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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   32,637 votes
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Director:
Blake Edwards
Writers:
Truman Capote (novel)
George Axelrod (screenplay)
Contact:
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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 7 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(48 articles)
Hepburn's Dresses Go Under The Hammer
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Media Monkey's Diary
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User Comments:
A lot of fun, Audrey was a true beauty and actress of her time more (243 total)

Cast

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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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alfred Avallone ... Spieler at Stripjoint (uncredited)
Janet Banzet ... Woman (uncredited)
Henry Barnard ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Henry Beckman ... Narcotics Detective Cronberger (uncredited)
Nicky Blair ... Party Guest (uncredited)

Mel Blanc ... Holly's Drunk Visitor (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Bradley ... Reporter (uncredited)
Florine Carlan ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Sue Casey ... Party Guest in blue & green dress (uncredited)

Roydon Clark ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Marian Collier ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Christine Corbin ... Sing Sing Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Dick Crockett ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Tom Curtis ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell ... Party Guest (uncredited)
James Field ... Party Guest (uncredited)
George Fields ... Harmonica player (uncredited)

Joe Gray ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph J. Greene ... Mr. O'Shaunessy (uncredited)
Barbara Kelley ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Kip King ... Delivery boy (uncredited)
Frank Kreig ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Gil Lamb ... Gil (party guest with Harriet) (uncredited)
Hanna Landy ... Party Guest (uncredited)
James Lanphier ... The Cousin (uncredited)
Mary LeBow ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Lees ... Floorwalker (uncredited)
Leatrice Leigh ... Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Mel Leonard ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney ... Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Frank Marth ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie ... Party Guest laughing in mirror (uncredited)
Joyce Meadows ... Party Guest shaking derrier - white dress (uncredited)
Hollis Morrison ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Kate Murtagh ... Policewoman (uncredited)
Bill Neff ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson ... Harriet (party guest in gold dress) (uncredited)
Chuck Niles ... Sing Sing Prison Guard (uncredited)
Peggy Patten ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Patten ... Party Guest (uncredited)
John Perri ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Quinlivan ... Party Guest with eyepatch (uncredited)
William Benegal Rau ... Hindu at party (uncredited)
Joe Scott ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock ... Reporter at Policed HQ (uncredited)
Annabella Soong ... Chinese Party Guest (uncredited)
Helen Spring ... Party Guest with hat on fire (uncredited)
Joan Staley ... Blonde - low-cut cream dress (uncredited)
Nino Tempo ... Customer (uncredited)
Towyna Thomas ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Glen Vernon ... Reporter (uncredited)
Linda Wong ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ... Party guest with cat on shoulder (uncredited)
Richard Wyler ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Zaslow ... Party guest (uncredited)
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Directed by
Blake Edwards 
 
Writing credits
Truman Capote (novel)

George Axelrod (screenplay)

Produced by
Martin Jurow .... producer
Richard Shepherd .... producer
 
Original Music by
Henry Mancini 
 
Cinematography by
Franz Planer (director of photography) (as Franz F. Planer)
Philip H. Lathrop (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Howard A. Smith  (as Howard Smith)
 
Casting by
Marvin Paige (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Roland Anderson 
Hal Pereira 
 
Set Decoration by
Sam Comer 
Ray Moyer 
 
Makeup Department
Nellie Manley .... hair styles supervisor
Wally Westmore .... makeup supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William McGarry .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Gene Lauritzen .... construction coordinator (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Hugo Grenzbach .... sound recordist
John Wilkinson .... sound recordist
Richard Gramaglia .... sound mixer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Farciot Edouart .... process photography
John P. Fulton .... special photographic effects
 
Stunts
Jesse Wayne .... stunt double (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne .... stunt double: Mickey Rooney (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hubert de Givenchy .... gowns: Miss Hepburn
Edith Head .... costume supervisor
Pauline Trigere .... gowns: Miss Neal
 
Music Department
Bob Bain .... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Jack Sheldon .... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Frank Inn .... trainer: Cat
Richard Mueller .... technicolor color consultant
 
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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Portuguese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
171 East 71st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Jurow-Shepherd more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The famous black dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the opening scenes of this movie was sold for $807,000 on December 4, 2006 at Christie's Auction House in London, making it the second most expensive piece of movie memorabilia ever sold. The first is the Best Picture Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1939). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Holly breaks things in her apartment, Paul's necktie is alternately in/out of his vest between shots. 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 I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Moon River Cha Cha more

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12 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A lot of fun, Audrey was a true beauty and actress of her time, 27 June 2007
8/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

Breakfast At Tiffany's is a pretty famous movie, it's recommended in my movie books and is usually on a top film critic's list as a classic. Before Roman Holiday, I had never seen an Audrey Hepburn film, and I have to say that I am becoming more and more of a fan of her's. She was so beautiful and very talented, not to mention she seemed like a very classy and elegant lady. But the film itself was a pretty good one, this was the movie that made romantic comedy clichés, so that's why I let it go so easily. It seemed like this film had what a lot of romantic comedy films steal now a days.

Holly is a huge socialite in her grand world, she finds happiness and joy in the jewelery store, Tiffany's. She is also being paid 100 dollars to visit a drug Mafia leader in prison to make his day. But things begin to change when a very handsome man moves in down stairs from her, Paul, but she calls him Fred since he looks like her brother. He's also in a similar situation where his "Decorator" is paying him for a good time. But together they find themselves helping one another and realizing they may need each other.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is an elegant classic that I would rate up with Seven Year Itch starring Marilyn Monroe. It has great humor and sizzling romance that anyone could fall in love with. Audrey Hepburn took on a role which the character could have been neuritic and annoying, but she made Holly into someone every woman would like to be. Her and George were great together, I would highly recommend Breakfast at Tiffany's, it's a great classic.

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