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  Saturday  June 17  2006    10: 05 PM

movie recommendation



Capote

From amazon:


In November, 1959, the shocking murder of a smalltown Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany's. With his childhood friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), writer of the soon-to-be published To Kill a Mockingbird, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals despite his flamboyant appearance and style. When he forms a bond with the killers and their execution date nears, the writing of "In Cold Blood," a book that will change the course of American literature, takes a drastic toll on Capote, changing him in ways he never imagined.

Hoffman is amazing. It's much more than the imitation of the eccentric Truman Capote. Great acting. And a great story well told. Made me go down to my local library for the first time in years to check out In Cold Blood, which I had never read.I should proably read To Kill A Mockingbird, too.