How Truman Capote is portrayed in the film

This is the film about how everything happened before and after he read the article, this was not the film to accompany the book 'In Cold Blood'

He is portrayed as a very high-up figure in his celebrity community. He is very shocked when he reads the article and leaves as soon as possible to write his book. The article ‘stuck a chord’ with Capote. He goes to Kansas with Harper Lee. He also has a huge ego; an example of this is when he pays the train warden to ‘big up’ his books and Truman work. He is also very impatient and is not used to waiting to get what he wants. At first no one knows who he is and no one wants him to get involved in his or her case. Capote is disrespected and treated like the rest of the reporters. Capote is very nosey and goes to look at the coffins of the Clutter family.

Capote changes his clothes to try and get noticed by the people. He said that he tested the amount of words he can remember from a conversation. He receives comfort from one of Herb’s friends, Alvin. Capote and Alvin comfort each other. Capote looks at the pictures of the Clutters after they are killed. On January 6^th the killer were found in Las Vegas and taken to Kansas. 

Capote immediately becomes interested in Perry Smith. But Perry doesn’t like him. Then Capote offers him a ‘serious’ lawyer and to put him on the visitors list so Capote can visit him.

Capote buys the right to have full access to all of the prison whenever he wants. This means that he can interview them and see them alive. He would prefer to see Perry rather than Dick. Capote tries to force friendship between himself and Perry. Capote tries to gain Perry’s trust by finding similar, moral ground to try and get answers from Perry. He makes them seem like they have something in common.

Capote’s lawyer gets the murderers a hearing.

Capote takes advantage of the information Perry gives him; he calls Perry a ‘goldmine’. He wants to ‘dig deeply’ into Perry to try and get something valuable.

Capote is sad because his case fails and they are still on death row, waiting to be killed. When Capote next sees Perry he apologizes for leaving him and being away.

Capote lies to Perry many times as he tells him that he has not started the book yet when he has almost finished. Capote then has one last chance to squeeze the last drips of information from him, and Capote tells him that he wants to know about the killings.

After Capote interviews Perry about the killings he says that he wants to be done with it because at that time he had spent four out of the six years on the book. The killers plead for a new lawyer otherwise they face certain death.

Capote is soon back in New York to finish up his book, but his mind is not clear.

When Perry tells Capote that he has two ore weeks, and is going down to holding. Capote hoes to visit Perry one last time before he is killed. He is extremely saddened by the hangings.

Capote tells them that he tried everything he could to get them out. Capote bursts into tears when Perry asks for a friend to be there with him when he is hung. Capote and Perry look into each others eyes before Perry is dropped.