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Mood:
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Plot:
- Writer's LifeInvestigationMurderCrimesMind and SoulGays and LesbiansJournalismObsessive Quest more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s60s
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Place:
- Kansas
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Talky
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- BiographyBased on True Story
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Infamous , 2006
English
USA
Profile of Infamous
The mood of Infamous is clever, witty, and sincere. The plot centers around the life of a writer, an investigation, and murder. It is a drama and period movie. Stylistically, Infamous is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Infamous is set in Kansas. It happens in the 1950s and in the 1960s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Infamous is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes sexual content, violent content, and profanity.
Summary of Infamous
Hollywood studios are notorious for liberally borrowing ideas from each other, with the resulting clutch of similarly-themed films often bewildering the public as they try to decide which movie to go and see. In 2005 Bennett Miller directed CAPOTE, an Oscar-winning dramatization of Truman Capote's traumatic experiences writing the celebrated novel IN COLD BLOOD. In 2006 Douglas McGrath (COMPANY MAN) directed INFAMOUS, a movie that follows exactly the same premise. Although it's difficult to see why such a story would need to be immortalized in celluloid for a second time, McGrath does throw in a few tricks to help separate the two films. Talking head interviews with some of Capote's contemporaries, such as Gore Vidal and Babe Paley, are used, and the movie has a lighter--almost comedic at times--feel to it than Miller's movie.
The basic premise of INFAMOUS is exactly the same as that of CAPOTE, so we witness Toby Jones's Capote traveling from New York to Kansas, settling into the town, interviewing the murderers, and developing an obsession with one of them--Perry Smith (Daniel Craig). Despite the similarities, salvation can be found in the performance of Jones, who lights up the screen with a performance that closely rivals Philip Seymour Hoffman's turn as the infamous author. Other notable appearances come from Sandra Bullock, who just about manages to nail Harper Lee; Sigourney Weaver and Isabella Rossellini, who both camp up their roles as socialites; Jeff Daniels as the detective who befriends Capote; and Gwyneth Paltrow, who makes a brief appearance as the singer Peggy Lee.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 November 2006 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
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as Truman Capote
as Nelle Harper Lee
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
Less a parable of literary ethics than a showcase of literary personality, and it is in the end more touching than troubling.
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- by: A.O. Scott
The New Yorker
Jones gets everything--the gestures, the generosity, the mean streak, the bending of the ear to recitals of woe, whether across a lunch table or a prison cell. He even nails the voice, like that of a chorister caught running a racket with the incense.
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- by: Anthony Lane
Users Reviews
While Toby Jones plays Capote with zeal, depth and clarity, it is perhaps a bit too exaggerated and silly. Sure, Capote was a flamboyant, bizarre man, and needs to be played with a bit oh humor, but I found it quite difficult to take Jones'...
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie
0/10
Great film. Complete surprise that I would like it so much better than Capote. Brilliant portrayal of Capote by Toby Jones.
- 20.March.2009
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- by: rogertick
- rogertick rated this movie
8/10Great
