Infamous

2006

Infamous

Critics Consensus

Though comparisons with last year's Capote may be inevitable, Infamous takes a different angle in its depiction of the author, and stands up well enough on its own.

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Douglas McGrath's Infamous represents the second major biopic about the avant-garde belletrist Truman Capote to be released within a year. It thus tells roughly the same story as Bennett Miller's earlier Capote, recounting the events that belied the writer's six-year authorship of the seminal "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood. The story opens with Capote (Toby Jones) visiting the site of the 1959 Clutter family homicide, on a Kansas research trip, accompanied by his close friend and colleague, author Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock). As Capote settles into the community, McGrath uses the preponderance of screen time to explore the emotional tapestry of Capote's increasingly risky emotional attachment to one of the two murderers, Perry Edward Smith (Daniel Craig), with whom he senses more than a few common bonds. McGrath weaves a decidedly bittersweet tale, contrasting the optimism and devil-may-care, "conquer all" attitude of Capote in his early years with a seemingly endless string of poor choices in the writer's later years, from addictions to drink and pills, to a failure to maintain healthy output as a writer, to poorly chosen romantic and sexual entanglements. Most significantly, however, McGrath reveals how the relationship with Smith virtually destroyed Capote as an artist and a human being, by inducing him to sell out on all levels to satisfy his lust for accomplishment and notoriety. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
  • Rating:
    R (for language, violence and some sexuality)
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Directed By:
    Douglas McGrath
  • Written By:
    George Plimpton, Douglas McGrath
  • In Theaters:
     wide
  • On Disc/Streaming:
  • Box Office:
    $1,093,888
  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Warner Independent Pictures

Cast

Toby Jones
as Truman Capote
Sandra Bullock
as Nelle Harper Lee
Daniel Craig
as Perry Smith
Peter Bogdanovich
as Bennett Cerf
Jeff Daniels
as Alvin Dewey
Hope Davis
as Slim Keith
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Kitty Dean
Isabella Rossellini
as Marella Agnelli
Juliet Stevenson
as Diana Vreeland
Sigourney Weaver
as Babe Paley
John Benjamin Hickey
as Jack Dunphy
Michael Panes
as Gore Vidal
Lee Pace
as Dick Hickock
Mark Rubin
as El Morocco Band
Steve Schwelling
as El Morocco Band
Glover Gill
as El Morocco Band
Rey Arteaga
as El Morocco Band
Justin Sherburn
as El Morocco Band
Andrew Halbreich
as El Morocco Band
Terru Bennett
as DA's Secretary
Glover Jamison Bennett
as Desk Clerk
Marco Perella
as Clifford Hope
Bethlyn Gerard
as Marie Dewey
Libby Villari
as Delores Hope
Lee Ritchey
as Bill Paley
Brent McCoy
as Herb Clutter
Joey Basham
as Paul Dewey
Marian Aleta Jones
as Ellen Bechner
Gail Cronauer
as Bonnie Clutter
Morgan Farris
as Nancy Clutter
Terri Zee
as Nancy Hickey
Austin Chittim
as Kenyon Clutter
Brian Shoop
as Everett Ogburn
Frank Curcio
as William Shawn
Terri Merritt Bennett
as D.A.'s Secretary
Brady Coleman
as Charles McAtee
Paul Mitchell Wright
as Prisoner
Mitch Baker
as Reporter No. 1
Grant James
as Reporter No. 2
Terri Pipkin
as Prisoner
Ray Gestaut
as Lee Andrews
Sheila Bailey-Lucas
as Waitress
Richard Dillard
as Man On Street
Joe Cordi
as Piano Player
Norman Jamison Bennett
as Desk Clerk
Brett Brock
as Tex Smith
Leticia Trejo
as Flo Smith
Zachary Burnett
as Young Truman
Dennis Letts
as Judge Tate
Gabriel Folse
as Foreman
Charles Mooneyhan
as Prison Guard
J.D. Young
as Prison Guard
Steve Flanagin
as Chaplain
Michael Conway
as Doctor
Michael Kosarin
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Audience Reviews for Infamous

  • Aug 19, 2012
    Really good. Really well done. Really moving...Too many people compared this movie to Phillip Seymour Hoffman's movie. Not really fair, because it is taken from a different viewpoint entirely. Toby Jones is more convincing as Truman than Hoffman (and I am a very big fan of Hoffman). By the end of this movie, I was left with a heavy heart for Truman...
    Cynthia S Super Reviewer
  • Nov 06, 2010
    Toby Jones is truly great here, even though overshadowed by Philip Seymour Hoffman's fantastic performance in the far superior Capote (the comparison is inevitable), but this film suffers from many terrible documentary-like statements that explain what we can easily see.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • Oct 21, 2010
    Infamous is a more natural portrayal of Truman Capote than "Capote-2005" Along with Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow make a brief appearance. Sandra Bollock plays Nelle Harper Lee to a tee. I really enjoyed her understated homey charm. Yes Daniel Craig plays the murder and love interest to Capote. The movie plays with the level of artistic license in Capote's work and I'm sure Plimpton really took some artistic license with the screenplay. Mcgrath really does capture the sense of Capote's giving his life for his art.
    Bill C Super Reviewer
  • Feb 03, 2010
    I watched this movie for a lark, but by the end of the film I was left awestruck. The story of Truman Capote can be funny,amusing, and simply heartbreaking. An openly gay man isn't common during his day, but the little man didn't let that stop him from conquering everything he set his mind to. One of these was to determine the actual events of the murder of a family, which leads him to interview the two suspects, one of which is played by Daniel Craig. The rest of the film is a pleasure to watch over and over again,and the ending will jolt and break your heart. Watch it. You won't regret it.
    Lindsay Elizabeth M Super Reviewer
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