Talk:Capote (film)

Ethical Dimensions' sourcing
The allegations made in this section must be either sourced or deleted. Stammer 19:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Funny, you would say that, I just remnoved the entire section because it's unsourced OR. Here it is below, feel free to re-intorduce it with appropriate sources. Aaron Bowen 23:37, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Ethical Dimensions

This movie is sometimes assigned to journalism ethics classes for its lesson about Capote's journalistic ethical dilemma. Capote formed a close relationship with Perry Smith which led Smith to believe that Capote was actually his friend. In truth, Capote did find Smith to be a compassionate man and a very interesting subject, but Capote was also interested in getting a good ending to In Cold Blood. In the film, Capote brings Smith books and food in jail and visits him on a regular basis. Behind his back, in early stages of their relationship, Capote at times discreetly makes fun of him to Harper Lee and other friends. The moral ambiguities of his relationship with Perry and Dick and Capote's troubled conscience are a central theme of the film.

Truman Capote was also blamed for having made up entire scenes in the book. For example, the final scene where Susan Kidwell, a friend of the Clutter's daughter Nancy, is at the Clutter's cemetery, is presumed to be fictionalized. Also, it is believed that because Capote didn't write down or tape any interviews, entire conversations were fabricated.

This film is sometimes discussed in ethics classes because of Capote's intentions with Smith. Many critics say that Capote moved in on a relationship with Smith because he knew it would be the only way Smith would tell Capote how and why he murdered the Clutter family. Not only was this unfair to Smith (who thought he was Capote's true friend) but this was also unfair to readers who, at the time of the book's release, believed Capote got the story on his own.

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BetacommandBot 23:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

LGBT Film
Having never seen this film myself, I think a bit more clarification on why this film is a LBGT related film would be an improvement. The main article reads that Truman was "emotionally attached" to Percy, but from that sentence alone, it doesn't say much, or at least disguises the true meaning. Smooth0707 (talk) 17:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Truman Capote was openly gay, and it is very, very strongly implied that Jack Dunphy is his partner, but I can't remember an explicit reference. I can't think of an elegant way to add that information to the article. Jlahorn (talk) 15:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

"biopic"?
If I recall correctly, Bennett Miller states in the commentary that this is not a biopic or biography.... Subsolar (talk) 03:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Jury Foreman
Not sure if this should find its way into the main article, but the fellow who plays the jury foreman is a retired prosecutor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada named George Dangerfield who is the prosecutor behind at least four convictions that were set aside due to failing to disclose evidence or informant deals with the defence. There are numerous links out there detailing the convictions he obtained that were overturned but here are links to a few: http://www2.macleans.ca/tag/george-dangerfield/ http://news.globaltv.com/world/Manitoba+confronts+fourth+possible+wrongful+conviction/2360619/story.html http://netk.net.au/Canada/Canada9.asp He is a hometown shame in Winnipeg (he lives in Vancouver now) and it's probably best that his name and work be obliterated from the history pages but sadly there he, in print, in a good movie. Maybe someone can digitally edit him out of the film one day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.161.167.49 (talk) 01:13, 8 March 2010 (UTC)