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Infamous - Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Douglas McGrath

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There's more to the story than you know.

What was it about this tiny man that made him big enough for two movies? Given the riveting contradictions in Truman Capote's character, the rich range of people who made up his circle, and the comic and dramatic turns that marked the period, the real wonder is that there were only two scripts.

The gradual but ultimate shift from light to dark, from comic to tragic, match the shape of Capote's life: his early years were marked by his insouciant wit and effervescence, his outrageous self-assertion, and the beguiling, almost sunny pleasure he took in conquering the world. These were succeeded by the later years of bitterness, a failure to produce the work he promised, a break with friends, reckless and ill-chosen love affairs, and a debilitating taste for drink and pills that only hastened his decline. It is that shift, from the triumphant to the tragic, that Infamous chronicles.

Infamous follows the dangerous quest for artistic greatness chosen by Truman Capote (Toby Jones), accompanied by lifelong friend and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Nelle Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock), as he travels to Kansas to investigate the brutal murder of the Clutter family. Throughout this six year journey, the eccentric, hilarious and cunning Truman Capote is definitively revealed: to satisfy his insatiable ambition, Truman consorted with his “Swans,” the glamorous ladies who ruled the upper strata of New York society, just as easily as he regaled wide-eyed Kansans with tales of Bogart and Brando.

Infamous is a compelling study of the complex and tortured relationship that resulted between Truman Capote and convicted murderer Perry Smith (Daniel Craig), a bond formed in a prison cell that brought the destruction of Capote's career, as well as his soul.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film biography drama Truman Capote author New York society Harper Lee Kansas Clutter Perry Smith

Persons of interest

Toby Jones .... Truman Capote
Sandra Bullock .... Harper Lee
Daniel Craig .... Perry Smith
Lee Pace .... Dick Hickock
Peter Bogdanovich .... Bennett Cerf
Jeff Daniels .... Alvin Dewey
Hope Davis .... Slim Keith
Gwyneth Paltrow .... Peggy Lee
Isabella Rossellini .... Marella Agnelli
Juliet Stevenson .... Diana Vreeland
Sigourney Weaver .... Babe Paley
Joey Basham .... Paul Dewey
Brett Brock .... Tex
Zachary Burnett .... Young Truman Capote
Austin Chittim .... Kenyon Clutter
Brady Coleman .... Charles McAtee
Frank G Curcio .... William Shawn
Morgan Farris .... Nancy Clutter
Bethlyn Gerard .... Marie Dewey
Brady Hender .... Young Perry Smith
John Benjamin Hickey .... Jack Dunphy
Richard Jones .... Andy Erhart
Brent McCoy .... Herb Clutter
Michael Panes .... Gore Vidal
Lee Ritchey .... William "Bill" Paley
Brian Shoop .... Everett Ogburn
Leticia Trejo .... Flo Smith
Katherine Willis .... Lacy
George Plimpton .... Author: Truman Capote: In which various friends, enemies, acquaintances and detractors recall his turbulent career
Douglas McGrath .... Screenwriter
Douglas McGrath .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Infamous official movie site
Infamous film production notes
Infamous QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Adelaide Film Festival 2007: Regional
Venice Film Festival 2006: Orrizonti: Opening Night Film

See also Capote
Studios and distributors:

Icon Film Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

This version is so much better than the other one. This one is more visceral: there is sex, lying, intrigue, betrayal, egotism, viciousness, pathos, gossip and heartache. Capote puts blood on the screen but Infamous makes the screen bleed. You'll like this version even if you've already seen the other.

The biography, drama, Truman Capote movie Infamous is directed by Douglas McGrath and stars Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig.