Capote film gets US critics' vote

Capote, a biopic about US writer Truman Capote, has been voted the best picture of 2005 by a group of leading US film critics. Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plays the lead role, was also named best actor by the National Society of Film Critics.

Capote focuses on the years the author spent researching and writing In Cold Blood, which was inspired by the 1959 murder of a farming family in Kansas.

Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon won best actress for her role in Walk The Line.
Witherspoon plays the wife of country star Johnny Cash in the movie, which tells the story of the famous singer's life.

Last month both Hoffman and Witherspoon were nominated for Golden Globe awards for their roles in the two films.

And both films were shortlisted for awards by The Producers Guild of America (PGA), while Capote was also shortlisted by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).