The following movies will be released this Friday:
Capote, based on the biography by Gerald Clarke (Carroll & Graf, $17, 078670912X) and directed by Bennett Miller (The Cruise). Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Truman Capote while investigating the brutal killing of a Kansas family for his famous "non-fiction novel," In Cold Blood--with the assistance of Harper Lee (Catherine Keener).
'Tis the Time for Truman in Tinseltown: Another movie about Capote has been pushed until early next year so as not to compete with Capote. (It's difficult to imagine him being upset about all the attention.) Called Have You Heard?, the film is based on George Plimpton's oral biography Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (Anchor, $16.95, 0385491735).
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The Greatest Game Ever Played, directed by Bill Paxton and starring Shia LeBeouf. Based on the book by Mark Frost (Hyperion, $15.95, 0786888008), this true story chronicles the rise of golf amateur Francis Ouimet and his 1913 U.S. Open match against British champion Harry Vardon.
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is based on the book by Terry Ryan (S&S, $13, 0743273931). Directed by Jane Anderson and starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, this domestic drama follows a housewife and mother of 10 struggling to make ends meet and keep her family together while her husband drinks away his paycheck. By entering many contests under different names, she wins appliances, products and cash enough to support the group.
Capote, based on the biography by Gerald Clarke (Carroll & Graf, $17, 078670912X) and directed by Bennett Miller (The Cruise). Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Truman Capote while investigating the brutal killing of a Kansas family for his famous "non-fiction novel," In Cold Blood--with the assistance of Harper Lee (Catherine Keener).
'Tis the Time for Truman in Tinseltown: Another movie about Capote has been pushed until early next year so as not to compete with Capote. (It's difficult to imagine him being upset about all the attention.) Called Have You Heard?, the film is based on George Plimpton's oral biography Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (Anchor, $16.95, 0385491735).
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The Greatest Game Ever Played, directed by Bill Paxton and starring Shia LeBeouf. Based on the book by Mark Frost (Hyperion, $15.95, 0786888008), this true story chronicles the rise of golf amateur Francis Ouimet and his 1913 U.S. Open match against British champion Harry Vardon.
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio is based on the book by Terry Ryan (S&S, $13, 0743273931). Directed by Jane Anderson and starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, this domestic drama follows a housewife and mother of 10 struggling to make ends meet and keep her family together while her husband drinks away his paycheck. By entering many contests under different names, she wins appliances, products and cash enough to support the group.