In 1959, Truman capote, a popular writer for The New Yorker, learns about a horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas.

Inspired by the story material, Capote and his friend and confidant, Harper Lee, travel to the town to research for an article. As Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, In Cold Blood. To that end, he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, particularly Perry Smith, a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history.

As he works on his book, Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners. However, that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. Conflict and mixed motives make for a troubling experience that, in the end, produces a literary account that redefined the modern non-fiction.

Writers: Dan Futterman (screenplay), Gerald Clarke (book)

Director: Bennett Miller

Producers: William Vince, Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven

Executive Producers: Dan Futterman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Kerry Rock, Danny Rossett

Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Clifton Collins Jr

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics/United Artists, MGM