Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Directed by

Blake Edwards

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 4,508 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Holly Golightly is a free-spirited young woman living in New York City. She becomes friends with a new neighbor who is a struggling writer. The story follows their connection and her search for belonging.

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What happens

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards from a screenplay by George Axelrod and based on the 1958 novella by Truman Capote. It stars Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. In the film, Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric socialite, meets a struggling writer who moves into her apartment building. Development for the film began soon after the publication of Capote's novel, with several actors, including Marilyn Monroe, Shirley MacLaine, Kim Novak, Steve McQueen, Jack Lemmon, and Robert Wagner, considered for the lead roles prior to Hepburn and Peppard being cast. The screenplay, which deviates from Capote's novella (wherein both lead characters are gay), was originally completed by Axelrod and director John Frankenheimer, who was replaced by Edwards well into pre-production. Principal photography began on October 2, 1960, with filming taking place in New York City and at the Studios at Paramount in Hollywood, California. The film's music was composed by Henry Mancini and its theme song, "Moon River", was written by Johnny Mercer. Breakfast at Tiffany's was released in the United States on October 5, 1961, by Paramount Pictures. It grossed $14 million worldwide and received critical acclaim for its music and Hepburn's style and performance, being nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Hepburn, and winning two (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Mancini and Best Song for Mancini and Mercer). The film also received numerous other accolades, although Rooney's portrayal of the character I. Y. Yunioshi garnered significant subsequent controversy for being perceived as racist. In 2012, the film was preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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