---
title: 'Capote (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bennett Miller'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/capote-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Capote (2005)

2005 · 110 min · Drama, Crime, History · United States, Canada


## Synopsis

Capote is a 2005 biographical drama film about American novelist Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller, written by Dan Futterman and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role. The film primarily follows the events during the writing of Capote's 1965 nonfiction book In Cold Blood. The film was based on Gerald Clarke's 1988 biography Capote. It was released by Sony Pictures Classics on September 30, 2005, coinciding with what would have been Capote's 81st birthday.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bennett Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/bennett-miller)
- **Screenplay:** [Dan Futterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-futterman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mychael Danna](https://cinepixo.com/people/mychael-danna)
- **Producer:** [Michael Ohoven](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ohoven), [William Vince](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-vince)
- **Editor:** [Christopher Tellefsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-tellefsen)

## Cast

- [Araby Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/araby-lockhart) as Dorothy Sanderson
- [Catherine Keener](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-keener) as Nelle Harper Lee
- [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban) as William Shawn
- [C. Ernst Harth](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-ernst-harth) as Lowell Lee Andrews
- [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-seymour-hoffman) as Truman Capote
- [Katherine Shindle](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-shindle) as Rose
- [Amy Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-ryan) as Marie Dewey
- [Clifton Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-collins) as Perry Smith
- [Chris Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cooper) as Alvin Dewey
- [Mark Pellegrino](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-pellegrino) as Richard "Dick" Hickock
- [Marshall Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-bell) as Warden Marshall Krutch
- [Bruce Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-greenwood) as Jack Dunphy
- [R. D. Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-d-reid) as Roy Church

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Official site: http://www.sonyclassics.com/capote/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/capote-2005
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