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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's is a classic public-adored film with the ever charming Audrey Hepburn who makes a living by clipping her wealthy escorts for money. Based the novella by Truman Capote this painfully beautiful story of a lively New York girl who comes to liking a man that has moved in next door has touched it's viewers and left the popular theme-song “Moon River" in their head forever. |
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The Director
 Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his best films including: Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he was also renowned for his dramatic work, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Days of Wine and Roses. His greatest successes, however, were his comedies, and most of his films were either musicals, melodramas, slapstick comedies, and thrillers.
In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for th e screen.
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Revisiting Breakfast at Tiffany's for the AFI Project
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From March 20, 2008:
What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pippin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.aspx
Breakfast at Tiffany's is on the following AFI lists:
100 Years...100 Passions (#61)
100 Greatest Film Songs (#4 - "Moon River")
Truth be told, Breakfast at Tiffany's is not the greatest movie in the world. Don't get me wrong, I love it! I'm a big Audrey Hepburn fan, and Holly Golightly is among her finest and most legendary roles. In addition, I think George Peppard is awfully pretty in this film, and the best supporting performance goes to Cat, the nameless slob. Ultimately, though, Breakfast at Tiffany's is really just a guilty pleasure disguised with some timeless elements that make the film a cut above most other romantic comedies, before or since.
Holly Golightly (Hepburn) is a freespirit living in New York City and socializing with all manner of men, looking for the rich one that will marry her. She's also a dreamer, and a favorite pastime is to have breakfast while peering through the shop windows at the lovely, sparkly things in Tiffany's. She's such a freespirit, she's mainly commitment phobic - but then along comes a budding author with writer's block, Paul, who moves into the apartment above hers. He's kept and maintained by a wealthy woman (Patricia Neal), and Holly and Paul, whom she calls Fred because he reminds her of her brother Fred, who is in the service of the military, strike up a close friendship. Of course, any romance film fan knows immediately that Paul/Fred and Holly are right for each other, but her wacky individualistic streak an...
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reviewed by Pippin2010 (Filmaster.com) on the 7th of February 2010
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Interesting as far as romantic comedies go, but a little underwhelming considering how iconic it is. Rooney's character is out of step with modern standards, but more then that he isn't very good comedic relief. Hepburn is riveting, but her delightfully inscrutable performance is accompanied by a mediocre script and bland supporting characters. There are definitely moments where things come together unexpectedly, such as the scene in Tiffany's, but for the most part it is a one woman show.