The Capote Tapes
2021
1h 38min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
10 September 2021
Runtime
1h 38min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Hatch House Media Production, Mville Films
Cast
Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
George Plimpton
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Kate Harrington
Self
Dotson Rader
Self
Lauren Bacall
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sally Quinn
Self
John Richardson
Self, art historian
Jay McInerney
Self
Phoebe Pierce
Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Barbara Lawrence
Self, journalist, The New Yorker (voice) (archive footage)
Babs Simpson
Self, fashion writer, Vogue (voice) (archive footage)
Norman Mailer
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Colm Tóibín
Self
Marella Angelli
Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Jack Dunphy
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sadie Stein
Self
George Axelrod
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Louise Melhado Grunwald
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Gavin Lambert
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Slim Keith
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
C.Z. Guest
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Lee Radziwill
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Babe Paley
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
André Leon Talley
Self
Loel Guinness
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Lewis Lapham
Self
William F. Buckley Jr.
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Donald Brooks
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Leonora Hornblow
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Candice Bergen
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Bob Colacello
Self (archive footage)
Piedy Lumet
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
Kate Paley
Self, Babe Paley's daughter (voice) (archive footage)
Judy Green
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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