Capote (film)

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.