Infamous (film)
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| Directed by | Douglas McGrath |
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Christine Vachon Jocelyn Hayes |
| Screenplay by | Douglas McGrath |
| Based on |
Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career by George Plimpton |
| Starring |
Toby Jones Sandra Bullock Daniel Craig Peter Bogdanovich Jeff Daniels Hope Davis Gwyneth Paltrow Isabella Rossellini Juliet Stevenson Sigourney Weaver Lee Pace |
| Music by | Rachel Portman |
| Cinematography | Bruno Delbonnel |
| Edited by | Camilla Toniolo |
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Arclight Films
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| Distributed by | Warner Independent Pictures |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $2,613,717 |
Infamous is a 2006 American drama film based on the 1997 book by George Plimpton Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. It covers the period from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, during which Truman Capote researched and wrote his bestseller In Cold Blood.
Capote is played by Toby Jones. Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Lee Pace, and Jeff Daniels also have featured roles, with a supporting cast that includes Sigourney Weaver and Hope Davis and a song performance by Gwyneth Paltrow.
According to writer/director Douglas McGrath in his DVD commentary, many of the scenes in Infamous occurred only in McGrath's imagination, most notably a dramatic sexual encounter between Capote and inmate Perry Smith (played by Craig).
Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices, Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany's, reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16, 1959.
Curious as to how the residents would react to a brutal massacre in their midst, the author and his friend, Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock), travel from New York to the rural Midwestern town, ostensibly so Capote can interview people for a magazine article. Once there, he realizes there might be enough material for what he eventually describes as a nonfiction novel.
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