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Title: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Audrey Hepburn | ... | Holly Golightly | |
| George Peppard | ... | Paul Varjak | |
| Patricia Neal | ... | 2E Failenson | |
| Buddy Ebsen | ... | Doc Golightly | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | O.J. Berman | |
| José Luis de Vilallonga | ... | José da Silva Pereira (as Vilallonga) | |
| John McGiver | ... | Tiffany's Salesman | |
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Dorothy Whitney | ... | Mag Wildwood |
| Stanley Adams | ... | Rusty Trawler | |
| Elvia Allman | ... | Librarian | |
| Alan Reed | ... | Sally Tomato | |
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Beverly Powers | ... | Nightclub Stripper (as Miss Beverly Hills) |
| Claude Stroud | ... | Sid Arbuck | |
| Orangey | ... | Cat (as Cat) | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Mr. Yunioshi | |
Holly Golightly is a flighty Manhattan party girl, who expects "money for the powder room as well as for cab fare" for her companionship. She has even gotten a lucrative once weekly job to visit notorious convict Sally Tomato in Sing Sing, she needing to report back to Sally's lawyer the weather report that Sally tells her as proof of her visits with him in return for payment. Her aspirations for glamor and wealth are epitomized by the comfort she feels at Tiffany's, the famous high end jewelry retailer where she believes nothing can ever go wrong. Her resolve for this wealth is strengthened, if not changed slightly in focus, upon news from home. Into Holly's walk-up apartment building and thus her life is Paul Varjak, a writer who Holly states reminds her of her brother Fred, who she has not seen in years and who is currently enlisted in the army. The two quickly become friends in their want for something outside of their current lot. Paul's situation is closer to Holly's than he ... Written by Huggo
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A lot has been said about this film, so I won't repeat too much of it. I just thought the following points stood out for me as wonderful:
-The telephone Holly keeps in a suitcase so she won't hear it. Holly. Ahhhh... Holly. Like some kind of female opposite of James Bond (stick with me here), men all want her, women all want to be her. We need to see *more* eccentric women in leading roles, as opposed to the dull boring stodge of overpaid 'sex symbols' like Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman who can be pretty or serious but never interesting.
-George Peppard in his finest role, and brilliant it is too. It's a real shock to my generation that has been more accustomed to seeing him tragically underused on trash like the A-Team. It made me want to see more of his early films, and wonder what happened in the intervening years (alcohol, apparently :-( ). An icon of male sensitivity, and there are few enough of them around too.
-That chap who sells them the telephone dialler in Tiffany's. A tiny role that achieves its aims perfectly and makes life seem better, which is what you want really.
Many have said Tiffany's is too saccharine and cheerful, but I think it actually hits the perfect balance of cynicism and sentiment. There are moments of intense depression (which people often forget) as well as hopeful optimism, and these two working together are what make the film so uplifting and memorable.