The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes

2021/09/10 • Released • English

Documentary
6.4
1h 38m

Overview

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.

Director : Ebs Burnough

Casts
Truman Capote

Truman Capote

Self (archive footage)

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Kate Harrington

Self

Dotson Rader

Self

Lauren Bacall

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

Norman Mailer

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín

Self

Marella Angelli

Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Jack Dunphy

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Sadie Stein

Self

George Axelrod

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

André Leon Talley

Self

Loel Guinness

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Lewis Lapham

Self

William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Donald Brooks

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Leonora Hornblow

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Self

Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Self (archive footage)

Bob Colacello

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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