The Capote Tapes (2021)

Discover the real Truman Capote through unheard interviews…

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.

Cast (42)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Dick Cavett

Self

K

Kate Harrington

Self

L

Lewis Lapham

Self

André Leon Talley

Self

Jay McInerney

Self

S

Sally Quinn

Self

D

Dotson Rader

Self

J

John Richardson

Self

S

Sadie Stein

Self

Colm Tóibín

Self

Stephen Mitchell

Voiceover (voice)

George Plimpton

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Truman Capote

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

P

Phoebe Pierce

Self (voice) (archive footage)

B

Barbara Lawrence

Self (voice) (archive footage)

B

Babs Simpson

Self (voice) (archive footage)

N

Nancy Ryan

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Norman Mailer

Self (voice) (archive footage)

M

Marie Bellocq

Self (archive footage)

M

Marella Angelli

Self (voice) (archive footage)

J

Jack Dunphy

Self (voice) (archive footage)

George Axelrod

Self (voice) (archive footage)

L

Louise Melhado Grunwald

Self (voice) (archive footage)

G

Gavin Lambert

Self (voice) (archive footage)

S

Slim Keith

Self (voice) (archive footage)

C

C. Z. Guest

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Lee Radziwill

Self (voice) (archive footage)

L

Loel Guinness

Self (voice) (archive footage)

H

Harper Lee

Self (archive footage)

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self (voice) (archive footage)

D

Donald Brooks

Self (voice) (archive footage)

L

Leonora Hornblow

Self (archive footage)

Candice Bergen

Self (archive footage)

Groucho Marx

Self (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

Self (archive footage)

A

Alvin Adams Dewey

Self (archive footage)

P

Piedy Lumet

Self (voice) (archive footage)

K

Kate Paley

Self (voice) (archive footage)

J

Judy Green

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Bob Colacello

Self (voice) (archive footage)

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