Capote
2005
****
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper
Philip Seymour Hoffman earned an Academy Award for his vivid portrayal of writer Truman Capote, who is inspired to write his famous non-fiction novel In Cold Blood about a brutal murder of four people in Kansas. He befriends the two killers and helps them to appeal their case, but also needs their death penalty to be carried out in order to finish his book. This captivating biographical drama manages to illustrate Capote's moral dilemma as he battles with his conscience. Infamous tells more or less the same story.
