Changed names.

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agusllaurado — 16 years ago(March 29, 2010 10:34 PM)

Can anyone enlighten me as to the decision taken by the film makers to change certain names during the movie. Namely DANNY BURKE (Bobby Rupp) and LAURA FINNEY (Susan Kidwell) and i even think i heard how they called Andy , WALT.
Take care people.

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cshep79406 — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 01:24 AM)

At the time, these individuals had never spoken publicly about the crime (although Bob Rupp eventually did), so it was most likely done to protect their privacy.

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agusllaurado — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 03:37 AM)

But Alvin tells the press not to bother Laura Kinney once he says she found them dead. Capote when talking to Laura Finney (once again) calls her but that name, even though she was called Susan Kidwell IRL. Bobby is mentioned as Danny during an interview , in which hiding is name sounds ilogical. Capotes book came out with the real names.

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james_oblivion — 10 years ago(February 27, 2016 01:28 AM)

There was also a miniseries in the '90s based on In Cold Blood that used the real names (Bobby Rupp was played by a young Ryan Reynolds). I too found it very odd that they would change them for the Capote film.