Title | : | Infamous |
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Release | : | 2006 |
Rating | : | 7.1 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 110 |
Genre | : | Biography,Crime,Drama |
On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a the Clutter family. There's no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote's implacable, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?—
Douglas McGrath, George Plimpton