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- Capote convinced Perry Smith to share the gruesome details of the murders and the motives behind them. In order to do this he developed an unprofessional relationship with him. He became attached to Perry but he also wanted him dead.

-Because of this truman told Perry and Dick that he would help them get another appeal and find a new lawyer, although he had no intention of doing so. To an outsider it seemed that Truman was upset about the upcoming executions but the real cause of his grief was that until the murderers were executed his book would have no ending, as seen in this next clip.

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- When Perry and Dick were first sentenced to death after their initial trial, Truman fought to keep them alive in order to get the story out of them. He had them moved to a different prison and got them a new lawyer who was able to get them an appeal. While they waited in holding for their next trial Truman interviewed them. He was able to bribe the warden and get unlimited visitation rights to Dick and Perry.
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-this clip shows the unprofessional relationship between perry and truman. Truman became overly attached to his source and therefore compromised the integrity of his story. Although the movie showed capote attending the hangings and remaining calm, truthfully capote could not bear to watch Perry's death.


We found most of the information provided in the movie to be truthful however there were a few key elements that were misleading. the special features of the movie led viewers to believe that after the hangings capote became so overwhelmed with grief that he never fully recovered and never published another book. further research showed that this was a dramatization most likely used to enhance the emotion of the film. we were able to find that capote published many more works and later died of alcoholism.