The Grass Harp

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. After the death of his parents, Collin Fenwick (Edward Furlong) finds himself living in a small town with two of his aunts, Dolly (Piper ...more

The Grass Harp is just about as good a film as can be made from Truman Capote's ethereal novella. That may sound like faint praise, but considering that the source material defied translation to the stage as both a straight play and a musical, it's actually a considerable achievement. Not that the film is perfect, mind you. Kirk Ellis and Stirling Silliphant's screenplay can't quite capture the wistful, delicate flavor of the novel, and the quirkiness of the characters is better suited for the ...more