A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 13 nominations total
- José da Silva Pereira
- (as Vilallonga)
- Nightclub Stripper
- (as Miss Beverly Hills)
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Spieler at Stripjoint
- (uncredited)
- Woman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaAudrey Hepburn's salary for the film was $750,000 (roughly equivalent to $7.3 million as of 2022), making her the highest paid actress per film at the time.
- GoofsWhen Holly gets out of the cab in the rain at the end, her hair is already soaking wet from previous takes.
- Quotes
Paul Varjak: You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.
[takes out the ring and throws it in Holly's lap]
Paul Varjak: Here. I've been carrying this thing around for months. I don't want it anymore.
- Alternate versionsThe 45th Anniversary DVD release of the film includes revealing footage of the nightclub stripper that was previously left out of the earlier DVD and video releases. Blake Edwards planned to include the extended striptease sequence in an alternate version of the film for European release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn (2013)
Capote's story is set in the Forties and the film is contemporary 1961 when it was filmed. There's no real plot to it, Capote did a character study and so is this. It's about two people and the fascination that George Peppard's character develops for the unconventionality of Holly Golightly as Hepburn essays her.
Hepburn is the kept woman of a cross section of the male species and Peppard is the boy toy of another woman who rents in their apartment, Patricia Neal. Neal who would win her Oscar the following year for Hud has her character as curiously underdeveloped. 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. She's an amoral minx who in the end realizes that her life is really meaningless.
Breakfast At Tiffany's won two Oscars both for Henry Mancini for Best Musical Scoring and Best Original Song for Moon River. That song is best known for Andy Williams's rendition, but there are also superb recordings by Frank Sinatra and Tony Martin. Hepburn got a nomination for Best Actress and the film was also nominated for Best Art&Set Decoration for a color film and Best Screenplay adapted from another medium, in this case Capote's novella.
Considering all the changes made, maybe the credit should have read inspired by Truman Capote's work. In any event this film belongs in the top rank of the works of Audrey Hepburn.
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- Aug 31, 2011
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- Also known as
- Muñequita de lujo
- Filming locations
- 169 East 71st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Holly Golightly's New York apartment)
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- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $594,615