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Synopsis: 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 woul
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Blake Edwards
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
NOT RATED
Year:
1961
115 min
4,692 Views


There's snow and wind.

What is it? What's the matter?

Why are you crying?

If we're going to be friends, let's just

get one thing straight right now.

I hate snoops.

-Yeah.

-Lucille, darling? 2-E.

I've been trying desperately

to reach you.

Bill just got back.

A day early, the beast.

So I'm afraid I'll have to beg off.

You'll explain to the rest of the girls?

You're a darling.

Maybe we can have

a long lunch tomorrow.

I'll phone you in the morning.

Whatever you say.

And you will manage to survive

without me tonight?

Sure.

I might even take

a wild, boyish fling at writing.

-Good night.

-Good night.

You got yourself stuffed, huh,

Polly, baby?

Serves you right, big mouth.

-Buongiorno.

-Huh?

Aren't you drinking?

You got pockets there or something?

What do you go by?

What's your name? What's your name?

What do you call yourself?

-Irving.

-Perfect. Perfect.

That's wonderful, Irving.

I'll be right back, Irving, baby.

Yeah? Whoa! Kid's still in the shower.

You expected?

I was invited. That what you mean?

Now don't get yourself

all tense and sore, pal. Come on in.

It's a party. There's a lot of characters

come around here, they're not expected.

I'll buy you a drink. You drink?

-Yeah.

-Then I'll buy you a drink.

Okay.

Hey, honey, your skirt's split there.

-What do you drink, kid?

-Bourbon.

Bourbon?

-On the rocks?

-Yeah. No. With water.

All right, you want rocks first, though,

don't you?

-Yeah.

-Good, you got them.

-Not too much.

-All right. That'll set you free.

-You know the kid long?

-Not very. I live upstairs.

You're kidding.

Boy, look at this place, will you?

What a place. It's unbelievable.

What a dump.

What do you think?

-About what?

-Is she or isn't she?

Wait a minute. Hold it.

-Harriet.

-Hi, J.B.

"J.B."? O.J. What is that?

All right. Hello there.

-You know Gil.

-Yeah. How are you? Good to see you.

-How about a drink?

-Fine. In the kitchen.

-You'll find everything you need.

-Thanks.

So... Oh, honey, that is you, that is you.

Fred, darling,

I'm so glad you could come.

I brought you a house present,

something for the bookcase.

You're sweet.

Doesn't that look nice?

Give me a cigarette, O.J.

Sure, sure.

O.J.'s a great agent. He knows

a terrific lot of phone numbers.

What's Jerry Wald's

phone number, O.J.?

Oh, come on, lay off.

Darling, I want you to call him

and tell him what a genius Fred is.

Yeah, I got it.

Stop blushing, Fred.

You didn't say you were genius, I did.

So quit stalling, O.J.

Just tell me what you're going to do

to make Fred rich and famous.

Now why don't you let Fred baby

and me settle that matter, huh, puppy?

Okay. But just remember, I'm the agent.

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George Axelrod

George Axelrod (June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003) was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play, The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a movie of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962). more…

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