Capote Tapes, The (DVD)

Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capotes greatest masterpiece, an epic novel of New York Citys glittering jet-set society, following his smashing success with Breakfast at Tiffanys and In Cold Blood. Instead, it sparked his downfall. Through access to never-before-heard audio archives and interviews with Capotes friends and enemies, including Dick Cavett, Lauren Bacall, Norman Mailer and Andre Leon Talley, the intimate and provocative documentary The Capote Tapes reveals the rise and fall of Americas most iconic gay writer.