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Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1968 | Richard
Best Director | 1968 | Richard
Best Music Original Music Score | 1968 | Quincy
Best Cinematography | 1968 | Conrad L.
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1968 | Richard
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1968
Best Written American Drama | 1968 | Richard
Best Motion Picture | 1968 | Richard
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1968 | Richard
Best Film | 1968 | Richard
Favorite Motion Picture | 1968 | Robert
Best Film | 1967 | Richard
Budget 3,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 13,007,551 USD
The family photos seen in the rooms of the house are real photos of the Clutter family members.
The "Jenson" and "Narrator" characters are based on Truman Capote. Capote went to Kansas soon after the murders to write a magazine article on the impact of the killings on the population of a small town; interviewing those who knew the Clutter family. After the apprehension and conviction of killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, Capote became a major part of the killers' lives while they were on death row, forming a particularly close bond with Smith. Smith gave most of his belongings - drawings and books - to Capote. Capote was present at the executions and witnessed the carrying-out of Hickock's sentence, but couldn't bear to watch Smith die, and left the room before he was brought in.
The two pairs of eyes pictured on the movie poster are those of the real killers, not the actors portraying them.
When Perry Smith is summing up his life, the rain on the window is reflected on Robert Blake's face so that it looks like he's shedding tears, and the effect was lauded by many reviewers. That effect wasn't planned - the set was hot that day and a fan was being used near the simulated rain; it accidentally blew the water against the window, resulting in the shadows of the falling "rain" passing over Blake's face.
In two scenes Robert Blake's character makes a reference to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Blake played the paperboy who sold the winning lottery ticket to Humphrey Bogart in that classic movie. However, despite the fact that many people believe it was written into the script because of Blake, it wasn't. According to Truman Capote, it was Perry Smith's favorite movie.
"Alvin Dewey: Someday, somebody will explain to me the motive of a newspaper. First, you scream, "Find the bastards." Till we find them, you want to get us fired. When we find them, you accuse us of brutality. Before we go into court, you give them a trial by newspaper. When we finally get a conviction, you want to save them by proving they were crazy in the first place. Jensen: All of which adds up to one thing: you've got the killers."
"Perry: It doesn't make sense. I mean what happened. It had nothing to do with the Clutters. They never hurt me. They just happened to be there. I thought Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman... I thought so right up to the time I cut his throat."
