Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10615 in DVD
• Released on: 2000-11-06
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: German, Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 109 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
No film better utilises Audrey Hepburn's flighty charm and svelte beauty than this romantic adaptation of Truman Capote's novella. Hepburn's urban sophisticate Holly Golightly, an enchanting neurotic living off the gifts of gentlemen, is a bewitching figure in designer dresses and costume jewellery. George Peppard is her upstairs neighbour, a struggling writer and "kept" man financed by a steely older woman (Patricia Neal). His growing friendship with the lonely Holly soon turns to love and threatens the delicate balance of both of their compromised lives. Taking liberties with Capote's bittersweet story, director Blake Edwards and screenwriter George Axelrod turn New York into a city of lovers and create a poignant portrait of Holly, a frustrated romantic with a secret past and a hidden vulnerability. Composer Henry Mancini earned Oscars for the hit song "Moon River" and his tastefully romantic score. The only sour note in the whole film is Mickey Rooney's demeaning performance as the apartment's Japanese manager, an offensively overdone stereotype even in 1961. The rest of the film has weathered the decades well. Edwards's elegant yet light touch, Axelrod's generous screenplay and Hepburn's mix of knowing experience and naivety combine to create one of the great screen romances and a refined slice of high-society bohemian chic. --Sean Axmaker

Special Features
1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English\Dolby Digital Mono French German Italian Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital Mono
Theatrical Trailer
Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Italian\Norwegian\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish

Synopsis
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.

Customer Reviews

Must See film
This Blake Edward adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella is ideally cast. New York playgirl Holly Golightly, played by Audrey Hepburn, puzzles a writer who moves into her building, played by George Peppard.

Holly has her life planned out. She plans to marry a rich man who is under 50 years of age. Her and the writer, Paul Harvak, start off being friends. And over the course of the movie, he falls in love with her. She of course has planned to run off and marry a man of means. Their relationship bounces back and forth, but is always leading to what we hope will be the inevitable ending. Here we have a romantic movie that moves from the cute to sweet.

This movie is extremely well cast, directed and scored. A most memorable song is Henry Mancini's "Moon River". Which is just perfect for this movie. And even until this day, there is not an actress that could possibly replace Audrey Hepburn. She is this movie, and it has to be her most stellar performance of all time. George Peppard is also very good as well. Worth watching.

Beloved but gooey
I'll admit I'm in the minority about Breakfast at Tiffany's. The movie just doesn't touch me. Here are some things that put me off.
--The whole movie seems to me to be self consciously fey.
--George Peppard has never seemed to me to be credible as the leading man. There is always something smart alecky and wooden (at the same time) about the guy.
--Audrey Hepburn is such a lady, carefully groomed and dressed, always gracious. She's a young grande dame. I have liked her best in the two bookends of her career, Roman Holiday and Robin and Marian. I probably would have a different view if she'd made the movie earlier. In Roman Holiday she really was young, and came across as eager for new things. Maybe that was just good acting, but by the time she made Breakfast, eight or nine years had passed. She's become the great actress playing kooky. For me, it shows.
--Micky Rooney and his character are both awful. If he'd played it in blackface he'd have been a great Stepin Fetchit.

However, Mancini captures the moment with his Moon River theme. I think one of the things that makes the theme work is Johnny Mercer's lyrics. The guy was extraordinary in everything he wrote. "...my huckleberry friend..." is a phrase of genius...although I'm not sure what a huckleberry friend is.

Disappointing period piece
I do acknowledge that this is rated as a classic, but after watching it I was really at a loss to explain why.. It manages to cram about half-an-hours worthwhile plot into its 109 minutes. Apart from that it's just largely unfunny froth, with a terribly cod Japanese impression from Mickey Rooney as the nadir of the non-humour.

The remainder is just glib "cool and trendy" patter, interspersed with early 60's party shots, documenting the parties we are supposed to wish we'd gone to...

It manages one touching moment at the finish, when Audrey Hepburn finds her cat which she has booted out of the car five minutes earlier - the rest is trite, vapid and forgettable.

After about an hour I was yawning, and that is about the only final summary I can give this film.