Famed writer Truman Capote, southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded murders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article.
So he and his personal assistant Nelle Harper Lee, also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary.
When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself.
Article or non-fiction novel, Truman knows that he has to take it to its natural conclusion, something which he cannot force. But also missing are the details of the November 14, 1959 event itself, something that neither Dick or Perry have divulged even in testimony.
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Capote
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Hot Cha Cha
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My Little Suede Shoes
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Cherry
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Sugar (That Sugar Baby o' Mine)
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Rojo
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Paula's Nightmare
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My Man Is Gone
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Butcher Boy
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Easy to Remember
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Sugar (That Sugar Baby o' Mine)
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Paula's Nightmare
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Out There
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"The village of Holcomb..." - Truman Capote
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"The two young men had little in common..." - Truman Capote
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Spoon Feeding
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"This is it, this is it, this has to be it..." - Truman Capote
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"Holcolmb is twelve miles east of the mountain time zone border..." - Truman Capote
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N.Y. Reading
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"Eight non-stop passenger trains hurry through Holcomb every twenty-four hours..." - Truman Capote
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If One Bird
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"It was midday deep in the Mojave Desert..." - Truman Capote
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"It was late afternoon..." - Truman Capote
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"Perry noticed them first - hitchhikers, a boy and an old man..." - Truman Capote
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"At five that afternoon... the long ride came to an end." - Truman Capote
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Not Much Time Left
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"Dewey had watched them die..." - Truman Capote
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I Thought He Was a Very Nice Gentleman
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Epigraph
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Answered Prayers
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Being Julia Suite (From "Being Julia")
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Life of Pi Suite (From "Life of Pi")
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Shattered Glass Suite (From "Shattered Glass")
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Little Miss Sunshine Suite (From "Little Miss Sunshine")
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Capote Suite (from "Capote")
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Hearts in Atlantis Suite (From "Hearts in Atlantis")
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Moneyball Suite (From "Moneyball")
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Monsoon Wedding (Suite) (From "Monsoon Wedding")
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Where the Truth Lies Suite (From "Where the Truth Lies")
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The Ice Storm Suite (From "The Ice Storm") (Live)
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Vanity Fair Suite (From "Vanity Fair")
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Being Julia
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Capote
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Little Miss Sunshine
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Shattered Glass
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Vanity Fair
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Where the Truth Lies
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The Ice Storm
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