In Cold Blood
Just in time to coincide with the recent release of Capote, beginning this Friday, Film Forum will be showing In Cold Blood. The 1967 Richard Brooks classic movie of Truman Capote’s book is the story of the murder of a family in a small, rural town by two ex-cons.
From the IMDb trivia page:
To get the authenticity he wanted, Richard Brooks filmed in all the actual locations including the Clutter house (where the murders took place) and the actual courtroom (6 of the actual jurors were used). Even Nancy Clutter’s horse Babe was used in a few scenes. The actual gallows at the Kansas State Penitentiary were used for filming the executions, however in a 2002 interview, Charles McAtee (who was State Corrections Director for Kansas in the 1960’s), clarified the hangman in the film was an actor, not the real deal.
That’s some intense filmmaking there.