It's A Good Idea To Stay Close To Your Friends From High School

Bennett Miller and Dan Futterman have been friends since high school. Who would have guessed that years later they would make a film together that would garner Oscar buzz. Capote is getting amazing reviews. The movie covers the time in Truman Capote's life when he wrote his famous novel In Cold Blood. Bennett and Dan are both first timers at doing a full length feature in their roles as director and writer respectively. Bennett is mostly known for his documentary The Cruise and Dan is better known as an actor on shows like Judging Amy and Will & Grace. As it turns out, another former friend was going to be an important piece of the puzzle. When they were both 16 they attended a summer theater camp and met Phillip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Capote in the film. This article tells you a bit more about Dan Futterman and his path to becoming a writer (coincidentally he played a writer on Judging Amy). To read about how the movie came together, click here . You can read this review if you want to see what others think of it.