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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) -- A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) -- A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   30,940 votes
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Director:
Blake Edwards
Writers:
Truman Capote (novel)
George Axelrod (screenplay)
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Release Date:
5 October 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Audrey Hepburn plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a new high in entertainment delight! more
Plot:
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(26 articles)
True HD Streaming Likely Years Away, Says Report
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 2 July 2009, 1:48 PM, PDT)

Friel Lands Breakfast At Tiffany's
 (From WENN. 17 May 2009, 7:10 AM, PDT)

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Good. Very good. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Audrey Hepburn ... Holly Golightly

George Peppard ... Paul 'Fred' Varjak
Patricia Neal ... 2-E (Mrs. Failenson)

Buddy Ebsen ... Doc Golightly
Martin Balsam ... O. J. Berman
José Luis de Villalonga ... José da Silva Pereira (as VilAllongA)
John McGiver ... Tiffany's salesman
Alan Reed ... Sally Tomato
Dorothy Whitney ... Mag Wildwood
Beverly Powers ... Nightclub Stripper (as Miss Beverly Hills)
Stanley Adams ... Rusty Trawler
Claude Stroud ... Sid Arbuck
Elvia Allman ... Librarian

Mickey Rooney ... Mr. Yunioshi
Orangey ... Cat
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Portuguese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Jurow-Shepherd more

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Trivia:
The movie's poster was as #18 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the final scene, Paul's rain-soaked hair switches back and forth from being tussled in the wider shots to being slicked back in the close-ups. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Sid Arbuck: [seeing Holly enter her building] Hey!
[he chases her inside]
Sid Arbuck: Hey, baby, what's going on here?
Holly Golightly: Oh, hi!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Revenge Is My Destiny (1971) more
Soundtrack:
The Big Heist more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Good. Very good., 1 May 2001
Author: patrick3201 from London, England

A lot has been said about this film, so I won't repeat too much of it. I just thought the following points stood out for me as wonderful:

-The telephone Holly keeps in a suitcase so she won't hear it. Holly. Ahhhh... Holly. Like some kind of female opposite of James Bond (stick with me here), men all want her, women all want to be her. We need to see *more* eccentric women in leading roles, as opposed to the dull boring stodge of overpaid 'sex symbols' like Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman who can be pretty or serious but never interesting.

-George Peppard in his finest role, and brilliant it is too. It's a real shock to my generation that has been more accustomed to seeing him tragically underused on trash like the A-Team. It made me want to see more of his early films, and wonder what happened in the intervening years (alcohol, apparently :-( ). An icon of male sensitivity, and there are few enough of them around too.

-That chap who sells them the telephone dialler in Tiffany's. A tiny role that achieves its aims perfectly and makes life seem better, which is what you want really.

Many have said Tiffany's is too saccharine and cheerful, but I think it actually hits the perfect balance of cynicism and sentiment. There are moments of intense depression (which people often forget) as well as hopeful optimism, and these two working together are what make the film so uplifting and memorable.

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