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Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961 ★ 110 min
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: George Peppard, Audrey Hepburn, Patricia Neal
Director: Blake Edwards
Writer: George Axelrod, Truman Capote
Producer: Richard Shepherd, Martin Jurow

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards from a screenplay by George Axelrod and based on the 1958 novella by Truman Capote. It stars Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. In the film, Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric socialite, meets a struggling writer who moves into her apartment building.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color.
  • Based on Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958 novella by Truman Capote).
  • After Paramount producers Martin Jurow and Richard Shepherd optioned the film rights to Capote's novella, they hired Sumner Locke Elliott to write its screenplay.
  • Axelrod, who previously made structural changes to the source material while adapting The Seven Year Itch (1955), worked with Jurow and Shepherd to deviate from Capote's novella.
  • Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly: he considered Monroe to best reflect the character, with Axelrod required to "tailor" the screenplay to accommodate Monroe.

Filming Locations

  • New York City
  • Most of the exteriors were filmed in New York City, and all of the interiors, except for portions set inside Tiffany & Co., were filmed on the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood.

Previous Showings

15 Runs • 9 Festivals

44,101 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (October 31, 1961)

Original Run: October 31, 1961 (Tuesday - Tuesday)

All runs on record (15):

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