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Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 115 minutes (1 hour 55 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | UR | Sorting Category: | Romance | Sorting Tub: | Foxtrot |
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Synopsis: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
Reaction: Enjoyable, and I can see why people like it, but it's not exactly the best fit for me so it won't be topping my list of favorites.
Personal Rating: 7/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Holly's couch is really an old-fashioned bathtub split in half. In some scenes, you can still see the gold handles at one end and the legs on the bottom.
- Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn felt that she was miscast as Holly Golightly in this film, although it was one of her most popular roles.
- The song "Moon River" was written especially for Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn, since she had no training as a singer. The vocals were written to be sung in only one octave.
- The movie was shot only three months after the birth of Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn's first son, [?] Sean H. Ferrer.
- George PeppardGeorge Peppard was a student of Method acting, a style Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn found difficult to work with. Nonetheless, the two actors remained close friends until her death.
- Elements of Holly's character in the original novel, such as her flirtation with bisexuality, were omitted to make the part more suitable for Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn.
- Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn said the scene where she throws Cat into the rainy street was the most distasteful thing she ever had to do on film.
- Although not visible on camera, hundreds of onlookers watched Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn's window-shopping scene at the start of the film. This made her nervous and she kept making mistakes. It wasn't until a crew member nearly got electrocuted behind the camera that she pulled herself together and finished the scene.
- Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn hated Danish pastries, making filming the famous opening scene a bit of a chore for her.
- Author Truman CapoteTruman Capote envisioned Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe in the part of Holly Golightly. Monroe was originally cast as Golightly, but her drama coach, [?] Lee Strasberg, told her that playing a call-girl was not good for her image. The film went on to be a huge success, with Monroe's replacement Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress.
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