The Capote Tapes (2021)

Poster for 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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Ebs Burnough
  • Profile picture of Truman Capote
    Self (archive footage) Truman Capote
  • Profile picture of George Plimpton
    Self (voice) (archive footage) George Plimpton
  • Profile picture of Lauren Bacall
    Self (voice) (archive footage) Lauren Bacall
  • Profile picture of Norman Mailer
    Self (voice) (archive footage) Norman Mailer
  • Profile picture of Colm Tóibín
    Self Colm Tóibín
  • Profile picture of George Axelrod
    Self (voice) (archive footage) George Axelrod
  • Profile picture of André Leon Talley
    Self André Leon Talley
  • Profile picture of William F. Buckley Jr.
    Self (voice) (archive footage) William F. Buckley Jr.

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