bennett Miller
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 USC Scripter Award, Gerald Clarke
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YearAward Nomination
2005 Academy Award for Best Director, Bennett Miller
2005 Academy Award for Best Picture, William Vince
2005 Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role, Catherine Keener
2005 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Catherine Keener
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Bennett Miller
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Film, Caroline Baron
2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture
2005 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama, Sony
2005 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, Bennett Miller
2005 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Satellite Award for Best Director, Bennett Miller
2006 Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Period Film, Kasia Walicka-Maimone
2005 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Drama, Chris Cooper
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, Adam Kimmel
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer, Dan Futterman
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2006 Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Caroline Baron
2006 Independent Spirit Producers Award, Caroline Baron
2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Catherine Keener
2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, Bob Balaban
2005 Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Dan Futterman
2007 London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2007 London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, Dan Futterman
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker, Bennett Miller
2006 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Film
2006 Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Leo Award for Best Overall Sound in a Feature Length Drama, Bill Sheppard
2006 Leo Award for Best Feature Length Drama, William Vince
2005 Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director, Bennett Miller
2006 PGA Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, William Vince
2005 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2006 Golden Berlin Bear, Bennett Miller
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Filmmaker, Bennett Miller
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film - Wide Release
2005 Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Austin Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 American Latino Media Arts Award for Best Actor in Film, Clifton Collins, Jr.
2006 Artios for Best Casting for Feature Film Casting, Drama, Heike Brandstatter
2006 Bodil Award for Best American Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Golden Trailer Award for Best Independent Trailer
2006 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Drama, Chris Cooper
2006 Satellite Award for Best Overall DVD
2007 Robert Award for Best American Film, Bennett Miller
2006 Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Director, Bennett Miller
2005 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature, Bennett Miller
2006 USC Scripter Award, Gerald Clarke
2005 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, Catherine Keener
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
2006 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Dan Futterman
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Film director of Capote

Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller
Born: December 30, 1966
Age: 45

Bennett Miller is an American film director. Miller is the director of the feature Moneyball . He also directed the documentary film The Cruise and Capote , a film for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director as well. He has also directed television commercials and music videos,...
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Foxcatcher 2013
Moneyball 2011 PG-13 (USA) Biography
Capote 2005 R (USA) Biography
The Cruise 1998 PG-13 (USA)
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Filming locations for Capote

Austin
Austin

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the...
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Canada
Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9.9 million square...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    When did the motion picture "Capote" premier?
  • A:
    The movie was released in September, 2005.
  • Q:
    Which locations were highlighted in the film Capote?
  • A:
    The motion picture's featured locations include Austin.
  • Q:
    Who composed the music for the movie Capote?
  • A:
    Mychael Danna composed the music for the film's soundtrack.

Awards & Accolades

Lists

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Year: 2005
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