One day back in the 1950′s a couple of killers drove to a home in Kansas, where they believed a safe was located in the house. One killer got this knowledge from another prisoner he was serving time with in prison. This information would be used by this convicted man to travel to Kansas; when he was released from his criminal punishment sentence. Him and another man made the long drive to Kansas; where they broke into this home late one night. They would tear the house up looking for a safe that wasn’t in the home. This probably outraged the men more and before it was all over, they would murder an entire family. This was shocking news back in the 1950′s; just like it would be today in 2010.

A man named Capote made the trip to middle America, that was centered right in the heartland of our country. He wanted to hear the killers side of the story and understand why these men would do such an evil thing. This man Capote would have a book and movie done about the information he learned while investigating this true life story. I have seen the movie Capote, but never read the book. For those that have read this true-life book, I was wondering what you thought about the book. Do you think the book is better than the movie? I know in most cases, the book is better than the movie. A book allows us to go inside the minds of the characters and I’m sure a lot more can be told about Capote’s thoughts in the book; compared to the movie. I would rate the movie Capote as a very average movie. The fact it’s a true story, makes me like this movie much better than if it was a fictional work of art.

Have you read the book Capote? How would you rate it on a scale between 1 thru 10? I give the movie Capote an 8 on my scale between 1-10. Do you rank the book this high? This is a very sad story, to see an innocent family lose their lives on this horrible night back in the 1950′s era. Especially when we learn that it was a mistake in information that got passed from one person to another. A well-known and well-liked family was all murdered by a couple of men that had no business destroying the lives of this Kansas family. If it wasn’t for a man named Capote, we may have long forgot about this tragedy. So I do think some credit is owed to him, for future generations to remember this innocent family from Kansas that didn’t deserve the faith that was handed to them, more than a half of century ago.