1. Hello?Copy !req
2. Nancy?Copy !req
3. say I'm one thing,
but actually you're another thing.Copy !req
4. I think being true to who you are
is important.Copy !req
5. I'm not saying you need to be
psychoanalytical about the whole mess.Copy !req
6. - But don't be afraid.
- Yeah, I... But don't be afraid.Copy !req
7. I had lunch with Jimmy Baldwin
the other day.Copy !req
8. - How is he?
- He's a lovely man.Copy !req
9. And he told me the plot of his new book.Copy !req
10. And he said to me, "But I just want to make
sure it's not one of those problem novels."Copy !req
11. And I said, "Jimmy...Copy !req
12. "your novel's about a Negro homosexual
who's in love with a Jew.Copy !req
13. Exactly.Copy !req
14. But at least be honest about the facts.Copy !req
15. "Wouldn't you call that a problem?"Copy !req
16. - That's what I'm saying.
- Who's honest?Copy !req
17. I'm honest.Copy !req
18. And he looked at me and he laughed
because he knew I was right.Copy !req
19. I am honest about what I write about.Copy !req
20. I'll let you know if it's autobiographical,
or if it's about me, or if it's not.Copy !req
21. I'm saying, you know,
if you're gonna write something like that...Copy !req
22. at least be honest why you're writing it.Copy !req
23. And I find autobiographical stories
at this juncture of my life to be quite boring.Copy !req
24. Can't we just be honest?Copy !req
25. Well, I don't think
you actually need to be honest.Copy !req
26. But don't come asking
some white man from the South...Copy !req
27. whether your book
about a black man fucking some Jew...Copy !req
28. when they're both of the same sex...Copy !req
29. is an issue!Copy !req
30. Don't ask me that!Copy !req
31. Oh, no, it's not an issue, Jimmy.Copy !req
32. Everyone's gonna be quite pleased
with that topic.Copy !req
33. So how about you, Truman?
Do you admit it?Copy !req
34. Well, I'm not nearly that controversial.Copy !req
35. I'm not! I'm not! I am not.Copy !req
36. I'm not nearly that controversial.Copy !req
37. Oh, come on.Copy !req
38. Hi. It's Truman for William Shawn, please.Copy !req
39. Have you read the article
about the killings in Kansas...Copy !req
40. in the front section of The New York Times?Copy !req
41. I think that's what I want to write about.Copy !req
42. I want to go tonight.Copy !req
43. - I figured you'd missed it.
- I'm sorry.Copy !req
44. That's all right. I thought
I was heading to Kansas by myself.Copy !req
45. God, I'm glad you agreed to come.Copy !req
46. You're the only one I know
with the qualifications...Copy !req
47. to be both a research assistant
and a personal bodyguard.Copy !req
48. Thank you.Copy !req
49. Now I'm nervous.Copy !req
50. Yes?Copy !req
51. Mr. Truman Capote
and Miss Nelle Harper Lee?Copy !req
52. - That's us.
- Where would you like these, sir?Copy !req
53. You can put that right there
between the doors.Copy !req
54. What all did you bring?Copy !req
55. Just a few things.Copy !req
56. - Thank you greatly, sir.
- Thank you.Copy !req
57. You're welcome.Copy !req
58. It's an honour to have you with us, sir...Copy !req
59. and I hope you won't mind me saying...Copy !req
60. but I thought your last book
was even better than the first.Copy !req
61. Thank you.Copy !req
62. I mean, just when you think
they've gotten as good as they can get.Copy !req
63. - Thank you very much.
- Ma'am.Copy !req
64. You're pathetic.Copy !req
65. - What?
- You paid him to say that.Copy !req
66. You paid him to say that.Copy !req
67. How did you know?Copy !req
68. "Just when you think
they've gotten as good as they can get"?Copy !req
69. I thought that was a good line.Copy !req
70. - Do you think that was too much?
- Yeah, a bit.Copy !req
71. Your keys.Copy !req
72. - Sign here, please.
- Thank you.Copy !req
73. Alvin Dewey...Copy !req
74. Kansas Bureau of Investigation.Copy !req
75. KBI.Copy !req
76. KBI.Copy !req
77. Hi. I'm looking for Alvin Dewey.Copy !req
78. Hi.Copy !req
79. Mr. Dewey.
Truman Capote, from The New Yorker.Copy !req
80. - Bergdorf's.
- Sorry?Copy !req
81. - The scarf.
- Oh.Copy !req
82. - Nice.
- Thank you.Copy !req
83. Mr. Dewey, I wonder when we could
arrange an interview, some time to talk.Copy !req
84. About what?Copy !req
85. Well, we're not looking
for any inside information.Copy !req
86. You know, I don't care one way or another
if you catch whoever did this.Copy !req
87. I'm writing an article on how
the Clutter killings are affecting the town.Copy !req
88. You know, how you all are bearing up.Copy !req
89. I care.Copy !req
90. - Excuse me?
- I care.Copy !req
91. I care a great deal
if we catch whoever did this.Copy !req
92. Oh, I see.Copy !req
93. - As do a lot of folks around here.
- Oh, of course.Copy !req
94. Do you have press credentials?Copy !req
95. - What's a New Yorker?
- Magazine.Copy !req
96. Magazines don't give out—Copy !req
97. You can come to the news conference
with the rest of them.Copy !req
98. Sears, Roebuck.Copy !req
99. The boy was 16?Copy !req
100. He was 15.Copy !req
101. Nancy was 16.Copy !req
102. And it's her friend that found them?Copy !req
103. - Laura Kinney.
- Can you spell that?Copy !req
104. I assume you're okay with the Laura part.Copy !req
105. K-l-N-N-E-Y.Copy !req
106. But, please, leave her be.Copy !req
107. There's talk of a bunch of Mexicans.
A whole bunch of Mexicans.Copy !req
108. Hello, George.Copy !req
109. It's good to see you again.Copy !req
110. I do have an opinion
whether this was the work of one man...Copy !req
111. or "a whole bunch, " as you said...Copy !req
112. but it doesn't matter a whole lot...Copy !req
113. whether it was Mexicans
or Methodists or Eskimos.Copy !req
114. We're gonna find whoever did this.Copy !req
115. Now, four good people
from our community are dead.Copy !req
116. So let's remember that.Copy !req
117. The West Kansas Farm Committee...Copy !req
118. is offering a $1,000 reward...Copy !req
119. for information leading to an arrest.Copy !req
120. Please print that.Copy !req
121. And thank you all for coming.Copy !req
122. He was foxy with that old man.Copy !req
123. This make you miss Alabama?Copy !req
124. Not even a little bit.Copy !req
125. - You lie.
- I don't lie.Copy !req
126. - Good morning.
- Hi.Copy !req
127. Can any of you tell me
where I'd find Laura Kinney?Copy !req
128. Is that her? With the boy?Copy !req
129. Yeah, with Danny Burke.Copy !req
130. Danny Burke?Copy !req
131. Laura?Copy !req
132. Thank you.Copy !req
133. Truman.Copy !req
134. I'm gonna find out where that girl lives.Copy !req
135. Can I do that alone?Copy !req
136. All right?Copy !req
137. Okay.Copy !req
138. I think I scared a friend of yours
this morning.Copy !req
139. She came looking for you
when I was writing.Copy !req
140. - You hate my friends.
- No, I wouldn't say "hate. "Copy !req
141. Just as long as they don't
knock on my door.Copy !req
142. I saw the bodies today.Copy !req
143. - Which?
- The Clutters.Copy !req
144. I looked inside the coffins.Copy !req
145. That's horrifying.Copy !req
146. It comforts me.Copy !req
147. Something so horrifying...Copy !req
148. It's a relief.Copy !req
149. Normal life falls away.Copy !req
150. But then, I was never much for normal life.Copy !req
151. No.Copy !req
152. Yeah, people here won't talk to me.Copy !req
153. They want someone like you, like Nelle.Copy !req
154. Me, they hate.Copy !req
155. I can't think of a single quality
I share with Nelle.Copy !req
156. - Well—
- Maybe manliness.Copy !req
157. - Good morning, Henry.
- Good morning, sir.Copy !req
158. Let's go.Copy !req
159. Bye.Copy !req
160. Hi, Danny. I'm Harper Lee.Copy !req
161. Nancy was your best friend?Copy !req
162. Yeah, she was my best friend.Copy !req
163. How has Danny been?Copy !req
164. Pretty shattered.Copy !req
165. Nothing terrible
has ever happened to him before.Copy !req
166. Danny was the last one at the house
that night.Copy !req
167. That's why Mr. Dewey
keeps interviewing him.Copy !req
168. They don't think
that he had anything to do with it.Copy !req
169. It's just to see
if he remembers anything unusual.Copy !req
170. People in town do seem to wonder
if he was involved.Copy !req
171. Yeah. That's been really hard for Danny.Copy !req
172. Oh, it's the hardest
when someone has a notion about you...Copy !req
173. and it's impossible
to convince them otherwise.Copy !req
174. Ever since I was a child,
folks have thought they had me pegged...Copy !req
175. because of the way I...Copy !req
176. The way I am.Copy !req
177. You know, the way I talk.Copy !req
178. And they're always wrong.Copy !req
179. You know what I mean?Copy !req
180. Yeah.Copy !req
181. I wanna show you something.Copy !req
182. Maybe this will give you a better picture
of what happened.Copy !req
183. - What is this?
- It's your diary.Copy !req
184. "Danny here tonight and we watched TV.Copy !req
185. "So nice just having him sit with us.Copy !req
186. "Left at 11:00.Copy !req
187. "P.S. He's the only one I really love."Copy !req
188. And that was that.Copy !req
189. Did Laura say "shattered"?Copy !req
190. "Pretty shattered. Nothing terrible
has ever happened to him before."Copy !req
191. You know I have 94% recall
of all conversations?Copy !req
192. 94% ?Copy !req
193. I've tested myself.Copy !req
194. Well...Copy !req
195. how did that happen?Copy !req
196. Apparently Detective Foxy's wife
has read fiction.Copy !req
197. That's great.Copy !req
198. We're in.Copy !req
199. - We are in.
- In.Copy !req
200. - You came.
- Hi.Copy !req
201. - Thank you for having us.
- Thank you.Copy !req
202. Get yourselves in here.Copy !req
203. Alvin, get your pants on. They're here.Copy !req
204. - Hey, little Deweys.
- Hi.Copy !req
205. Hi.Copy !req
206. Shake it with your wrist.Copy !req
207. Use your whole arm.Copy !req
208. More.Copy !req
209. You think I'm kidding around,
but I'm serious.Copy !req
210. Mama would've put in half the bottle.
She had to buy it by the crate.Copy !req
211. Alvin's gonna hate this.Copy !req
212. I have to stop.Copy !req
213. Oh, I cannot believe
you're from New Orleans.Copy !req
214. I miss it so much.Copy !req
215. Well, I only lived there for a short while,
but my mama was born and bred.Copy !req
216. You know something?Copy !req
217. Alvin pretends he doesn't know who
you are, but the minute you came to town...Copy !req
218. - he read your books.
- No!Copy !req
219. He had one of his men pick up
Breakfast at Tiffany's in Kansas City...Copy !req
220. 'cause it's banned in the library here.Copy !req
221. And he said, "I feel like you're spiting me."Copy !req
222. I said,
"Do you think I took this job to spite you?"Copy !req
223. I was writing the script as they were filming,
all that time in Italy...Copy !req
224. and I'd work like mad all day long...Copy !req
225. and then dash down to the bar
around midnight...Copy !req
226. to hand in the next day's scenes.Copy !req
227. And Humphrey had just about
moved into the hotel bar...Copy !req
228. Humphrey Bogart.Copy !req
229. where he and John...Copy !req
230. John Huston.Copy !req
231. had...Copy !req
232. They drank every night.Copy !req
233. And I mean drank, you know,
like famished water buffaloes.Copy !req
234. Well...Copy !req
235. I'd only just handed them the final scene
when the bellhop told me I had a phone call.Copy !req
236. And it was my stepfather, Joe Capote...Copy !req
237. calling to say that my mother had died.Copy !req
238. I flew home to New York,
terribly distraught...Copy !req
239. but when I got to the apartment...Copy !req
240. I could see that Joe
was in even worse shape than I was.Copy !req
241. He grabbed my hand and he said to me...Copy !req
242. "Talk.Copy !req
243. "Talk about anything." You know?Copy !req
244. "I mean, any subject in the world.Copy !req
245. "Don't worry whether it'll interest me or not.Copy !req
246. "Just talk...Copy !req
247. "so I won't break down."Copy !req
248. He couldn't bear to be alone
with his thoughts.Copy !req
249. It was too painful.Copy !req
250. It's been a hard couple of weeks for Alvin.Copy !req
251. He and Herb Clutter were good friends
from church.Copy !req
252. Oh, Marie.Copy !req
253. Oh, come on, Alvin. These are good people.Copy !req
254. Why would they put a pillow
under the boy's head just to shoot him?Copy !req
255. Why would they tuck Nancy in?Copy !req
256. So many of my friends
would love to meet you.Copy !req
257. - Oh, that'd be fine.
- You don't have to worry...Copy !req
258. 'cause I'm not going to write about this
till everything's over.Copy !req
259. Well, I'm not worried.Copy !req
260. I know what room you're in at the hotel,
and I know where you live in Brooklyn.Copy !req
261. You're celebrating.Copy !req
262. Well, remember Nelle's manuscript
she sent me in New York?Copy !req
263. Yeah. Mockingbird. Killing a Mockingbird.Copy !req
264. - You said it was good.
- And I was right.Copy !req
265. She just heard
Lippincott wants to publish it.Copy !req
266. Well, Jesus.Copy !req
267. Jesus, well, that's terrific.
Tell her congratulations from me.Copy !req
268. Congratulations.Copy !req
269. - Thank you.
- Jealous.Copy !req
270. - Will you be home by Christmas?
- I wanna come home.Copy !req
271. I wanna come home. I do. I just...Copy !req
272. thought if they catch whoever did this,
who knows what?Copy !req
273. - I'll probably be here till next Christmas.
- I'm gonna let you go.Copy !req
274. I...Copy !req
275. No, don't go.Copy !req
276. We'll go away next spring to write.Copy !req
277. - Maybe Spain.
- Yeah.Copy !req
278. - Okay, I'm gonna let you go.
- Jack...Copy !req
279. Jack, I promise.
We'll go away this spring to write.Copy !req
280. - Maybe Spain.
- Okay.Copy !req
281. All right.Copy !req
282. My wife worked there, too.Copy !req
283. What did she do in the house?Copy !req
284. Cleaning. Cooking a little bit.Copy !req
285. Quiet, quiet. Quiet, quiet.Copy !req
286. "Girdle up. No extra bulges.Copy !req
287. "If you're dressed right,
when he gets home...Copy !req
288. "the rest of the evening
should be smooth sailing.Copy !req
289. "Bon voyage, gals."Copy !req
290. I can't believe you got that whole page.
I only read it once.Copy !req
291. - I've tested my—
- Tested myself.Copy !req
292. - I have 94% —
- Percent recall.Copy !req
293. - Cut that out.
- Cut that out.Copy !req
294. Cut that—Copy !req
295. Cut that out.Copy !req
296. Isn't that something, Alvin?Copy !req
297. Oh, it's impressive.Copy !req
298. Thank you.Copy !req
299. - I'm sorry. He's upset.
- What's he upset about?Copy !req
300. They know who did it.Copy !req
301. Two men.Copy !req
302. You know, they passed through Kansas City
last week writing bad cheques.Copy !req
303. By the time Alvin's boys got up there,
they were gone.Copy !req
304. Skipped out.Copy !req
305. Yeah. They don't know where.Copy !req
306. No idea.Copy !req
307. One of them had a cellmate
who gave him up for the $1,000 reward.Copy !req
308. Do they know the name of the cellmate?Copy !req
309. No. No, I don't know. Alvin knows.Copy !req
310. I guess this isn't the appropriate time
to go ask him.Copy !req
311. He's beside himself.Copy !req
312. Hello?Copy !req
313. Alvin, get in here.Copy !req
314. - Dad, it's the telephone.
- Not now, Alvin.Copy !req
315. God damn it.Copy !req
316. Get over here.Copy !req
317. - Dad!
- Alvin, not now.Copy !req
318. Sit.Copy !req
319. Dad? Dad?Copy !req
320. You need to call the Chief of Police
in Las Vegas.Copy !req
321. - Alvin, what'd you say?
- He said you need to call them immediately.Copy !req
322. - Truman Capote.
- Dorothy Sanderson.Copy !req
323. I figured you'd be left alone this morning
by that hardworking husband of yours...Copy !req
324. so I have breakfast, and I have news,
and I have literature.Copy !req
325. My friend, Jack, mailed me
that book you wanted...Copy !req
326. and I inscribed it myself.Copy !req
327. "To the maiden of the Midwest,
the priestess of the plains...Copy !req
328. "the queen of the kitchen,
my first novel. Truman."Copy !req
329. - You're too much. Come on in.
- Oh, thank you.Copy !req
330. Go into the living room. Have a seat.Copy !req
331. Let me get that.
It's been ringing all morning.Copy !req
332. Hello?Copy !req
333. Truman, I meant in here.Copy !req
334. That's the women's cell.Copy !req
335. It's hardly ever used,
but they wanted them separate.Copy !req
336. Let's sit in the living room.Copy !req
337. They put you in the women's cell.Copy !req
338. Do you have any aspirin?Copy !req
339. My legs.Copy !req
340. Truman?Copy !req
341. Please.Copy !req
342. I'm sorry.Copy !req
343. In the matter of the State of Kansas
v. Richard Eugene Hickock...Copy !req
344. and Perry Edward Smith...Copy !req
345. this court has been informed
by counsel, Mr. Weeks...Copy !req
346. that the defendants wish to waive their right
to a preliminary hearing.Copy !req
347. His mind is somewhere else.Copy !req
348. Mr. Hickock, is that your wish?Copy !req
349. Yes, sir.Copy !req
350. Why are they doing that?Copy !req
351. Mr. Smith.Copy !req
352. I ask that the waiver be effectuated.Copy !req
353. "Effectuated"?Copy !req
354. So noted.Copy !req
355. Remove the prisoners.Copy !req
356. Was it your choice to waive the hearing?Copy !req
357. Do you still need some?Copy !req
358. Give me your hand.Copy !req
359. I could kill you if you got too close.Copy !req
360. Now, would you like some water, or...Copy !req
361. Mrs. Sanderson lent you my book.Copy !req
362. He said we'd curry favour with the judge...Copy !req
363. if we waived our rights.Copy !req
364. Who did?Copy !req
365. The lawyer.Copy !req
366. Your picture's undignified.Copy !req
367. People recall first impressions.Copy !req
368. What's been your first impression?Copy !req
369. Hello.Copy !req
370. - Mr. Shawn.
- Truman.Copy !req
371. I'm writing a book.Copy !req
372. It's too much for a single article.Copy !req
373. This town, the killers most of all.Copy !req
374. You will be stunned by Perry Smith.Copy !req
375. Why, what's happening?Copy !req
376. Well, not much yet, but I know.
I can sense him.Copy !req
377. He's desperately Ionely, frightened.Copy !req
378. I have a question.Copy !req
379. Are you ready?Copy !req
380. - Would it matter?
- No.Copy !req
381. How much more money can you send me?Copy !req
382. And how quickly could you get Dick Avedon
out here to take some pictures?Copy !req
383. Who are you smiling at right now?Copy !req
384. I'm smiling at you.Copy !req
385. You know, Dick's a very famous
fashion photographer.Copy !req
386. World-famous.Copy !req
387. Am I gonna be in a fashion magazine?Copy !req
388. So there's no worry of having a bad picture.Copy !req
389. Who were you closer to,
your mom or your dad?Copy !req
390. - What's that?
- Who were you closer to...Copy !req
391. - your mom or your dad?
- Well, both.Copy !req
392. - Yeah?
- Yeah.Copy !req
393. - Have you talked to them?
- Yeah.Copy !req
394. Who'd you talk to first?Copy !req
395. Perry, honey, you look terrific, baby.Copy !req
396. That was good.Copy !req
397. Can you show us the tattoo
on your chest then?Copy !req
398. Yeah.Copy !req
399. Where did Perry get the art set?Copy !req
400. Members of the jury,
have you reached a verdict?Copy !req
401. Yes, sir.Copy !req
402. Defendants, rise.Copy !req
403. Perry Edward Smith
and Richard Eugene Hickock...Copy !req
404. you stand accused of four counts
of the crime of murder in the first degree.Copy !req
405. Have you reached a unanimous verdict?Copy !req
406. We have, Your Honour.Copy !req
407. What is your verdict?Copy !req
408. Guilty on all four counts.Copy !req
409. Have you unanimously reached a sentence?Copy !req
410. We have, Your Honour.Copy !req
411. What is the sentence?Copy !req
412. Death.Copy !req
413. I need to see him before we go.Copy !req
414. Perry.Copy !req
415. They're going to transfer you
up to Lansing today.Copy !req
416. You'll have to make sure
to put me on the visitors list.Copy !req
417. Otherwise I can't see you.Copy !req
418. I'm going to help find you a proper lawyer.Copy !req
419. You need a serious lawyer for an appeal.Copy !req
420. Now they took Dick last night.Copy !req
421. And I need you to get him
to do the same thing...Copy !req
422. and just put me on the visitors list.Copy !req
423. And I thought, "Where does the family eat?"
You know?Copy !req
424. I mean, does he, like,
reach his hand through the bars...Copy !req
425. and have dinner
with everyone around the table?Copy !req
426. Nelle, kudos on... Kill the Bird, is it?Copy !req
427. - That's close. Thank you.
- That's marvellous. Who's your publisher?Copy !req
428. - Lippincott.
- Yes. It's a children's book, right?Copy !req
429. - Yes.
- No, no. It's about children.Copy !req
430. - Yes.
- Yes, I've heard a lot about it.Copy !req
431. - Good.
- Congratulations.Copy !req
432. - Thank you.
- I didn't even know she wrote.Copy !req
433. He's sad and he's shy.Copy !req
434. And he's terrified.Copy !req
435. They shotgunned the entire family
in the face.Copy !req
436. And I thought, at first,
"I'm gonna be scared of these men.Copy !req
437. "I'm gonna run, run right home."Copy !req
438. Actually, the brother in the family...Copy !req
439. Kenyon is his name...Copy !req
440. they had placed a pillow under his head...Copy !req
441. and then shot him point-blank in the face.Copy !req
442. Almost as if
they were putting him to sleep...Copy !req
443. and then shot him.Copy !req
444. This is the start of a great love affair.Copy !req
445. Yeah. Truman in love with Truman.Copy !req
446. The book I'm writing will return him
to the realm of humanity.Copy !req
447. It's the book I was always meant to write.Copy !req
448. Well, he hasn't actually
written a word of it yet...Copy !req
449. but he says it's the nonfiction book
of the decade...Copy !req
450. so...Copy !req
451. So...Copy !req
452. what have you been doing?Copy !req
453. And I'll tell you...Copy !req
454. I was in Marilyn's apartment just last week,
talking about movies, art.Copy !req
455. Finally I had to break it to her that
of the four Matisses hanging on her wall...Copy !req
456. two were upside down.Copy !req
457. Can I have another, please?Copy !req
458. To answer your question,
I'm following Breakfast at Tiffany's...Copy !req
459. by blazing a different path.Copy !req
460. By inventing an entirely new kind of writing.Copy !req
461. The nonfiction novel.Copy !req
462. - You have a subject?
- Yes.Copy !req
463. On the night of November 14...Copy !req
464. two men broke into a quiet farmhouse
in Kansas and murdered an entire family.Copy !req
465. Now, why did they do that?Copy !req
466. Two worlds exist in this country.Copy !req
467. The quiet, conservative life,
and the life of those two men.Copy !req
468. The underbelly. The criminally violent.Copy !req
469. And those worlds converged
that bloody night.Copy !req
470. Now, I spent the past three months...Copy !req
471. interviewing everyone in Kansas
touched by that violence.Copy !req
472. Now I spent hours talking to the killers...Copy !req
473. and I'll spend more.Copy !req
474. 'Cause researching this work
has changed my life.Copy !req
475. You know, it's altered my point of view
about almost everything.Copy !req
476. Yeah.Copy !req
477. And I think those who read it
will be similarly affected.Copy !req
478. So you find them a new lawyer.Copy !req
479. Well, they're facing execution in six weeks.Copy !req
480. You know, they need someone
to argue whether or not that's right.Copy !req
481. Okay.Copy !req
482. And I'd also like to see them alive.Copy !req
483. - Well—
- Yeah.Copy !req
484. Yeah, I need to hear their stories.Copy !req
485. Well, just be careful what you do
to get what you want.Copy !req
486. I'm finding them a lawyer.Copy !req
487. - Truman, you're finding yourself a lawyer.
- No, I'm finding them a lawyer.Copy !req
488. There's a difference.Copy !req
489. The Warden will see you now.Copy !req
490. Well, we do all right by our boys.Copy !req
491. Showers once a week. Feed them good.Copy !req
492. We'll be feeding Perry Smith
in the infirmary soon if he don't eat.Copy !req
493. Try and get the food in through his arm.Copy !req
494. I'm sorry, what are you talking about?Copy !req
495. Well, he hasn't eaten in a month.Copy !req
496. It ain't his right to kill himself.Copy !req
497. It's the right of the people.Copy !req
498. The people of this state.Copy !req
499. And that's who I work for, the people.Copy !req
500. - No one told me.
- Yeah, he won't eat.Copy !req
501. - When can I see him?
- Well, let me see.Copy !req
502. How about you coming 3:00,
Thursday afternoon?Copy !req
503. No.Copy !req
504. That's no good.Copy !req
505. I need to see them now.Copy !req
506. Then whenever I want, for as long as I want.Copy !req
507. Well, that's just not how we do things
around here, Mr. Capote.Copy !req
508. Yeah, I understand what a burden...Copy !req
509. unlimited visitation might be
on this institution...Copy !req
510. and on the people who pay for it.Copy !req
511. And I want to be clear...Copy !req
512. that I don't expect the citizens
of Leavenworth County...Copy !req
513. to have to shoulder that burden.Copy !req
514. This is to be dispensed as you see fit.Copy !req
515. You know, I didn't know
where to count your boy at first...Copy !req
516. him being half-lndian.Copy !req
517. But I did him a favour.
I counted him as a white man.Copy !req
518. You're a kind and generous man.Copy !req
519. Spread your feet.Copy !req
520. This way.Copy !req
521. - Hey, hey.
- Yeah, hello.Copy !req
522. Hey, thanks a lot for your help
with the lawyer.Copy !req
523. Oh, that's fine.Copy !req
524. Wow. You must be really desperate
for a story to come all the way out here.Copy !req
525. You want to go see Perry, go ahead.Copy !req
526. Thank you.Copy !req
527. You want my advice, though, Mr. Capote...Copy !req
528. he's just trying to prove
the insanity defence.Copy !req
529. It's okay.Copy !req
530. It's okay.Copy !req
531. It's Truman. It's your friend.Copy !req
532. It's okay.Copy !req
533. This is before she had us.Copy !req
534. Before she started drinking.Copy !req
535. Who took care of you as a child?Copy !req
536. Orphanage.Copy !req
537. Me and Linda.Copy !req
538. And that's your sister?Copy !req
539. You know, we're not so different
as you might think.Copy !req
540. Yeah, I was abandoned repeatedly
as a child.Copy !req
541. My mama would drag me along
to some new town...Copy !req
542. so she could take up
with another man she'd met.Copy !req
543. Night after night,
she'd lock me in the hotel room alone.Copy !req
544. Mama would turn the latch and tell the staff
not to let me out no matter what.Copy !req
545. And I was terrified.Copy !req
546. And I'd scream my head off...Copy !req
547. until finally I'd collapse...Copy !req
548. on the carpet next to the door
and I'd fall asleep.Copy !req
549. Then after years of this...Copy !req
550. she just left me...Copy !req
551. with relatives in Alabama.Copy !req
552. Who raised you up?Copy !req
553. My aunts.Copy !req
554. And that's where I met Nelle.Copy !req
555. And she lived next door.Copy !req
556. Your mother was Indian?Copy !req
557. Cherokee.Copy !req
558. So drinking was not a good thing for her.Copy !req
559. No tolerance for it.Copy !req
560. We're on suicide watch.Copy !req
561. That's why they leave the lights on at night.Copy !req
562. I hope we're past that now.Copy !req
563. I do.Copy !req
564. Be careful of Ricardo.Copy !req
565. I think he wants you all to himself.Copy !req
566. All right.Copy !req
567. But he's naturally mendacious.Copy !req
568. Not to be trusted.Copy !req
569. If he had $100,
he'd steal a stick of chewing gum.Copy !req
570. Perry, I want to take your notebooks
with me.Copy !req
571. I want to read them.Copy !req
572. If I leave here without understanding you...Copy !req
573. the world will see you as a monster...Copy !req
574. always.Copy !req
575. I don't want that.Copy !req
576. 'Cause he trusts me.
I mean, that's why he gave it to me.Copy !req
577. And he's given me absolutely everything.Copy !req
578. And he wants so badly
to be taken seriously...Copy !req
579. to be held in some esteem.Copy !req
580. Do you?Copy !req
581. Do I what?Copy !req
582. Do you hold him in esteem, Truman?Copy !req
583. Well...Copy !req
584. he's a gold mine.Copy !req
585. And he's told me his entire life.Copy !req
586. His dead mother.Copy !req
587. He had a brother and a sister
kill themselves.Copy !req
588. Awful.Copy !req
589. Did you tell him
your mama did the same thing?Copy !req
590. See, I can't tell him everything.Copy !req
591. We've been talking our heads off
for the past month.Copy !req
592. And sometimes...Copy !req
593. when I think how good my book can be,
I can hardly breathe.Copy !req
594. Anyway, this is what
I wanted to read to you.Copy !req
595. "If called upon to make a speech"--Copy !req
596. "If called upon to make a speech"?Copy !req
597. I mean, this is exactly
what I'm talking about.Copy !req
598. A speech, just in case
he's ever recognised for an achievement.Copy !req
599. "I can't remember what I was going to say
for the life of me.Copy !req
600. "I don't think ever before have so many
people been so directly responsible...Copy !req
601. "for my being so very, very glad.Copy !req
602. "It's a wonderful moment and a rare one.Copy !req
603. "Thank you!"Copy !req
604. There's an exclamation point
at the end of that "thank you"...Copy !req
605. in case you didn't catch it.Copy !req
606. Where'd you go?Copy !req
607. I guess it stopped being funny.Copy !req
608. I never said it was.Copy !req
609. Wait, listen to this.Copy !req
610. I was 14.Copy !req
611. One day I said to her, "Mom's dead. "
I could see it.Copy !req
612. A week later we got the news.
She finally drunk herself...Copy !req
613. Found her shivering...Copy !req
614. She hit me so many times
with that flashlight...Copy !req
615. she broke it.Copy !req
616. That night,
I dreamed about that big yellow bird.Copy !req
617. Clawed that nun's eyes, bright like the sun.Copy !req
618. Lifted me to the sky.Copy !req
619. Sometimes you see a thing how it really is.Copy !req
620. Well, you're nothing if not hardworking.Copy !req
621. Hey, you look good. Healthy again.Copy !req
622. You know,
I've decided on a title for my book.Copy !req
623. I think you'll like it.Copy !req
624. It's very masculine.Copy !req
625. In Cold Blood.Copy !req
626. Isn't that good?Copy !req
627. And that refers to the crime or the fact
that you're still talking to the criminals?Copy !req
628. The former, among other things.Copy !req
629. I see.Copy !req
630. I wanted to ask...Copy !req
631. if you'd let me look
at your investigation notes.Copy !req
632. That lawyer you helped find
for your friends...Copy !req
633. got them a hearing
at the Kansas Supreme Court...Copy !req
634. I heard this morning.Copy !req
635. on the issue of inadequate counsel.Copy !req
636. Alvin...Copy !req
637. I mean,
do you not want me to look at your notes?Copy !req
638. You are permitted to say no.Copy !req
639. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
640. If those boys get off...Copy !req
641. I'm coming to Brooklyn to hunt you down.Copy !req
642. I have to be in court at 9:00...Copy !req
643. but you call Roy Church
and he'll show you what you want to see.Copy !req
644. Thank you.Copy !req
645. It's as much for me as for anyone.Copy !req
646. I couldn't bear the thought
of losing you so soon.Copy !req
647. We're gonna be able to use your book
for our case.Copy !req
648. You'll write
we never got to raise an insanity plea.Copy !req
649. You wrote how terrible the lawyers was.Copy !req
650. I haven't written a word yet.Copy !req
651. What have you been doing?Copy !req
652. Research. Talking to you.Copy !req
653. All right.Copy !req
654. - I had hoped—
- What are you calling it?Copy !req
655. The book?Copy !req
656. I have no idea.Copy !req
657. Perry...Copy !req
658. if I'm going to write about you...Copy !req
659. if I'm going to determine
how to write about you...Copy !req
660. we need to talk about...Copy !req
661. you know, why you're here.Copy !req
662. You know, the murders...Copy !req
663. and that night...Copy !req
664. at the Clutter house.Copy !req
665. Do you worry what I'll think?Copy !req
666. Is that it?Copy !req
667. Dick says you know Elizabeth Taylor.Copy !req
668. I know a lot of people.Copy !req
669. Perry, I have invitations
to be in Morocco, Greece...Copy !req
670. and I prefer to be here...Copy !req
671. with you.Copy !req
672. Jack, be patient with me.Copy !req
673. I'm just missing this one piece.Copy !req
674. Well, how long is that gonna take?Copy !req
675. Why don't you just try leaving him alone
for a while?Copy !req
676. Come to Spain.Copy !req
677. You can always visit him later.Copy !req
678. I don't know.Copy !req
679. Well, I'm off. I'm just...
I've got my own writing to do.Copy !req
680. Well, do it in Brooklyn. Wait for me.Copy !req
681. There's too many people around. I've...Copy !req
682. I'll leave the address on the kitchen table.Copy !req
683. Well, think about what I said,
and join me when you can.Copy !req
684. I will.Copy !req
685. - I will.
- Okay?Copy !req
686. Bye.Copy !req
687. Hi.Copy !req
688. Truman.Copy !req
689. We never intended on killing that family.Copy !req
690. Capote, will you get that straight
in your book, please?Copy !req
691. No premeditation.Copy !req
692. What are you doing?Copy !req
693. I have to fly back East.Copy !req
694. When?Copy !req
695. An hour. I miss you already.Copy !req
696. Write me every five minutes.Copy !req
697. Hey, you know,
we never did intend on killing that family.Copy !req
698. Capote?Copy !req
699. Capote?Copy !req
700. What?Copy !req
701. Truman...Copy !req
702. I've not been able to tear myself
away from your book.Copy !req
703. It's that good.Copy !req
704. It's not good, it's astonishing.Copy !req
705. - This first half is astonishing.
- Oh, thank you.Copy !req
706. When will you be done, do you think?Copy !req
707. Yes, I'm already well into the third part.Copy !req
708. But...Copy !req
709. I can't finish that till I convince Perry
to describe the night of the killings to me.Copy !req
710. I was planning to visit this fall, see?Copy !req
711. Then I think you need to talk to him now.Copy !req
712. And we all need to see how this ends
for the final part.Copy !req
713. I can't finish the book
till I know what happens.Copy !req
714. If Perry and Dick are executed,
it's one thing.Copy !req
715. And if not, well...Copy !req
716. Truman, you got your ending.Copy !req
717. I really don't know.Copy !req
718. The Kansas Court denied their appeal.Copy !req
719. It came over the wire on Friday.Copy !req
720. I mean, you need to talk to Perry now.Copy !req
721. He'll be dead by September.Copy !req
722. I mean, I'm sorry.Copy !req
723. I know how much
you've come to care about him.Copy !req
724. Right. Yes, right.Copy !req
725. So I want to set up a reading for you
in the fall, in New York...Copy !req
726. and, well, we'll build some interest,
and we'll publish in the fall.Copy !req
727. Thank God. There's nothing in the house.Copy !req
728. Why aren't you working?Copy !req
729. Well, I knew you couldn't be counted on
to stock the kitchen.Copy !req
730. What are we going to feed
our famous guest?Copy !req
731. Oh, Jesus, I completely forgot.Copy !req
732. Plus, I finished my novel yesterday.Copy !req
733. What?Copy !req
734. When was the last time you wrote to him?Copy !req
735. I don't know.Copy !req
736. What's this?Copy !req
737. It's a letter for Truman
I was asked to deliver.Copy !req
738. It's from Perry.Copy !req
739. Let's have it.Copy !req
740. "Dear friend Truman, where are you?Copy !req
741. "Read this item in a medical dictionary.Copy !req
742. "'Death by hanging is caused by asphyxia...Copy !req
743. "'by fracture of the cervical vertebrae...Copy !req
744. "'by laceration of the trachea.'Copy !req
745. "Not too comforting, as we lost our appeal.Copy !req
746. "Missing you.Copy !req
747. "Alone and desirous of your presence.Copy !req
748. "Your amigo, Perry."Copy !req
749. Mr. Shawn told me
about the court decision yesterday.Copy !req
750. I was wondering
why you were in such a good mood.Copy !req
751. That's a terrible thing to say.Copy !req
752. I write him all the time. I've just...Copy !req
753. I've been so focused on the book lately.Copy !req
754. So Jack thinks I'm using Perry...Copy !req
755. but he also thinks I fell in love with him
when I was in Kansas.Copy !req
756. Now, how both of those things can be true
is beyond me.Copy !req
757. Thank you.Copy !req
758. Well, did you?Copy !req
759. Did you fall in love with him?Copy !req
760. I don't know how to answer that.Copy !req
761. Truman.Copy !req
762. It's as if Perry and I grew up
in the same house...Copy !req
763. and one day he stood up
and went out the back door...Copy !req
764. while I went out the front.Copy !req
765. - Are you kidding me?
- No.Copy !req
766. Listen, you be nice to Jack.Copy !req
767. Sometimes I think
he's what I like about you best.Copy !req
768. I'll see you at the reading in New York.Copy !req
769. - 16th.
- 16th.Copy !req
770. Adiós.Copy !req
771. What was he in jail for?Copy !req
772. Well, they said
it was for not paying his taxes...Copy !req
773. but really, for being an outsider.Copy !req
774. Refusing to go along.Copy !req
775. Lowell, you're being moved.Copy !req
776. - Why?
- You're going to final holding.Copy !req
777. No.Copy !req
778. Come on, Lowell. Open the door.Copy !req
779. Stand up.Copy !req
780. - Put your arms behind your back.
- Okay, last chance.Copy !req
781. Get up.Copy !req
782. Turn around.
Put your arms behind your back.Copy !req
783. Now Dick and me, we're next in line.Copy !req
784. I'm so sorry I've been away.Copy !req
785. It was a long time.Copy !req
786. I know.Copy !req
787. How's the book coming along?Copy !req
788. Very slowly.Copy !req
789. Will you show it to me?Copy !req
790. I've hardly written anything.Copy !req
791. Good evening, New Yorkers...Copy !req
792. and thank you for coming
to the first public reading...Copy !req
793. the first offering of any kind...Copy !req
794. of Truman Capote's new work,
In Cold Blood.Copy !req
795. Hello. My name is Truman Capote.Copy !req
796. For this evening's programme,
I'm going to read some passages...Copy !req
797. from the first three parts of my new book.Copy !req
798. "The village of Holcomb stands on
the high wheat plains of western Kansas...Copy !req
799. "a Ionesome area
that other Kansans call 'out there. 'Copy !req
800. "Until one morning in mid-November, 1959...Copy !req
801. "few Americans, in fact, few Kansans,
had ever heard of Holcomb.Copy !req
802. "Like the waters of the Arkansas River...Copy !req
803. "like the motorists on the highway...Copy !req
804. "exceptional happenings
never stopped there.Copy !req
805. "Perry Smith's voice
was both gentle and prim.Copy !req
806. "A voice that, though soft...Copy !req
807. "manufactured each sound exactly...Copy !req
808. "ejected it like a smoke ring
issuing from a parson's mouth.Copy !req
809. "The four coffins, which quite filled
the small, flower-crowded parlour...Copy !req
810. "were to be sealed at the funeral services...Copy !req
811. "very understandably...Copy !req
812. "for the effect was disquieting.Copy !req
813. "Nancy wore her dress of cherry-red velvet...Copy !req
814. "her brother a bright plaid shirt.Copy !req
815. "The parents were more sedately attired...Copy !req
816. "Mr. Clutter in navy-blue flannel,
his wife in navy-blue crepe.Copy !req
817. "And it was this especially
that lent the scene an awful aura...Copy !req
818. "the head of each
was completely encased in cotton.Copy !req
819. "A swollen cocoon twice the size
of an ordinary blown-up balloon.Copy !req
820. "And the cotton...Copy !req
821. "because it had been sprayed
with a glossy substance...Copy !req
822. "twinkled like Christmas tree snow.Copy !req
823. "One Tuesday at dawn,
a carload of strangers...Copy !req
824. "ignorant of the local disaster...Copy !req
825. "were startled by what they saw
as they crossed the prairies...Copy !req
826. "and passed through Holcomb.Copy !req
827. "Windows ablaze.Copy !req
828. "Almost every window
in almost every house...Copy !req
829. "and in the brightly-lit rooms,
fully-clothed people...Copy !req
830. "even entire families...Copy !req
831. "who had sat the whole night wide awake,
watchful, listening.Copy !req
832. "Of what were they frightened?Copy !req
833. "It might happen again. "Copy !req
834. Thank you.Copy !req
835. And I slipped and I ripped a hole...Copy !req
836. from the bottom of my scrotum...Copy !req
837. all the way up
to the top of the crack of my ass.Copy !req
838. And I sat there.Copy !req
839. And I didn't know it. All I felt was a...Copy !req
840. I didn't know it. All I felt
was a cool breeze, you know, between my...Copy !req
841. Sorry. If I may...Copy !req
842. Yes.Copy !req
843. Your portrait of those men was terrifying.Copy !req
844. Terrifying.Copy !req
845. Thank you.Copy !req
846. Stop that man! Come back here!Copy !req
847. Dad!Copy !req
848. Have any of you met my father?Copy !req
849. He hasn't spanked me in years.Copy !req
850. George didn't come backstage.Copy !req
851. He had... He had a...Copy !req
852. Something that his wife
had to rush him off to.Copy !req
853. - But he made a point of—
- Well, I'm still waiting for a call.Copy !req
854. It was beautiful.
And everybody came. Everybody came.Copy !req
855. - Tennessee loved it.
- Of course he loved it.Copy !req
856. Should we do more?Copy !req
857. No, we just sit and wait
while people talk about it...Copy !req
858. and we let them do the work.Copy !req
859. I mean,
this book is going to change everything.Copy !req
860. It's gonna change
how people see your writing.Copy !req
861. I think it's going to change
how people write.Copy !req
862. - Are you gonna be finished by October?
- I think so.Copy !req
863. You know,
they're scheduled for next month.Copy !req
864. To hang.Copy !req
865. Yeah.Copy !req
866. We're gonna commit as many issues
as it takes to publish.Copy !req
867. Whatever it takes.Copy !req
868. Well, I'm going to Kansas tomorrow...Copy !req
869. - and I'll get Perry to talk.
- What's he got to lose?Copy !req
870. Sorry, but...Copy !req
871. Hey, this may sound strange to you...Copy !req
872. but I'm going to miss him.Copy !req
873. You'll be able to finish now.Copy !req
874. Need to check your papers, sir.Copy !req
875. This is what we've been waiting for.Copy !req
876. A stay of execution
to make a federal appeal.Copy !req
877. All thanks to you.Copy !req
878. Thank you!Copy !req
879. They're not gonna corner me now.
Not unless the U.S. Government says so.Copy !req
880. Kansas has had it in for me for 10 years.
They can't corner me now.Copy !req
881. Hey, Perry, sit down...Copy !req
882. for a minute.Copy !req
883. I need you to talk to me.Copy !req
884. We've got all the time in the world to talk.Copy !req
885. I've been thinking about Ricardo.Copy !req
886. You really need to stop sending him
those trashy books.Copy !req
887. I won't even mention the pornography.Copy !req
888. Now, I realise that Dick probably can't grasp
the literature that you gave me.Copy !req
889. And the books you send him only...Copy !req
890. They only exacerbate the problem.Copy !req
891. They only heighten or intensify it.Copy !req
892. Maybe we can get him started
on a programme.Copy !req
893. Perry, I know what "exacerbate" means.Copy !req
894. Okay, well, just thinking—Copy !req
895. There's not a word or a sentence
or a concept that you can illuminate for me.Copy !req
896. There is one singular reason
I keep coming here.Copy !req
897. - Truman.
- November 14, 1959.Copy !req
898. Three years ago. Three years.Copy !req
899. And that's all I want to hear from you.Copy !req
900. Now I asked you not to. Ever.Copy !req
901. This is absurd.
Do you know what absurd means?Copy !req
902. I'm ready. I have a plane to catch.Copy !req
903. I found your sister in Tacoma.Copy !req
904. Maybe she'll talk to me
about something useful.Copy !req
905. Please don't go out there.Copy !req
906. Hey, this is my work, Perry. I'm working.Copy !req
907. And when you want to tell me
what I need to hear, you let me know.Copy !req
908. June's dead. Frank shot himself.Copy !req
909. Now Perry did what he did.Copy !req
910. I used to love him. He was my little doll.Copy !req
911. He scares me now.Copy !req
912. - When was the last time you saw him?
- Ten years ago.Copy !req
913. Ten years.Copy !req
914. Could I borrow one of these pictures?Copy !req
915. Take the whole thing.
I don't want them anymore.Copy !req
916. Don't be taken in by my brother.
He's got this sensitive side he'll show.Copy !req
917. You believe he's gentle and so easily hurt...Copy !req
918. but he'd just as soon kill you
as shake your hand. I believe that.Copy !req
919. Hello, handsome.Copy !req
920. What's the name of your book?Copy !req
921. What's the name of your book?Copy !req
922. I don't know what you're talking about.Copy !req
923. "Truman Capote read last night
before a packed audience...Copy !req
924. "from his nonfiction book In Cold Blood. "Copy !req
925. "The true-crime novel
tells of killers Richard Hickock...Copy !req
926. "and Perry Smith...Copy !req
927. "who brutally murdered a Kansas family
three years ago."Copy !req
928. - Wait, who sent that to you?
- That's not your goddamn business.Copy !req
929. It is my business, because it's not true.Copy !req
930. The organizers of the reading needed a title.Copy !req
931. They picked one,
a sensational one, I admit...Copy !req
932. to attract a crowd.Copy !req
933. - They picked it?
- Yes.Copy !req
934. - It's not your title.
- Perry, I haven't chosen one yet.Copy !req
935. How could I choose a title when we still
haven't talked about that night?Copy !req
936. How could I? I couldn't possibly.Copy !req
937. You pretended to be my friend.Copy !req
938. I'm sorry.Copy !req
939. I should have told you.Copy !req
940. And I couldn't pretend to be your friend...Copy !req
941. 'cause the truth is,
I can't help wanting to be.Copy !req
942. You don't have to tell me anything...Copy !req
943. if you don't want to.Copy !req
944. I have something...Copy !req
945. from your sister.Copy !req
946. She misses you.Copy !req
947. Look at my belly.Copy !req
948. There must be something wrong with us,
to do what we did.Copy !req
949. We heard there was $10,000 in that house.Copy !req
950. Once we tied up everybody
and searched all over...Copy !req
951. I knew the guy that told us about it
was wrong.Copy !req
952. There was no money.Copy !req
953. Dick wouldn't believe it...Copy !req
954. so he went tearing through the house,
banging on the walls...Copy !req
955. Iooking for a safe.Copy !req
956. When he was done...Copy !req
957. he said he was gonna go up
to Nancy's room and have his way with her.Copy !req
958. I wouldn't allow it.Copy !req
959. And I told him that.Copy !req
960. So I sat with her.Copy !req
961. Dick came up and got me.Copy !req
962. We turned off the lights
and went down to the basement...Copy !req
963. where Mr. Clutter and the boy was.Copy !req
964. He kept saying, "No witnesses"...Copy !req
965. but I figured if I waited him out, he'd...Copy !req
966. He'd give up
and we'd leave them tied up there.Copy !req
967. And we'd drive all night.
They'd never find us.Copy !req
968. We tied Mr. Clutter's wrists
to a pipe over his head.Copy !req
969. And he looked hurt, so I cut him down.Copy !req
970. I put a box out there
so he'd be more comfortable.Copy !req
971. He asked how his wife and daughter was
and I said they were fine...Copy !req
972. and they were getting ready for sleep,
and it wouldn't be long...Copy !req
973. till morning when they'd find him.Copy !req
974. He was just looking at me.Copy !req
975. Looking into my eyes.Copy !req
976. Like he expected me to kill him.Copy !req
977. Like he expected me to be
the kind of person who would kill him.Copy !req
978. I was thinking,
"This nice man is scared of me."Copy !req
979. I was so ashamed.Copy !req
980. I mean, I thought he was a very nice...Copy !req
981. gentle man.Copy !req
982. And I thought so right up till I slit his
throat.Copy !req
983. I didn't know what I did
till I heard the sound.Copy !req
984. Added up...Copy !req
985. how much money
did you get from the Clutters that night?Copy !req
986. Between $40 and $50.Copy !req
987. I mean, the truth is,
I'm desperate to be done with it.Copy !req
988. I've spent four years of my life on this book.Copy !req
989. They got a stay of execution yesterday.Copy !req
990. Another, yes.Copy !req
991. Supreme Court.Copy !req
992. It's harrowing.Copy !req
993. Me, all I want to do is to write the ending
and there's no end in sight.Copy !req
994. No, thank you.Copy !req
995. "Dear friend Truman,
haven't heard from you in such a long while.Copy !req
996. "Please help find new lawyer.Copy !req
997. "If not, Dick will have to write
the Supreme Court brief himself.Copy !req
998. "Our last appeal.
What a pair of wretched creatures.Copy !req
999. "Please help. Your amigo?"Copy !req
1000. "Perry."Copy !req
1001. Just put it with the others.Copy !req
1002. You know, at least for Nelle...Copy !req
1003. you should try and pretend
you're having a good time tonight.Copy !req
1004. I thought I'd find you here.Copy !req
1005. Oh, Nelle.Copy !req
1006. Thank you.Copy !req
1007. I'll have another, please.Copy !req
1008. - How are you?
- Terrible.Copy !req
1009. I'm sorry to hear that.Copy !req
1010. I mean, it's torture the way...Copy !req
1011. What they're doing to me.Copy !req
1012. And now it's the Supreme Court.Copy !req
1013. And can you believe it?Copy !req
1014. If they win this appeal...Copy !req
1015. I will...Copy !req
1016. have a complete nervous breakdown.Copy !req
1017. I may never recover...Copy !req
1018. and I'll just pray that it turns my way.Copy !req
1019. - It must be difficult.
- It's torture.Copy !req
1020. They're torturing me.Copy !req
1021. I see.Copy !req
1022. And how'd you like the movie, Truman?Copy !req
1023. I frankly don't see what all the fuss is about.Copy !req
1024. Hello.Copy !req
1025. - Mr. Truman Capote?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1026. I have a call from Mr. Perry Smith
in the Kansas Correctional System.Copy !req
1027. Will you accept charges?Copy !req
1028. Yes.Copy !req
1029. Mr. Smith, you're on the line.Copy !req
1030. Hello.Copy !req
1031. Hello?Copy !req
1032. Hello, Perry.Copy !req
1033. They let me make a couple of phone calls
before I go down to holding.Copy !req
1034. You heard
the Supreme Court rejected the appeal?Copy !req
1035. No, I didn't. I hadn't heard that.Copy !req
1036. Yeah.Copy !req
1037. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1038. Yeah. They let me make two phone calls.Copy !req
1039. We got a date set for the warehouse,
Dick and me.Copy !req
1040. Two weeks and finito.Copy !req
1041. April 14.Copy !req
1042. Will you visit me?Copy !req
1043. Truman?Copy !req
1044. It's him again.Copy !req
1045. It is utterly inappropriate for me
to talk to him.Copy !req
1046. Yes?Copy !req
1047. I'm sorry, he won't be able to make it.Copy !req
1048. - Hello?
- Mr. Shawn, it's Nelle.Copy !req
1049. I just got this telegram. Has he seen it?Copy !req
1050. He won't read it.Copy !req
1051. - Would you put him on, please?
- Nelle, he won't talk.Copy !req
1052. Mr. Shawn, if you have to hold him down
and put the phone on his ear...Copy !req
1053. I need to speak to him.Copy !req
1054. All right.Copy !req
1055. It's Nelle.Copy !req
1056. Truman.Copy !req
1057. "Miss Nelle Harper Lee and Truman Capote.Copy !req
1058. "Sorry that Truman was unable to make it
here to the prison...Copy !req
1059. "for a brief word prior to necktie party.Copy !req
1060. "Whatever his reason for not showing up...Copy !req
1061. "I want him to know
that I cannot condemn him for it.Copy !req
1062. "Not much time left...Copy !req
1063. "but want you both to know
that I've been sincerely grateful...Copy !req
1064. "for your friendship through the years
and everything else.Copy !req
1065. "I'm not very good at these things.Copy !req
1066. "I have become extremely affectionate
toward you both. "Copy !req
1067. "But, harness time. "Copy !req
1068. "Adios, amigos. Your friend, Perry. "Copy !req
1069. Well, I didn't expect to see you again.Copy !req
1070. You can visit for a few minutes.Copy !req
1071. - Yeah.
- No.Copy !req
1072. Five minutes.Copy !req
1073. Well, well.Copy !req
1074. He returns.Copy !req
1075. I don't know what you must think of me.Copy !req
1076. Well, you haven't been foremost
on my mind lately...Copy !req
1077. as you can probably imagine.Copy !req
1078. You got the letter?Copy !req
1079. Yes, I did.Copy !req
1080. It's true.
I understand why you didn't want to come.Copy !req
1081. I wouldn't be here either if I didn't have to.Copy !req
1082. You got that right.Copy !req
1083. You know Ricardo donated his eyes
to science?Copy !req
1084. Next week, some blind man will be seeing
what Dick used to see.Copy !req
1085. Yeah, you could be walking in Denver
or somewhere, Truman...Copy !req
1086. and suddenly these eyes
will be staring at you.Copy !req
1087. That would be something, wouldn't it?Copy !req
1088. It would be. It would be.Copy !req
1089. You'll be watching?Copy !req
1090. I don't know, I'll be...Copy !req
1091. Do you want me to?Copy !req
1092. I'd like to have a friend there.Copy !req
1093. Okay. Then I will.Copy !req
1094. It's all right.Copy !req
1095. I did everything I could.Copy !req
1096. It's okay.Copy !req
1097. I truly did.Copy !req
1098. I know.Copy !req
1099. It's time.Copy !req
1100. Mr. Capote.Copy !req
1101. Goodbye.Copy !req
1102. You're not rid of us yet.Copy !req
1103. - We'll see you in a few minutes.
- I wish I had—Copy !req
1104. Mr. Capote.Copy !req
1105. - Mr. Capote.
- Goodbye.Copy !req
1106. Nice to see you.Copy !req
1107. Perry Edward Smith.Copy !req
1108. For the crime of murder in the first degree,
by order of the Court of Finney County...Copy !req
1109. and the Supreme Court
of the sovereign state of Kansas...Copy !req
1110. you are sentenced to hang until you die.Copy !req
1111. "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.Copy !req
1112. "Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me."Copy !req
1113. You can say something if you want.Copy !req
1114. Is there anybody from the family here?Copy !req
1115. No, Perry.Copy !req
1116. Well, tell them...Copy !req
1117. I can't remember what I was gonna say
for the life of me.Copy !req
1118. Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.Copy !req
1119. Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.Copy !req
1120. Give us this day our daily bread.Copy !req
1121. And forgive those who trespass against us.Copy !req
1122. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.Copy !req
1123. It was a terrible experience...Copy !req
1124. and I will never get over it.Copy !req
1125. They're dead, Truman. You're alive.Copy !req
1126. And there wasn't anything
I could have done to save them.Copy !req
1127. Maybe not...Copy !req
1128. but, the fact is, you didn't want to.Copy !req