The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes

98 mins | Documentary | Sept. 10, 2021

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.

The Capote Tapes

98 mins | Documentary | Sept. 10, 2021

The Capote Tapes
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Hatch House Media Production, Mville Films
Original title The Capote Tapes
Directors Ebs Burnough
Writers Holly Whiston

Cast

Truman Capote

as Self (archive footage)

George Plimpton

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Kate Harrington

as Self

Dotson Rader

as Self

Lauren Bacall

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Sally Quinn

as Self

John Richardson

as Self, art historian

Jay McInerney

as Self

Phoebe Pierce

as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Barbara Lawrence

as Self, journalist, The New Yorker (voice) (archive footage)

Babs Simpson

as Self, fashion writer, Vogue (voice) (archive footage)

Norman Mailer

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Colm Tóibín

as Self

Marella Angelli

as Self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Jack Dunphy

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Sadie Stein

as Self

George Axelrod

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Louise Melhado Grunwald

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Gavin Lambert

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Slim Keith

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

C.Z. Guest

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Lee Radziwill

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Babe Paley

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Loel Guinness

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Lewis Lapham

as Self

William F. Buckley Jr.

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Donald Brooks

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Leonora Hornblow

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Candice Bergen

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

as Self

Mick Jagger

as Self (archive footage)

Bob Colacello

as Self (archive footage)

Piedy Lumet

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)

Kate Paley

as Self, Babe Paley's daughter (voice) (archive footage)

Judy Green

as self, Truman Capote's friend (voice) (archive footage)