Capote News

Capote Won the 18th Annual Scripter Award

January 19, 2006 04:01:04

Tying tight with "Syriana" for the University of Southern California's 18th annual Scripter Award, which honors the year's best film adaptation of a book, novella or short story, "Capote" finally comes up as the winner.

The drama movie, based on a book written by Gerald Clarke which stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for 13 weeks, beat off the other finalists, including "Brokeback Mountain", "The Constant Gardener", and "A History of Violence."

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Capote & Syriana Up for the 17th Scripter Award

January 17, 2006 10:01:41

This movie awards season will see "Capote" and "Syriana" competing one another to secure the University of Southern California's 17th annual Scripter Award, which honors the year's best film adaptation of a book, novella or short story, and is the only award that honors both the author and screenwriter.

The writers of both films reportedly have received an equal number of votes in the Scripter selection committee balloting. Thus, a runoff vote will be held to determine this year's winning film, which final results to be made public Wednesday Jan 18. And as the winner has been revealed, the award will then be presented on February 11 during a black-tie dinner.

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The Winners of the 2005 NSFC

January 10, 2006 11:01:36

While "Brokeback Mountain" is a big winner at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards, "Capote" on the other hand is the Best Film of 2005 according to the National Society of Film Critics. The event held at Manhattan eatery Sardi's on Saturday Jan 7th named "A History of Violence" as its 2nd Best Movie and "2046" the 3rd.

Bringing home the Best Actor prize is Philip Seymour Hoffman, with Jeff Daniels of "The Squid and the Whale" as the 2nd and Heath Ledger of "Brokeback Mountain" as the 3rd. For more look on the complete list of the 2005 NSFC winners visit http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060110/en_movies_eo/18110.

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September Release for "Capote"

July 12, 2005 10:07:44

The Sony film entitled "Capote," which is directed by Bennett Miller is set for a September 30 release date. The movie revolves on Capote's research into the Kansas murder case that he wrote about in In Cold Blood, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Chris Cooper.

Meanwhile, the release of "Capote" is said to be in rush with the untitled Warner Independent Pictures/Killer Films' project, directed by Douglas McGrath and starring British actor Toby Jones as Capote, which is slated for 2006 release.

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