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Breakfast at Tiffany's Overview:

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Blake Edwards and produced by Martin Jurow and Richard Shepherd.

The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Truman Capote published in 1958.

SYNOPSIS

One more reason to fall in love with Audrey Hepburn is this sparkling and, at times, poignant comedy about a free-spirited young woman from the hinterlands redefining herself in New York City and her relationship with an aspiring writer. Holly Golightly partakes of all the big-city pleasures: parties, fine restaurants, and handsome, wealthy men who pay her way. Then she meets a new neighbor, a hopeful writer who himself lives off the generosity of a rich benefactor and soon the two begin a wistful, thorny relationship as Holly struggles to stay free. Based on a Truman Capote novella, it also features the timeless melody "Moon River" by Henry Mancini.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Breakfast at Tiffany's was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2012.

Academy Awards 1961 --- Ceremony Number 34 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActressAudrey HepburnNominated
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray MoyerNominated
Best Music - ScoringHenry ManciniWon
Best Music - SongMusic by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny MercerWon
Best WritingGeorge AxelrodNominated
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Breakfast at Tiffany's BlogHub Articles:

Très Distingué: "Breakfast at Tiffany's," another "Big Screen Classic" from TCM and Fathom Events

By The Lady Eve on Nov 29, 2016 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

Each month this year Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events have teamed to bring "Big Screen Classics" into movie theaters around the country. The series kicked off with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) in January and will close with From Here To Eternity (1953) in December. Audrey Hepbu... Read full article

Très Distingué: "Breakfast at Tiffany's," another "Big Screen Classic" from TCM and Fathom Events

By The Lady Eve on Nov 29, 2016 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

Each month this year Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events have teamed to bring "Big Screen Classics" into movie theaters around the country. The series kicked off with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) in January and will close with From Here To Eternity (1953) in December. Audrey Hepb... Read full article

In Theaters: Fandango and TCM Present Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

By KC on Nov 27, 2016 From Classic Movies

I had a lovely time at the multi-plex this afternoon, where I had the rare opportunity to watch a classic film in the kind of theater that is usually home to the latest big screen blockbuster. Because of this, it always feels like a triumph to me to attend movies presented by TCM Big Screen Classics... Read full article

2011 TCM Classic Film Festival--Citizen Kane, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and La Dolce Vita at Grauman's Chinese Theater

on May 9, 2011 From GlamAmor

When anyone first arrives in Los Angeles, Grauman's Chinese Theater is without a doubt on the short list of places to visit. The iconic theater and historical landmark is part of the pilgrimage for just about every tourist. And rightfully so. Since 1927, the Chinese Theater has been the site of ... Read full article

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

By Dawn on Dec 30, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Romantic comedy. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. The film was directed by Blake Edwards. It was loosely based on the novel of the same name by Truman Capote. Orangey as "Cat" (trained by Frank Inn). He... Read full article

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Breakfast at Tiffany's Quotes:

Holly Golightly: It should take you exactly four seconds to cross from here to that door. I'll give you two.
Holly Golightly: Oh, golly gee damn!
Holly Golightly: I'll tell you one thing, Fred, darling... I'd marry you for your money in a minute. Would you marry me for my money?
Paul Varjak: In a minute.
Holly Golightly: I guess it's pretty lucky neither of us is rich, huh?
Paul Varjak: Yeah.
Holly Golightly: A girl can't read that sort of thing without her lipstick.
Paul Varjak: I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before, before.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's Facts
About nine cats were used throughout the film as the role of Cat.
Audrey Hepburn hated Danish pastries, making filming the famous opening scene a bit of a chore for her.
Director Blake Edwards was lunching with Mickey Rooney at a posh Hollywood restaurant when Rooney objected to how his salad was being tossed by the waiter and proceeded to show the 'proper' way to do it. Edwards thought Rooney's attention-getting routine so funny that he wrote it into the movie.
The uncredited voice of the "terrifying man" tearing up Holly's apartment is actually George Peppard. Years later, in 1983, as Hannibal Smith of TV's "The A-Team", Peppard's character regularly disguised his voice - a talent he used to deceive the show's villains. Rather than dubbing his voice for those sequences, Peppard did the various voices himself.
In the famous "it should take you exactly 4 seconds to cross from here to that door. I give you two" scene, it takes Paul exactly 4 seconds from when he starts walking to when he reaches the door.
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