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List Price: $16.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 1261
Released: January 13, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD
Description of Breakfast At Tiffany's - Paramount Centennial Collection (Mastered in High Definition):
No film better utilizes 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 jewelry. George Peppard is her upstairs neighbor, 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 naiveté combine to create one of the great screen romances and a refined slice of high society bohemian chic. --Sean Axmaker
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Paramount Centennial Collection (Mastered in High Definition) Reviews:
"Stunningly Beautiful" 
2009-09-08 - "Breakfast At Tiffany's" is one of those Hollywood films that never ages. A beautifully acted and well-crafted film, "Breakfast" is one of my all-time favorite movies from the 1960's. Starring Audrey Hepburn in a role she was born to play, Audrey plays a young woman living in New York City trying to find Mr. Right while working in the oldest profession in the book. The undertone and subtext of the film is evident to modern audiences in that Hepburn is playing a high-class prostitute. Is is this particular role that shows the world that call-girls are not just the ones walking in dark alleys while being drug-addicted. Hepburns's portrayal of her role is real and honest as there are many in this particular profession who are beautiful, articulate, witty, and exquisite. The viewer falls in love with Audrey's character Holly as well as Audrey herself as her role is one of the most likable in film history.
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" is also known for its mesmerizing score by Henri Mancini who won an Oscar as well as another for the theme song "Moon River" co-written by Johnny Mercer. The supporting cast is one of Hollywood's best with the marvelous George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Mickey Rooney, and Martin Balsam.
This lovely DVD release is the Anniversary Edition featuring commentary by producer Richard Sheperd, the featurette "The Making of a Classic", theatrical trailer, and more. The DVD case is enclosed in a beautiful pink cardboard case for safe-keeping. Movies like this are rare. Enjoy!
Breakfast at Tiffany's
2009-08-20 - This product was in excellent condition. Unfortunately, I had never seen this movie, love Audrey but was not quite as taken with the movie as everyone else said I would be. I guess I am more of a Roman Holiday type.
Just Flawless!!!
2009-08-16 - What a beautiful movie...Audrey Hepburn looked just adorable from the first to the last scene, her sense of style so immaculate, so perfect that it is no wonder she remains a Fashion Icon to this day. Peppard looked very handsome and masculine and is better than Brando in the looks department. Patricia was perfect in her role. Mickey's character was not that racist, one must remember that the 2nd World War ended only 15 years back and many had had a bad time ( Hepburn ) or even participated in it in some sort of a way; who knows maybe the director or someone might have lost a relative or a friend, so the inclusion of this character was justifiable for that time. However, Mickey's makeup reminded me of a Jap character in Tintin's "Blue Lotus". Mickey was great in the last scene when he helps the Police identify Holly. Overall, a great watch and is a good candidate for a repeat watch.
Yucky, 3rd class Sarah Jessica Parker tries to imitate Audrey in Sex and the City. Sarah is a cheap American slut with fake tits and a face like shredded cabbage.
The edition I've been waiting for and didn't even know it!
2009-07-21 - "He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's." --easily my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie and this version only compliments the timeless style and elegance of Audrey!
Well, I had intended on logging in and writing this long review about Paramount's latest release of the Audrey Hepburn classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's"; however, Dennis A. Amith (kndy) has written probably the best review I've read concerning this release, so I'll have to defer.
Looks like the best I can do is chime in with yet another 5 star!!
Hollywood Tames Holly 
2009-07-17 - After reviewing Truman Capote's beautifully-wrought novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's" for Amazon, I watched the 1961 movie version with Audrey Hepburn playing Holly Golightly. I remembered the movie with great affection, but this time I found it to have too much of the old Hollywood touch to it. In the book the writer-neighbor, the narrator, is a rather androgynous character, more like Capote himself, who is merely Holly's friend. In the flick he's turned into a testosterone-packed heterosexual gigolo, played by George Peppard.
Parts of the film have a phoniness that comes from an overreaching desire to capture Holly's eccentricity, the magnetic oddity she is in the book. Audrey Hepburn's conception of and portrayal of Holly I think is right on the mark, but it's some of the people around her who don't make it. The manic apartment party seems very phony, and full of slapstick that falls flat. Hepburn is beautiful enough and talented enough to strike the right note as a free spirit, a wild thing, just as in the book.
But the film was not true to the book in tacking on a traditional Hollywood happy ending--an example of Hollywood not trusting the instincts of the public. By changing the ending, the moguls also altered the basic character of Holly. Since 1961 audiences have grown up a great deal, become more attuned to subtle nuances, and I think Capote's ending would be more appropriate for today's viewers.
Buddy Ebsen is fine as Holly's ex-husband who married her when she was fourteen.
Despite the fact that the character of Holly's supportive neighbor is distinctly different, Peppard does a great acting job in the movie. The character has published one book, "Nine Lives." Hepburn and Peppard seem to have good chemistry between them. If they ever remake this movie, how about Philip Seymour Hoffman as the writer-neighbor?
Mickey Rooney's caricature of Mr. Yunioshi, the neighbor who is always complaining is way over the top with his buck teeth and slapstick bits. The part is a much more inflated role than in the book, and Rooney's take is racist, making the character into a buffoon unnecessarily.
The movie has too much of that old Hollywood clichéd flavor in this adaptation of a fine piece of fiction. It's a movie full of fascinating details and incidents and doesn't bore.
Peppard says, "You belong to me," and Holly says, "People don't belong to each other." She says, "I need money, and I'll do whatever I have to do to get it."
Holly was a wild thing that Hollywood in its infinite ignorance had to tame.
