Since that it is Valentine's Day, I thought it would be good to talk about a romance film from the 60's. What better way than with one of the best of the decade: Breakfast at Tiffany's. You know the story-based on the short novel from Truman Capote, the story is centered around Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn)
a New York playgirl who lives in an apartment, has a cat with no name, and loves the jewelery store Tiffany's. She has also divorced from her old husband (Buddy Epsen).
Everything changes when she meets Paul Varjack (George Peppard) a struggling and poorly-paid writer who lives next to her.
They start to love each other while along the way Paul gets visits from his decorator (Patricia Neal); who only calls her "2-E" while Holly reads about her brother Fred dying while in the Army.
I really like it a lot. The best thing about this movie was how they turned Mickey Rooney into an Asian landlord where Golightly stays. According to the film's director Blake Edwards, he still has some regret over choosing Rooney. The best scene is definitely the party scene when the woman is drunk and passes out and Hebpurn yells out "Timber!"
But I didn't like the character that Martin Balsam plays (his character's first name is O.J.!). He seemed to be lost.
Lots of credit goes to composer Henry Mancini; who wrote and conducted the score and as a result, won an Oscar for Best Musicial Score as well as winning the Best Song Oscar for co-writing "Moon River."
From YouTube here is Audrey Hepburn playing "Moon River":
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