Breakfast at Tiffany's [Blu-ray]

Director: Blake Edwards Blake Edwards

Overview

Country girl Holly Golightly becomes a sophisticated professional escort in New York and ends up falling in love with a handsome aspiring writer in this bittersweet and funny romance that is based on a short novel by Truman Capote. Though very much in love, the couple experiences much turmoil for there is more and less to Holly than meets the eye. Outstanding Henry Mancini music is the film's major highlight.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2017
UPC:	0032429256461
Original Release:	1961
Rating:	NR
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Audrey Hepburn	Holly Golightly
George Peppard	Paul Varjak
Patricia Neal	2E Failenson
Buddy Ebsen	Doc Golightly
Martin Balsam	O.J. Berman
José Luis de Villalonga	José da Silva Pereira
John McGiver	Tiffany's Salesman
Dorothy Whitney	Mag Wildwood
Stanley Adams	Rusty Trawler
Elvia Allman	Librarian
Alan Reed	Sally Tomato
Beverly Powers	Nightclub Stripper
Claude Stroud	Sid Arbuck
Mickey Rooney	Mr. Yunioshi
Don Anderson	Bartender
Al Avalon	Spieler at Stripjoint
Janet Banzet	Woman
Mel Blanc	Holly's Drunk Visitor
Henry Barnard	Party Guest
Henry Beckman	Narcotics Detective Cronberger
Arthur Berkeley	Inmate
Nicky Blair	Party Guest
Willie Bloom	Inmate
Sue Casey	Party Guest in Blue and Green Dress
Roydon E. Clark	Party Guest
Marian Collier	Party Guest
Dick Crockett	Cab Driver
Tom Curtis	Party Guest
James Field	Party Guest
George Fields	Harmonica Player
Joseph J. Greene	Mr. O'Shaunessy
Sam Harris	Jewelry Shop Clerk
Pete Kellett	Guard
Barbara Kelley	Party Guest
Joan Staley	Girl in Low-Cut Dress
Kip King	Delivery Boy
Frank Kreig	Party Guest
Gil Lamb	Party Guest with Harriet
Hanna Landy	Party Guest
James Lanphier	The Cousin
Mary LeBow	Party Guest
Paul Lees	Floorwalker
Mel Leonard	Cab Driver
Leota Lorraine	Party Guest
Mike Mahoney	Police Desk Sergeant
Frank Marth	Party Guest
Fay Shannon	Party Guest Laughing in Mirror
William Meader	Jewelry Shop Clerk
Joyce Meadows	Party Guest Shaking Derrier in White Dress
Harold Miller	Tiffanys Customer
Hollis Morrison	Party Guest
Kate Murtah	Policewoman
Bill Neff	Party Guest
Chuck Niles	Sing Sing Prison Guard
Peggy Patten	Party Guest,Party Guest
John Perri	Party Guest
Tony Regan	Party Guest
Charles Sherlock	Reporter at Policed HQ
Helen Spring	Party Guest with Hat on Fire
Richard Wyler	Party Guest
Nino Tempo	Customer
Towyna Thomas	Party Guest
Glenn Vernon	Reporter
Wilson Wood	Party Guest with Cat on Shoulder
Michael Zaslow	Party Guest
Henry Mancini	Composer

Technical Credits

George Axelrod

John Fulton	Special Effects
Hugo Grenzbach	Sound/Sound Designer
John Wilkinson	Sound/Sound Designer
Blake Edwards	Director
George Axelrod	Screenwriter
Richard Shepherd	Producer
Martin Jurow	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Few performers are as inextricably linked to a character as Audrey Hepburn to the role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Her Holly is a delicate portrait of a grown-up girl with the soul of a child. Blake Edwards's spirited direction sets a deceptively light tone as he gradually reveals a portrait of two young New Yorkers who, like the film itself, are more complicated than they first appear. George Axelrod's adaptation of the Truman Capote novel successfully balances sentiment and comedy, and Henry Mancini's legendary score (including the Oscar-winning "Moon River"), sets the film's tempo. George Peppard is solid as writer Paul Varjak, and we understand his impulse to try to shield Holly from a world that's tougher than she is. While Hepburn's impish spirit makes this film a classic, other aspects of the film, most notably, Mickey Rooney's insulting characterization of a buck-toothed Japanese neighbor, have become somewhat dated. Capote originally envisioned Marilyn Monroe as Holly; it's a testament to Hepburn's performance that one can hardly imagine any other actress as Holly. Breakfast at Tiffany's became the most recognized role of her career, and, for many viewers, one of the most cherished romances ever made. Matthew Doberman