The Capote Tapes

Name: The Capote Tapes
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: September 10, 2021
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 64
Cast: George Plimpton, Jay McInerney, Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer

2021

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: September 10, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: George Plimpton, Jay McInerney, Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer

Summary: Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece, an epic portrait of New York’s glittering jet-set society. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through never-before-heard audio archives and interviews with Capote’s friends and enemies, The Capote Tapes reveals the rise and fall of America’s most iconic gay writer.

Director: Ebs Burnough

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Kim Hughes

Oct 25, 2021

In parlance its subject would have understood, the documentary The Capote Tapes, about iconic American writer Truman Capote, feels like something late to the party and underdressed. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 9, 2021

This may not be the “definitive” Capote biography. Perhaps PBS will be the one to get around to that, some day. Burnough’s still made an entertaining and generally brisk overview of the career and the life of the most famous writer of his day. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Sep 10, 2021

This well-constructed film effectively highlights the key points of the Southern-born icon’s singular, often troubled life and proves a vivid, enjoyable portrait of a one-of-a-kind provocateur. Read full review

Steve Davis

Sep 22, 2021

It’s a titillating story of social suicide worthy of Capote’s imagination, had he only dared to inscribe it with his own words. Read full review

John Bleasdale

Feb 14, 2021

The Capote Tapes show a talent that seemed to go to waste while at the same time teasing us with the possibility that there is more yet to come. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Sep 8, 2021

The Capote Tapes can feel a bit chaotic and lopsided at times, but it makes clear that Capote is a figure who continues to command the public’s attention. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Sep 9, 2021

There’s some fascinating and provocative material in The Capote Tapes that is diluted by the director Ebs Burnough’s insistence on teasing a question that, arguably, has a self-evident answer. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Oct 26, 2021

Flamboyant, openly gay author Truman Capote may not have been especially prolific, but he wrote several noteworthy, well-respected works. However, when excerpts of what was supposed to be his crowning achievement – the novel Answered Prayers about the dirty little secrets of New York highFlamboyant, openly gay author Truman Capote may not have been especially prolific, but he wrote several noteworthy, well-respected works. However, when excerpts of what was supposed to be his crowning achievement – the novel Answered Prayers about the dirty little secrets of New York high society based on the lives of a number of his “friends” – he became a pariah of sorts, losing contact with many of those close to him and triggering a speedy downward spiral in his health and well-being. In this new documentary, excerpts of recorded interviews with many of his friends and colleagues and new interviews with those who knew him and studied his work shed light on the enigmatic icon, his life and his writing, particularly with regard to his final and unfinished work. Included are archive segments featuring Lauren Bacall, Candice Bergen, George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, Lee Radziwill, Harper Lee, William F. Buckley and Capote’s partner Jack Dunphy, along with new conversations with author Jay McInerney, journalist Sally Quinn, Vogue editor André Leon Talley and talk show host Dick Cavett, among others. Director Ebs Burnough’s debut feature presents a captivating look at a talented, troubled and towering figure.… Expand

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