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In Cold Blood (film)
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (usually just referred to as In Cold Blood) is a 1967 American neo-noir biographical crime film written, produced and directed by Richard Brooks, based on Truman Capote's 1966 nonfiction novel. It stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith and Scott Wilson as Richard "Dick" Hickock, two men who murder a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas.
Although the film is largely faithful to the book, Brooks made some slight alterations, including the inclusion of a fictional character, Jensen, a reporter (played by Paul Stewart). The film was shot on location at sites where Smith and Hickock's crimes occurred, including the real Clutter home where they robbed and murdered four members of the family.
In Cold Blood was released by Columbia Pictures on December 15, 1967. It was both a commercial and critical success and was nominated for four Academy Awards, including for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, among other accolades. In 2008, In Cold Blood was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2][3]
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Capote's response
Truman Capote was very satisfied with the film. He entrusted Richard Brooks with the adaptation because Brooks "was the only director who agreed with—and was willing to risk—my own concept of how the book should be transferred to film."[11] When Capote visited the film's set, he met Robert Blake and Scott Wilson, who were playing the killers he had known very well, for the first time. Capote was so shaken by their resemblance to the real men that he "felt extremely uneasy in their presence" and returned to his hotel and drank an entire pint of Scotch whisky. In a January 12, 1968 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, Capote wrote:
Meeting them, having to be around them, was not an experience I care to repeat. This has nothing to do with my reaction to them as private individuals: They both are sensitive, seriously gifted men. It’s simply that, despite the clear physical resemblance to the original pair, their photographs had not prepared me for the mesmerizing reality. Particularly Robert Blake. The first time I saw him I thought a ghost had sauntered in out of the sunshine, slippery-haired and sleepy-eyed. I couldn't accept the idea that this was someone pretending to be Perry, he was Perry-and the sensation I felt was like a tree fall down an elevator shaft. Here were the familiar eyes, placed in a familiar face, examining me with the detachment of a stranger. It was though Perry had been resurrected but was suffering from amnesia and remembered me not at all.
After seeing a rough cut of the film, Capote recalled initially being upset about details that had been changed or added, but realized that if every detail had been exact to the book, the film would have been nine hours long. After the rough cut ended, Capote was disoriented because he had witnessed many of the events shown, including the executions of the murderers. Brooks was concerned that Capote would not like the film, but Capote thanked him for the work he had done.[29][30]
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