The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes (2021)

Documentary

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.

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  • Release Date: 2021-09-10
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Ebs Burnough

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You can now watch The Capote Tapes online on the following streaming services in the United States.

    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Truman Capote

      Self (archive footage)

    • George Plimpton

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Kate Harrington

      Self

    • Dotson Rader

      Self

    • Lauren Bacall

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Sally Quinn

      Self

    • John Richardson

      Self, art historian

    • Jay McInerney

      Self

    • Phoebe Pierce

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

    • Barbara Lawrence

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

    • Babs Simpson

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

    • Norman Mailer

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Colm Tóibín

      Self

    • Marella Angelli

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

    • Jack Dunphy

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Sadie Stein

      Self

    • George Axelrod

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Louise Melhado Grunwald

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Gavin Lambert

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

    • Slim Keith

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

    • C.Z. Guest

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

    • Lee Radziwill

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

    • Babe Paley

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

    • André Leon Talley

      Self

    • Loel Guinness

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Lewis Lapham

      Self

    • William F. Buckley Jr.

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Donald Brooks

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Leonora Hornblow

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Candice Bergen

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

    • Dick Cavett

      Self

    • Mick Jagger

      Self (archive footage)

    • Bob Colacello

      Self (archive footage)

    • Piedy Lumet

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

    • Kate Paley

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

    • Judy Green

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