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TRU, TWO.(The Talk of the Town)
In the summer of 2003, after two years of research and writing, Douglas McGrath finished "Infamous," his screenplay based on the life of Truman Capote. As he had promised to do, he called his friend Bingham Ray, who was the executive on his last film, "Nicholas Nickleby."
"Good news," said McGrath, who also co-wrote "Bullets Over Broadway" with Woody Allen, and adapted and directed "Emma." "I finished my script!"
"I know," Ray said. "I've got it on my desk!"
"And I paused," McGrath recalled the other day, over lunch at La Grenouille, "and I said, 'Uh, no you don't, because I have it on my desk.'"
"No, it's right here," Ray insisted. "'Capote,' by Dan--" There followed, McGrath said, "what is known in the Wasp community as a polite pause."
Ray had another Capote script on his desk. To make matters worse, this script, by Dan Futterman, concerned the same period in Capote's life that "Infamous" did--the years during which he was working on "In Cold Blood."
"It's very strange," McGrath said, sitting up straight on the burgundy-colored banquette. McGrath, forty-eight, has thin blond hair, very good manners, a slight Texas accent, and he speaks in perfect sentences. "I mean, generally I have my finger on whatever the opposite of the Zeitgeist is. What are the chances of two scripts about Truman Capote going out at the same time?"
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- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) October 11, 2006 700+ words
...continuing until McGrath's screen version of Capote's ordeal researching...the same events in Capote's life. "There...two films," says McGrath, who, if not entirely...fact he was gay. Capote "was very self-aware," McGrath says. "He knew...
- Capote redux: Second film examines "In Cold Blood".
- News wire article from: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) Macdonald, Moira October 8, 2006 700+ words
...for Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote. McGrath's movie, "Infamous," arrives...Plimpton's 1998 oral history of Capote, McGrath found a dual focus: the writer...roll: finding an actor to play Capote. McGrath knew that Hoffman was connected...
- Capote redux: another film examines `In Cold Blood'.
- News wire article from: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) Macdonald, Moira October 12, 2006 700+ words
...for Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote. McGrath's movie, "Infamous," arrives...Plimpton's 1998 oral history of Capote, McGrath found a dual focus: the writer...roll: finding an actor to play Capote. McGrath knew that Hoffman was connected...
- Capote redux: `Infamous' aims to stake claim as second Truman show.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire September 15, 2006 700+ words
...saga as rich and tragic as Capote's. McGrath, who adapted his version from...works at the same time, both McGrath and "Capote" director Bennett Miller and...explicit depths than did "Capote." McGrath said he thinks Capote found...
- The Truman Show - Again: A year after Capote, Infamous revisits the same...
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) October 8, 2006 700+ words
...killers. The 2005 Capote was adapted from...the writer, while McGrath derived Infamous...we knew about [Capote writer Dan Futterman's] script," McGrath said. "They were...cannot be said of Capote. McGrath said this approach...
- Killer films tracks Capote's karma.(Killer Films develops 'Every Word Is True')
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David July 22, 2003 700+ words
...Films, and writer-director Doug McGrath have begun preparations for "Every...complex relationship between Truman Capote and the Kansas killers whose story...Plimpton's bio "Truman Capote," McGrath's film will be produced by Killer...
- Capote tale loses punch in second telling.
- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) October 13, 2006 700+ words
...Unfortunately for McGrath, Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance in Capote won the Oscar for best...agonizing guilt that gave Capote its power. McGrath's least-original...device, why couldn't McGrath include Capote talking about his true...
- 'Infamous' improves on 'Capote' with more rounded view of author.(TICKET)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune October 13, 2006 700+ words
...biography as a source, McGrath's take on the influence...Manhattanites on Capote explains their cantilevering...Clifton Collins Jr. McGrath gives more due to Capote's coterie of New...the sophisticated Capote world, then McGrath seems to dip deeper...
- Rock Hill won't be setting for Capote movie.
- News wire article from: Herald (Rock Hill, SC) January 25, 2005 700+ words
...Chronicle, the film "Every Word is True," about Capote developing a close relationship with two convicted...Database. Actor Toby Jones is set to play Capote, and Douglas McGrath is the director. Capote, known for his unusual dress and wit, wrote...
- Rock Hill, S.C., may be location for independent film about Truman Capote.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 9, 2004 700+ words
...who would be starring in it. Capote, known for his unusual dress...Every Word is True," about Capote developing a close relationship...Actor Toby Jones is set to play Capote, and Douglas McGrath is the director. The Warner...
