History Film / BreakfastAtTiffanys

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a 1961 romantic [[{{dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film directed by Creator/BlakeEdwards, loosely adapted by George Axelrod from Creator/TrumanCapote's [[Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys 1958 novella]] of the same name. Creator/AudreyHepburn stars as Holly Golightly; also in the cast are Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/BuddyEbsen, Martin Balsam, and (in a notorious {{yellowface}} role) Creator/MickeyRooney.

** In the novella, Holly has a line or two suggesting she is bisexual. Being that this was 1960s Hollywood, any mention of this is removed in the film.

** In the novella, Holly has a line or two suggesting she is bisexual. Being that this was 1960's Hollywood, any mention of this is removed in the film.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Holly is blonde in the novella, but brunette in the film.

%%* BlitheSpirit: Holly, naturally.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Do not call Holly "Lula Mae," she doesn't like to be reminded of her real name and personal history.
* ADogNamedDog: Holly's cat is named... Cat. (She states that "The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him [a name]".)

* MayDecemberRomance: Holly's husband was much, much older than her, and had several kids before marrying her. Holly was 13 when they got married, and it sounds like their marriage was relatively innocent, with her doing nothing but sitting around at home all day -- most of the chores were done by the children.

* SpySpeak: Sally's "weather reports" which Holly passes forward. Basically Holly is getting paid to visit imprisoned crime lord Sally Tomato every week, receive from him strange weather reports about Palermo (in Sicily), Cuba, and New Orleans, and pass forward the reports to Sally's supposed lawyer. Later in the film, Holly is arrested for participation in a drug-smuggling ring. The weather reports were actually coded messages, concerning shipments of drugs.

* {{Yellowface}}: Mickey Rooney's role as the buck-toothed stereotype-Japanese Mr. Yunioshi is a notorious example. Recent DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film have people involved with its making apologizing for this, as well as a featurette titled "Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective" discussing the depiction of Asians in Hollywood.

* CompensatedDating: What Holly does to live as a New York socialite without any savings or marketable skills. The compensation is $50 "for the powder room", which in 2020s dollars is about $500, and 20-30 dates a month, which works out to around $150,000.

* AscendedExtra: Mr. Yunioshi is an extremely minor character in the original novella, and while he has a slightly awkward, over-formal syntax ("[y]ou must [...] please have yourself a key made"), he speaks English fluently and with perfect grammar in his brief exchange with Holly.

* AscendedExtra: Mr. Yunioshi is an extremely minor character in the original novella. And the one time he has a line, he speaks in fluent English.

* CompensatedDating: What Holly does to live as a New York socialite without any savings or marketable skills.

* {{Qipao}}: The two Chinese girls who show up at the party both wear qipaos.

** The first time we see Holly sleeping in her apartment, she had on draped around her, since she SleepsInTheNude.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Do not call Holly "Lula Mae."

* EdibleThemeNaming: Sally Tomato.

* FamilyFriendlyStripper: The two lead characters are more or less prostitutes, but the film never openly admits as much.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The two lead characters are more or less prostitutes, but the film never openly admits as much; when the [[https://productioncode.dhwritings.com/multipleframes_productioncode.php Hays Code]] allowed prostitution to even be mentioned, it was only permitted as a contrast to positive social values.
* TheGhost: Fred, Holly's brother who joined the army is discussed throughout the film and appears in an old photograph. [[spoiler:He dies before making it onto the screen]].

** Once she gets tired of CompensatedDating, Holly aims for this. Unfortunately, one of her targets (who was broke to begin with) gets married, and another gives up once she is arrested.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Holly, though this is strongly toned down compared to the novella. She still refers to her "playing the field" though.

* SettingUpdate: Although the story in the movie occurs in 1960, the story in the novella is penned as occurring in 1943.

Well-known for being the movie in which Hepburn [[PopCulturalOsmosis wears a fabulous black Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]], and introduces Music/HenryMancini's UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning song "Moon River". In this version Holly probably ''isn't'' a hooker (though she does seek out wealthy men to have flings with, more like an old-world courtesan), while the unnamed gay writer is now a straight gigolo (or something close to it) named Paul Varjak, who has a tumultuous relationship with Holly.

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''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a 1961 romantic [[{{dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film directed by Creator/BlakeEdwards, loosely based on Creator/TrumanCapote's [[Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys 1958 novella]] of the same name. Creator/AudreyHepburn stars as Holly Golightly; also in the cast are Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/BuddyEbsen, Martin Balsam, and (in a notorious {{yellowface}} role) Creator/MickeyRooney.

Well-known for being the movie in which Hepburn [[PopCulturalOsmosis wears a fabulous black Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]], and for introducing Music/HenryMancini's Oscar-winning song "Moon River". In this version Holly probably isn't a hooker (though she does seek out wealthy men to have flings with, rather like an old-world courtesan), while the gay writer is now a straight gigolo--or something close to it--named Paul Varjak who has a tumultuous relationship with Holly.

Well-known for being the movie in which Hepburn [[PopCulturalOsmosis wears a fabulous black Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]], and for introducing Music/HenryMancini's Oscar-winning song "Moon River". In this version Holly probably isn't a hooker (though she does seek out wealthy men to have flings with, more like an old-world courtesan), while the gay writer is now a straight gigolo--or something close to it--named Paul Varjak who has a tumultuous relationship with Holly.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Name a more iconic actress+dress pairing. We're waiting.]]

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a 1961 romantic [[{{dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film directed by Creator/BlakeEdwards, loosely based on Creator/TrumanCapote's [[Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys 1958 novella]] of the same name. Creator/AudreyHepburn stars as Holly Golightly; also in the cast are Creator/GeorgePeppard, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and (in a notorious {{yellowface}} role) Creator/MickeyRooney.