Breakfast at Tiffany's

Plot synopsis:
Holly Golightly (AUDREY HEPBURN) lives in a brownstone on Manhattan's swank East Side. Totally madcap, she has a partially furnished apartment, owns a cat with no name, gets rid of the "mean reds" by visiting Tiffany's jewelry store, and is forever misplacing her door key, much to the dismay of her upstairs neighbor Mr. Yunioshi (MICKEY ROONEY), a Japanese photographer. Holly makes her living in two ways: she receive $50 from her gentlemen escorts whenever she needs powder room money, and she is paid $100 for each weekly trip she makes to Sing Sing Prison, where she visits Sally Tomato (ALAN REED), an ex-mobster. One day Paul Varjak (GEORGE PEPPARD), a young writer who is supported by an older woman nicknamed "2E" (PATRICIA NEAL), comes into Holly's life. Following one of Holly's wild cocktail parties hosted by her Hollywood agent, O.J. Berman (MARTIN BALSAM), Paul unexpectedly meets Doc Golightly (BUDDY EBSEN), a gentle Texan whom Holly married when she was only 15 years old. Holly explains to Paul that the marriage was annulled long ago, and he helps her send the heartbroken Doc away. After a day on the town together, Paul realizes that he is in love with Holly and proposes to her; but she is determined to marry José (VILALLONGA), a South American millionaire. However, when it is publicly revealed that Holly has been innocently carrying narcotics ring information from Sally Tomato to his New York associates, the stuffy José abandons her. Furious at everything and everyone, Holly kicks Cat out of her taxicab into the rain and decides to leave town for Brazil, but Paul lectures her and then goes out to find Cat. Holly realizes how much she is giving up and races through the wet New York streets to a happy reunion with Paul and Cat.

Tags: cult, psychedelic, humor, satire, melodrama, romantic, sentimental

Review:
Audrey Hepburn is a New York good-time girl who makes a living by clipping her wealthy escorts for fifty here and fifty there.
But Audrey's mysterious past and her determination to marry rich, George's status as a kept boy-toy, and their occasionally questionable associates provide plenty of complications to fill out the story.What makes the film work is the remarkable charm of its two stars.
Most of the attention goes to Audrey Hepburn and the film shows her to remarkable advantage: she is a remarkable actress, personality, and beauty, and she works wonders with the ultralight script.
But when it comes to charm, George Peppard is no slouch either: the film catches him at the height of his early golden-boy good looks, and he is the perfect foil for Hepburn in both their comic and dramatic scenes.
This famous movie, Breakfast at Tiffany, has been lovingly regarded for years because of the wonderful Audrey Hepburn and the talented Henry Mancini.
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a mostly charming film which serves as a wonderful showcase for the great Audrey Hepburn.
In her portrayal of Holly Golightly Hepburn created one of the most iconic characters in film history.
The movie has its flaws, most notably one incredibly unfortunate casting decision, but all these years later it is rightly remembered fondly by most who have had the pleasure of seeing it.Holly Golightly makes her living as an escort, but it's not as unseemly as it might seem.
Everyone remembers the famous black dress but the beauty and elegance of Audrey Hepburn shine through no matter what Holly Golightly's wearing.
Even before I completely understood about Holly's "profession", I was captivated by the grace and magic that was Audrey Hepburn.George Peppard plays Paul Varjak, a writer who has to earn his living through a wealthy socialite, Patricia Neal, as her "kept" man.
Though you would think these two would be unflattering characters, they are both very charming and put on phony personas (especially in Holly's case) in order to survive.You have to marvel at how a woman like Audrey could look so good in anything she wore.
At the beginning of the movie when she first meets Peppard, she's only wearing a simple white shirt that she wears as a nightgown or at the party scene when she first comes out and greets her friend O.J. Berman wearing nothing but a sheet made up to look like a dress!
The film's" the two romantic protagonists are Holly Golightly, played wonderfully by Audrey Hepburn, and Paul Varjak, played by George Peppard in an understated performance that well complements Hepburn's.
Filmed on location in New York this is a beautiful, captivating movie, that has not only aged well, but is a time machine to a wonderful place that probably really never existed except in our imagination..
Capote who wanted Marilyn Monroe cast as Holly Golightly lived to see Audrey Hepburn make his literary creation one of her best cinematic creations.
I think given Marilyn's track record for behavioral problems on film sets, Capote, Blake Edwards the director, and everyone else concerned with Breakfast At Tiffany's probably dodged a bullet.
It's the main weakness of Breakfast At Tiffany's.The strength is of course Audrey Hepburn who took Capote's character completely over and it's her vision of the story that we see when the film is broadcast.
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.
Singing "Moon River" out the window of her Manhattan apartment, Audrey Hepburn garnered a charismatic following with the movie audience with this scene.
In addition to Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard,(The inadvertent gigolo) other stars included; Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney.
Director of this film, Blake Edwards, (Best known for an onslaught of "Pink Panther" movies, and television shows such as "Peter Gunn and "Mr Lucky") does a remarkable job at directing "Breakfast At Tiffany's".
Breakfast at Tiffany 's is a good movie of the 60s, has a large cast with one of the most beautiful actresses of the 60s, Audrey Hepburn makes an excellent performance , besides being very beautiful in this film , the romance of the movie is cool, and it works, the film is also humorous , has moments that can take good laughs from viewers , the direction is competent , the acting is good , the soundtrack is good , the picture is very good, the costumes is another strong point , the character of Audrey Hepburn has a wide variety of clothes in the film , the more the film is fairly predictable , the script is simple and has many moments that can of a little boredom, Breakfast at Tiffany 's is a recommended film for all moviegoers , has good performances , good soundtrack and good fun times , not to mention having one of the most beautiful actresses in the film , it is surely one of the best movies 1961.
The opening moments with Hepburn standing in front of Tiffany & Co. are as miraculous as any scene from any movie of this era, and the rest of the film effortlessly emulates that early magic..
The famous film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is supposedly based upon a brilliant novel by Truman Capote.Excellent music by Henry Mancini, the striking elegance and charm of Audrey Hepburn, the big name of Blake Edwards as the one of the best Hollywood entertainers promised an unforgettable picture.Alas!
It turned out to be the most disappointing film versions of all the times.First, there is no trace of the original message of the novel(I hear that the author was not very happy about film version either), which gives no hint of any sugary-sweet romance at all, and the character of Hollie had been grossly transformed (if not mutilated).Second, the actors and their protagonists are a horrendous mismatch:Audrey Hepburn (with all my sincerest admiration and love for her)plays some girl poor Truman Capote had never dreamed about of putting into his novel: too naive and pure, too high-class and too sweet to be a "real phony" as one of the film's characters (O.J.Berman )calls her.Mr Peppard is absolutely wooden, so he looks and sounds the phoniest of all with his love confessions.Mickey Rooney is a bad (really bad!) caricature of a Japanese ( forget about political correctness, it is just bad taste!)man.
In "Breakfast at Tiffany's", Audrey Hepburn (War and Peace, Always, My Fair Lady) brings her magnetic and charismatic persona to the forefront of a movie that has a fun and witty story, that combined with Hepburn's stellar performance is a classic romantic comedy that will attract non-fans of the film genre and convert them to the church known as Hepburnism.Hepburn stars as Holly Golightly, a New York woman who falls in love with her next door neighbor Paul "Fred" Varjak, played by George Peppard (PJ, The A-Team, How The West Was Won).
Even during more emotional scenes Hepburn proves in "Breakfast At Tiffany's" that she is a rare screen gem and that is capable of making people laugh and cry at the same time.
The best character was the cat, who Audrey Hepburn tried to kill about three times in the film.
I think "Moon River" was the only enjoyable part of it aside from watching Audrey Hepburn play such a frivolous, shallow and fickle woman.I almost turned the movie off halfway through but hoped it would somehow improve.
I remember being so much fascinated by Holly Golightly when I first read Capote's novel years ago and was really looking forward to Audrey Hepburn bringing this character to life.
There are moments of charm, pathos, and fun, but the overall effect is one where we're supposed to just like the movie because it's in love with itself.I can't help but wonder what would've happened if Hepburn had been born early enough to have been in pictures in the 30s and 40s, where women's roles were much stronger and complex.
However, don't count me as a fan of "Holly Golightly." The same goes for the plastic-looking, wooden-acting pretty-boy George Peppard who plays the male lead and only looked competent in his career when he played opposite a non-acting thug like "Mr. T." on television's "The A Team." In a nutshell, this is just another in a long of films about dysfunctional, shallow people which a certain segment of the population seems to love, a la television soap opera fans.I was sorry to see Mickey Rooney make a fool of himself here, too, trying to impersonate an Asian.But, in the end, all one has to do is sing "Moon River" and two losers can live happily ever after.
I am a regular film watcher and took the opportunity recently to buy the Audrey Hepburn boxed set which included Breakfast at Tiffany's which is oft quoted as a 'classic'.
You really do feel drawn into the relationship between Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn), a teenage runaway who ended up a high-class escort in New York and Paul 'Fred' Varjak (a youthful George Peppard) a writer/gigolo who has had nothing to inspire him of late until Holly came into his life.
However you just know that, despite not having much money, Holly and Paul will take good care of each other by the end of the movie.What gives this film a unique charm on top of the performances are the many oddball moments and quirky touches.
Most of them supplied by Holly's cat, known simply as Cat. And Henry Mancini's score (before he and Blake Edwards teamed up for the famous Pink Panther) seems right out of a Broadway musical and plays a strong part in making the movie what it is.
Here is another Hollywood classic to be demolished.Audrey Hepburn was unaware of the fact that even superstars can run into a bad movie, so her acting was something like "oh gees what a great actress I am!
It's an odd and meandering look at the life and loves of Holly Golightly (played by Audrey Hepburn).
I was very impressed by Audrey Hepburn's Oscar winning performance in Roman Holiday so I was really looking forward to this movie Breakfast at Tiffany's.What do I have to report after seeing it?
Even the décor of her apartment looks good.Secondly, she has a fairly good chemistry with Peppard and the fact that the two are in the same age bracket helps in that regard.Thirdly, Audrey Hepburn's acting in this movie is superb, she got an Oscar nomination for it.Fourthly, Moon River the song that Holly (Audrey) sings is great and the tune itself is haunting.The negatives: The story gets off to a fine start, Audrey plays the part of an escort (a call girl but it the early 60's so that is not what she is called in the movie), Peppard plays the role of a struggling writer who is kept by a rich older woman as her companion.Now in this movie Holly (Audrey) is the kind of woman who is terrified of relationships, so much so that she does not even name her cat.
Her only aim in life is to snare some rich man so when she starts falling in love with Peppard's character she does not know how to react.What a great start, one would expect the story to race ahead but it exactly here that things come to a grinding stop.
The ending I must say is pretty romantic, but the overall impression that the movie leaves is that Breakfast at Tiffany is average fare nowhere in the same class as Roman Holiday or My Fair Lady.I would also like to say that Mickey Rooney's depiction of a Japanese man is extremely insensitive.
Audrey Hepburn was a real good actress and also in this movie she presents her character very convincingly.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" sees Holly Golightly, a fascinating character played by Audrey Hepburn, earning a living by 'dating' rich men while she bumps into her new neighbour, "Fred" (played by George Peppard), who also becomes slowly fascinated by her.
A character who learns nothing from experience, only running from it, and into the lives of others and damaging theirs.I can only hope that people love the movie poster, the idea of Hepburn's classic beauty or perhaps even the title, as the reason this film is so revered.
Audrey Hepburn will forever be remembered for her role here as Holly Golightly, the New York socialite that made everyone fall for Tiffany's.
Her performance is so iconic that sometimes we forget everything else about the film: the original song, "Moon River" which continues to be included in many modern day movies, the adapted screenplay from Truman Capote's novel, one of America's most revered writers, and Blake Edwards's comedic direction which still stands today as one of his funniest films.
I especially liked the score when Holly and Paul stole that toy mask.Breakfast at Tiffany is worth seeing for one main reason: Hepburn.
Because of the actors involved, many of the scenes have an afterglow: Holly-Hepburn singing her bitter-sweet theme song, the sad sophistication of Patricia Neal, John McGiver's tolerant and sentimental salesman (don't try this at your local Tiffany's!), even George Peppard's paternal-savior confusion.
Audrey Hepburn is stunningly beautiful and it is hard not to fall in love with her when watching her films.This film has a moving score(particularly Moon River) and is the best romantic comedy i've ever seen.
It is all Audrey Hepburn in the part of Holly Golightly, written by Truman Capote as a hooker in his novella, but here toned down to an 'escort' to make it more palatable for the classy Audrey.There are some memorable scenes, in one of which Audrey sings the title song "Moon River" and very well too.Blake Edwards, who directs, inserts the wild New York party scene which is sporadically funny.George Peppard, who plays the lead is fairly wooden.
Peppard and Hepburn have wonderful chemistry and the supporting players (Martin Balsam, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen) are all marvelous.I think it is the ultimate Hepburn film because it is a love story, Hepburn, whose appeal was always more to women than to men, (the ultimate woman's woman) wears fabulous Givenchy dresses and it takes place in the sophisticated Upper East Side of New York of the early '60's.
Audrey Hepburn is so lovely and charming.Her performance of Holly is a screen icon.
Audrey Hepburn doesn't fit into a role of materialistic and selfish playgirl Holly Golightly; at the same time, Hepburn's persona is the reason the film remains bearable to watch.
Good for us and movie history that the sublime Audrey Hepburn played Holly Golightly.
While I am an admirer of both Marilyn Monroe-to me MM is the Greatest Femme Star of all time, and Kim Novak truly an under-appreciated Star and recently tabbed by USA Today as "the box office queen of the 50's"- it is now impossible to think of anyone other than Audrey Hepburn as our 'Huckleberry Friend'.Henry Mancini's memorable "Moon River" and a breakout performance by elegant handsome George Peppard add to the magic of this film.
Patricia Neal gives fine support to the two Stars; Mickey Rooney is miscast.Kudos to Blake Edwards, Martin Jurow, George Peppard and Paramount Pictures, and most of all Audrey Hepburn, for a great classic movie..
Audrey Hepburn as Holly and George Peppard as Paul combine their talents as drifters in New York City who find friendship together and then come in conflict when Peppard realizes that he is in love with her.
The film does end on the most romantic of notes with a rain-soaked kiss in the alley, just about as lovely a scene as you are likely to see in movies..
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a funny and witty movie, about a spoiled girl who has her way in life by lying until love sets a trap for her.I know we have heard this story before but what makes this movie special is Hepburn herself.
Audrey Hepburn plays a party girl Holly Golightly and George Peppard a writer Paul Varjak.As persons they're very different from each other but that doesn't mean they can't fall in love.Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) is based on Truman Capote's novel.It's directed by Blake Edwards, a great director who received an honorary Oscar at the last Academy Awards.The cast is superb.Hepburn's performance in this movie is really something to remember.She was an amazing actress.Peppard is also brilliant.There are also other great actors there, like Patricia Neal as 2-E, Jose Luis de Villalonga as Jose da Silva Pereira, Mickey Rooney as Mr Yunioshi and of course Orangey as Cat.At times this can be a very hilarious movie, like where Holly and Paul steal those masks.Then it can turn into very dramatic movie.So you can both laugh and cry while watching this movie.The ending was really wonderful.This is a movie for you to see if you like classics..
The opening sequence of this movie, with Holly Golightly in bliss, with a breakfast pastry and a coffee, window shipping at Tiffany's while Moon River plays, is gorgeous.
Audrey Hepburn is the real delight of this film, her presence outshines that of Peppard.
There is so much to love in this film.Audrey Hepburn.
But his character (and every other character) just aren't Audrey Hepburn.This movie is more than just a love story.
Audrey Hepburn (gorgeous as ever) and George Peppard are fantastic in this very funny romantic comedy.
Holly Golightly (Hepburn) is a fantastic character living it up in New York looking for a rich man to marry.
Ultimately Paul falls in love with Holly but will she reciprocate or follow her ambitions?Great movie, with Audrey Hepburn in her definitive role.
Audrey Hepburn was such a fine actress and she was cast perfectly as Holly, the lead character.
This is one of my favourite movies and the lead of the film is one of my favourite actresses, Audrey Hepburn.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is one of Audrey Hepburn's most icon roles and movies.