ROME -- The world premiere of Douglas McGrath's Infamous, a biopic about writer Truman Capote, will open the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday. The film will screen Aug. 31 as the Horizon Selection at the Venice event. It stars Toby Jones as Capote and features a star-studded cast including Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Lee Pace, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Juliet Stevenson and Sigourney Weaver. Based on George Plimpton's book "Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career," Infamous recounts the part of Capote's life in which he investigates the crime that became the central part of his classic book In Cold Blood. With the help of Harper Lee (Bullock), Capote interviews murderers Perry Smith Craig) and Dick Hickock (Pace) in order to explore their psychologies. Produced by Jocelyn Hayes, Anne Walker-McBay and Christine Vachon, the film will be released worldwide by Warner Independent Pictures in October. The Venice festival runs Aug. 30-Sept. 9.
- 6/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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