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
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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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)
It's also a fabulous film. I love beauty emerging form contradiction, like a rhapsody emerging from apparently unrelated themes and musical noises. Here we have something that is at times a wacky comedy, a breezy romance and yet is full of depth and drama. So many things have happened and we have been introduced to so many characters at the end, it's amazing they all fit together. I also like the bravery of doing a story about two people who are basically prostitutes in 1961. It's daring yet there's nothing sleazy about he film because it concentrates on who these people are as people- what they are, not what they do.
And the film has the most eclectic cast I can imagine. Romantic heroine Audrey Hepburn. Method actor George Peppard. Sleek man-killer Patricia Neal. Actor's actor Martin Balsam. Old reliable Buddy Ebsen, just before he hammed it up as Jed Clampett, playing a subtle and touching version of the same thing. Mickey Rooney provides the only jarring note with his scenery chewing performance as the Japanese landlord, something we could surely have done without. Did you know that Audrey's gangster sugar daddy is played by Alan Reed, the voice of Fred Flintstone? And don't forget John McGiver's delicate turn as the clerk at Tiffany's.
You can debate the virtues of a film into the night. What really counts in the end is: Does it stay in the memory vividly years later? Would you like to watch it again? And when you watch it again, does it take you back to when you first saw it? Breakfast at Tiffany's certainly does. It will always be the prize in the cracker-jack box.
- schappe1
- Aug 28, 2003
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- Also known as
- Frühstück bei Tiffany
- Filming locations
- 169 East 71st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Holly Golightly's New York apartment)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $593,493
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