Both compelling and darkly disturbing, Capote is the incredible story behind In Cold Blood, one of the greatest works of American non-fiction of the 20th century. While researching the death of a Kansas Family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers

Bennett Miller''s ''Capote is a finely crafted biopic that recounts a historic chapter in American history and, in the process, captures the unravelling of a truly gifted mind. Starring an extraordinary Philip Seymour Hoffman as the legendary Truman Capote, the film concentrates on the seven-year period during which Capote wrote his groundbreaking non-fiction novel, ''In Cold Blood''.

One morning in 1959, Capote learned of a horrific family killing in Holcomb, Kansas. With the intention of writing an article for the New Yorker, he travelled to the Midwest with his good friend Nell Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), who was about to publish her own masterwork, ''To Kill A Mockingbird''. Somehow, the soft-spoken, eccentric writer managed to earn the trust of local authorities most notably, reserved K.B.I. agent Alvin Dewey (Chris Cooper). But when the two killers were caught and returned to Kansas to await trial, Capote began to form an intense emotional bond with one of them, Perry Smith (Clifton Collins, Jr.). The pressure of this connection threatened to push an already fragile Capote into the darkest recesses of himself. His only hope was to finish the book that he was convinced would shock the nation and change the course of writing forever.

Special Features
Commentaries with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Director Bennett Miller and Cineamatographer Adam Kimmel
Documentary about Truman Capote
"Making Capote" Featurettes Parts 1&2