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Tonight's Clue ~ An 80's classic where the good guy gets the girl.
Night 13 ~ Breakfast At Tiffany's
Tagline ~ Audrey Hepburn plays that daring, darling Holly Golightly to a
new high in entertainment delight!
Based on a novel by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards (The Great Race, The Pink Panther and 10) and
released on October 5, 1961 by Paramount Pictures. A young writer Paul
(George Peppard) meets Holly (Audrey Hepburn) his quirky neighbor. It
doesn't take long before Paul is in love with Holly, like most everyone who
meets her. But can Holly return his love or is she looking for something
bigger?
This is a classic and for good reason. Audrey Hepburn plays the
slightly scattered but completely lovable Holly, an escort longing for
love but afraid to have it. George Peppard is the struggling writer and
kept man Paul, who has just moved in upstairs. The movie plays on the
themes of loss, sadness and loneliness but ultimately love and learning
to trust.
While the film does have heavier moments it
also have humor and is a gorgeous example of the late 50's/early 60's in
film. Audrey is wonderful to watch in her fabulous fashions and
bohemian lifestyle. New York makes a beautiful backdrop for this slice
of nostalgia. It is also a great throwback to a time were drinking was a
very glamorous pass time. My stars, do these people drink!
While
I have not read the Truman Capote novel this was based on I know it
varies greatly. So greatly that Mr. Capote was far from happy with it. I
can imagine as it was loosely based on his own life with the character
Paul created around himself. But if you have not read the book, or can
separate the two, this is a movie gem that is well worth a watch.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is currently available to stream on Netflix and is available on most DVD rental and streaming services.
Take a look at the original trailer.
Some trivia about the movie.
1. Audrey Hepburn said the scene where she throws Cat into the rainy
street was the most distasteful thing she ever had to do on film.
2. Audrey Hepburn hated Danish pastries, making filming the famous opening scene a bit of a chore for her.
3.
Although not visible on camera, hundreds of onlookers watched Audrey
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.
4. 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 Hepburn.
5.
George Peppard was a student of Method acting, a style Hepburn found
difficult to work with. Nonetheless, the two actors remained close
friends until her death.
6. The song "Moon River" was written
especially for Audrey Hepburn, since she had no training as a singer.
The vocals were written to be sung in only one octave.
7. At a
post-production meeting following a screening of the film, a studio
executive, in reference to "Moon River," said, "Well, I think the first
thing we can do is get rid of that stupid song." Audrey Hepburn stood up
at the table and said, "Over my dead body!" The song stayed in the
picture.
8. Steve McQueen was offered the co-starring role.
However, he was still under contract for the show "Wanted: Dead or
Alive" (1958), which prevented him from appearing. The role eventually
went to George Peppard.
9. Audrey Hepburn's salary for the film
was $750,000, making her the second highest paid actress (behind
Elizabeth Taylor) per film at the time.
10. The story which Paul
received the $50 check for is called Roman Caper, a reference to Audrey
Hepburn's first starring role, Roman Holiday (1953).
11. 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).
12. Although it's never explained why Holly is
wearing a bed sheet at her cocktail party, an earlier scene (cut before
release) established she'd been taking a bath and had to improvise a
gown on the spur of moment. The cut scene was featured in Life magazine
pictorial shortly before film was released.
13. 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.
14. In the film's original
trailer (included on the special edition DVD), the announcer mistakenly
pronounces Truman Capote's last name as "Capot", without pronouncing the
"e" at the end of his name. This mistake was repeated (on purpose) on
the "Mary Tyler Moore" show - Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) is demanding
better writers and he says they should get "that Truman Capot fellow".
Phyllis (Cloris Leachman) tries to correct him by saying just "E". Ted
then says "oh yeah, Truman E. Capot".
15. Holly Golightly wears
the same dress through the movie, simply changing the
accessories to give each outfit a different look. Her black dress is
featured at least four times.
16. The perfume Holly is spraying in the apartment hallway during her drunken scenes is Makila by Jean Patou.
17.
In Truman Capote's novel Holly was a prostitute, had an abortion, liked
to smoke weed, was bisexual and swore like a drunken sailor.
18.
In the Book the narrator describes how Holly would wash her hair and
sit out on the fire escape thumbing her guitar while waiting for her
hair to dry; this is reflected during her "Moonriver" scene, which is
why she has a wrap around her hair.
19. Truman Capote was
reportedly unhappy with the decision to cast Audrey Hepburn as he'd been
in favor of Marilyn Monroe. Hepburn was very self-conscious of her
performance while Capote was on set as she felt inadequate as the Holly
he had envisioned.
20. Holly Golightly is supposed to be just
nineteen years old when she meets with Paul. Audrey Hepburn was
thirty-one years old when playing Holly.
