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The Capote Tapes

64 %|Sep 10, 2021|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Ebs Burnough
Director
Holly Whiston
Screenplay
Ebs Burnough
Producer
Lawrence Elman
Producer
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer
Pierre Lagrange
Executive Producer
Lex Lutzus
Executive Producer
Holly Whiston
Producer

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Cast

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Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
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George Plimpton
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Lauren Bacall
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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John Richardson
Self, art historian
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Phoebe Pierce
Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Barbara Lawrence
Self, journalist, The New Yorker (voice) (archive footage)
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Babs Simpson
Self, fashion writer, Vogue (voice) (archive footage)
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Norman Mailer
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Marella Angelli
Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Jack Dunphy
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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George Axelrod
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Louise Melhado Grunwald
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Gavin Lambert
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Slim Keith
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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C.Z. Guest
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Lee Radziwill
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Babe Paley
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Loel Guinness
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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William F. Buckley Jr.
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Donald Brooks
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Leonora Hornblow
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Candice Bergen
Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
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Bob Colacello
Self (archive footage)
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Piedy Lumet
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)
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Kate Paley
Self, Babe Paley's daughter (voice) (archive footage)
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Judy Green
self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)