Capote

Factual error: Halfway into the film, a scene shows Capote talking on a beige telephone. The receiver is a modular (plug in) type. Modular phones were not introduced until after 1966. The time frame for this movie is 1959 through 1963. All other scenes in this movie show the correct type of receiver (wired, not plug-in).

Factual error: While Truman is in the supermarket the Campbell's soup can labels show UPC bar codes. The first codes were used on products starting in 1974.

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Mistakes

Factual error: The Spanish taxi cab has red plates. In that time period plates were white.

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Quotes

Truman Capote: It's as if Perry and I grew up in the same house and one day he stood up and went out the back door while I went out the front.

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Questions

Question: Near the beginning of the film, Capote is talking about a story involving a gay black man being in love with a Jew. Since all the rest of his anecdotes involve real people and/or works, does anyone know which book he's talking about?

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Chosen answer: He is talking about 'Giovanni's Room' a novel by James Baldwin.

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