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Infamous (2006)
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sigourney Weaver
Producer: Jocelyn Hayes, Sidney Kimmel, Christine Vachon, Anne Walker-McBay
Composer: Rachel Portman
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 2, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
- Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - Douglas McGrath - Director
- Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Reviews
On its own terms, this is an elegant, stimulating homage to a singular talent. Compared to Capote, though, it can’t help but feel wanting.
A strange one this - Capote is a superior picture but Toby Jones is the superior Capote.
While less beguiling than Capote, Infamous remains a soulful and searching portrayal of the writer, carried with immense charm and vivacity by its leading man.
All that was painted grey in Capote becomes black-and-white here.
Impressively made, brilliantly acted and superbly written, this covers the same ground as Capote but comes at the story from a slightly different angle.
A bristly, jazzy tone and a perceptive script that plays on the characters' flamboyance.
Una aproximación más bien superficial y declamatoria a Truman Capote y su investigación previa a A Sangre Fría. En comparación, la versión de 2005 sale mucho mejor parada.
Revela-se não somente desonesto, como decepcionantemente repulsivo.
"About cold blooded media seduction, and an ironic reflection of how class differences in this country seal the opposing fates of individuals."
The triad of performances by Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig keep it on its feet, but after a certain point it's stumbling aimlessly.
For this film, it's the little pleasures---such as scenes of Capote writing and pages from legal pads stacked in rows---rather than the overall feeling and being engaged by it the entire time, which is a bit hard to do.
Often confronts a far-from-light subject, but its glamorous characters and occasional levity are fun.
Suffers from the recent and lingering memory of the superior Capote.
...more direct, perhaps more revealing, and certainly more graphic than the earlier Capote film.
[Toby Jones] perfectly captured the voice, the mannerisms and the presence of the author in a richer and deeper manner than I felt Hoffman had in CAPOTE.
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