oscar nominations, 2006 oscar nominations

Philip Seymour Hoffman
CAPOTE
NOMINATED ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman portrays author Truman Capote in the years leading up to the writing of his best-known book, "In Cold Blood."
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Philip Seymour Hoffman.
FILM SYNOPSIS: When the murder of a family in Kansas captures the interest of celebrated writer Truman Capote, he travels to their small hometown to research what will become his best-known book. As the details of the crime unfold and the two killers are captured and tried, Capote's involvement with the case becomes both morally ambivalent and deeply personal.