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Breakfast
at Tiffany's
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Movie
| Book
| Author
| Director
& cast
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Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Book: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958)
Premise
movie:
"Blake Edwards's adaptation of Truman Capote's
classic novella is ideally cast with Audrey Hepburn in the role of
Holly Golightly. The free-spirited gamine darts about New York,
feted by wealthy men drawn to her megawatt charm and elegance,
hoping that the party will never end. After "shopping" in front of
Tiffany's window, she meets aspiring writer Paul Varjak (George
Peppard), and they begin a platonic friendship. "Sponsored" by an
older woman (Patricia Neal) whose interest in the young man is more
than literary, he can identify with her experience better than most,
taking it upon himself to protect her from the worst aspects of city
life. But she seems to need little protection from such friends as
incarcerated mob boss Sally Tomato (Alan Reed), who pays her to
carry messages to Sing Sing. With her infectious joi de vivre, she
helps Paul break through a paralyzing case of writer's block. But
when the genial Doc Golightly (Buddy Ebsen) appears in New York in
search of Holly, the sources of her gossamer lifestyle suddenly
become clearer. Edwards's lighter-than-air romantic comedy, set in a
fantasy New York, rides on the irresistible charm of Hepburn at her
peak, as well as a memorable score by Henry Mancini. Although George
Axelrod's screenplay is as different from the original story as
George Peppard is from the young Capote, the film succeeds on its
own terms. "
from:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id
=1800040961
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Premise
book:
"The tale of a fun-loving, amoral playgirl in New York
City is accompanied by "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar,"
and "A Christmas Memory"."
from:
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=
62-067960085x-0
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Author:
"Truman Capote was a native of New Orleans, where he was
born on September 30, 1924. His first novel, Other Voices, Other
Rooms, was an international literary success when first published in
1948, and accorded the author a prominent place among the writers of
America's postwar generation. He sustained this position
subsequently with short-story collections (A Tree of Night, among
others), novels and novellas (The Grass Harp and Breakfast at
Tiffany's), some of the best travel writing of our time (Local
Color), profiles and reportage that appeared originally in The New
Yorker (The Duke in His Domain and The Muses Are Heard), a true-crime masterpiece (In Cold Blood), several short memiors about his
childhood in the South (A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving
Visitor, and One Christmas), two plays (The Grass Harp and House of
Flowers and two films (Beat the devil and The Innocents). Mr. Capote
twice won the O.Henry Memorial Short Story Prize and was a member of
the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He died in August 1984,
shortly before his sixtieth birthday."
from:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl
?authorid=4231
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Director:
Blake Edwards
Cast:
Audrey Hepburn (Holly Golightly), George Peppard (Paul 'Fred'
Varjak), Patricia Neal (2-E), Buddy Elsen (Doc Golightly), Mickey
Rooney (Mr. Yunioshi).
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