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Truman Capote is a celebrated author and a favorite of New York society, where he trades gossip with wealthy women such as Slim Keith and Babe Paley. He has been gathering their talk for a book called Answered Prayers. That plan stalls when he comes across a newspaper report of a family killed on a Kansas farm, and he wonders how a town reacts to a crime in its midst. Nelle Harper Lee, his friend, accompanies him to Holcomb in search of material for a magazine piece, and he soon sees the makings of a longer book. His manner both amuses and unsettles the residents. The detective leading the case, Alvin Dewey, is put off by his dress and manner and will not cooperate. Capote courts the town with stories about celebrities he knows.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Infamous (2006)
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- Daniel Craig was a very late addition to the cast: the actors previously lined up for Perry Smith, Mark Wahlberg and Mark Ruffalo, both fell through due to scheduling conflicts.
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McGrath said the intimate encounters in the jail cell were invented for the film, but Smith kissing Capote on the cheek before going up to the gallows really did happen. Capote relayed it himself, and the detail was also recorded in the diary of Sandy Campbell.- Gwyneth Paltrow's performance of "What Is This Thing Called Love" as the fictional singer Kitty Dean was originally intended to be Peggy Lee, and the idea of an audience held spellbound by a performer falling silent in the middle of a song was based on a real nightclub performance by Barbara Cook.
- For the role of Truman Capote, both McGrath's agent, Sam Cohn, and his casting director, Ellen Lewis, suggested Toby Jones on the very first day they got the script. McGrath auditioned many actors before realizing Jones was right, for his physical resemblance and for how immersed he was in the role.
