The Capote Tapes (2021)
Newly discovered interviews with friends of Truman Capote made by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton invigorate this fascinating documentary on the author (and socialite) behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, while situating Capote in the 20th-century American literary canon.
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Truman Capote
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Kate Harrington
as Self
as Self
Dotson Rader
as Self
as Self
Lauren Bacall
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sally Quinn
as Self
as Self
John Richardson
as Self, art historian
as Self, art historian
Jay McInerney
as Self
as Self
Phoebe Pierce
as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Barbara Lawrence
as Self, journalist, The New Yorker (voice) (archive footage)
as Self, journalist, The New Yorker (voice) (archive footage)
Babs Simpson
as Self, fashion writer, Vogue (voice) (archive footage)
as Self, fashion writer, Vogue (voice) (archive footage)
Norman Mailer
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Colm Tóibín
as Self
as Self
Marella Angelli
as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Jack Dunphy
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sadie Stein
as Self
as Self
George Axelrod
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Louise Melhado Grunwald
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Gavin Lambert
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Slim Keith
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
C.Z. Guest
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Lee Radziwill
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Babe Paley
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
André Leon Talley
as Self
as Self
Loel Guinness
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Lewis Lapham
as Self
as Self
William F. Buckley Jr.
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Donald Brooks
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Leonora Hornblow
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Candice Bergen
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
as Self
as Self
Mick Jagger
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Colacello
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Piedy Lumet
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Kate Paley
as Self, Babe Paley's daughter (voice) (archive footage)
as Self, Babe Paley's daughter (voice) (archive footage)
Judy Green
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Ebs Burnough
Director
Director
Holly Whiston
Producer
Producer
Allen Charlton
Editor
Editor
Ebs Burnough
Producer
Producer
Pierre Lagrange
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Antonio Rossi
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Lex Lutzus
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Lawrence Elman
Producer
Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
David Charap
Editor
Editor
Holly Whiston
Screenplay
Screenplay
Michael Jones
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
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