"Who was the leading man in the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's""?"
"2009 at the Haymarket Theatre. A new stage adaption made its debut in March 2013 at the Cort Theater in New York City. The role of Holly Golightly would be played by Emilia Clarke. Notes Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name. Starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney, the film was initially released on October 5, 1961 by Paramount Pictures. Hepburn's portrayal"
"Valley Days"". Then a neighboring widow and baker, (Amzie Strickland), enters the picture. Adams died in 1977 as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 62. His suicide has been attributed to severe depression as a result of a back injury, sustained earlier in the decade. Apart from the obvious pain, it would almost certainly have limited his employment opportunities. Stanley Adams (actor) Stanley Adams (April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in many television series and films, notably ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961). Born in New York City,"
"Blake Edwards William Blake Crump (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010), better known by his stage name Blake Edwards, was an American filmmaker. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. His best-known films include ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", ""Days of Wine and Roses"", ""10"", ""Victor/Victoria"", and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in"
"George Peppard George Peppard Jr. (; October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961), and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in ""The Carpetbaggers"" (1964). On television, he played the title role of millionaire insurance investigator and sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s mystery series ""Banacek"". He played Col. John ""Hannibal"" Smith, the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squad, in the hit 1980s action show ""The A-Team"". George Peppard, Jr. was born October 1, 1928,"
"Stanley Adams (actor) Stanley Adams (April 7, 1915 – April 27, 1977) was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in many television series and films, notably ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961). Born in New York City, Adams had his first film role playing the bartender in the movie version of ""Death of a Salesman"" (1951). He played another barkeep in ""The Gene Krupa Story"" and a safecracker in Roger Corman's ""High School Big Shot"" (1959). Adams had a lengthy career as a character actor, often playing comic, pompous characters. He is known for playing Cyrano Jones in the """" episode"
"and sky. Later on, when Joel tussles with Idabell (Aubrey Dollar), a tomboyish neighbor who becomes his best friend (a character inspired by the author Harper Lee), the movie has a special force and clarity in its evocation of the physical immediacy of being a child playing outdoors. Notes Bibliography Archival sources Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"""
"the insistence that the song stay in the film it was not cut and went on to be a hit. Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini met through Mancini’s wife whom Edwards had known for a number of years. After connecting they decided to collaborate on the television show ""Peter Gunn"", for which Mancini created the title theme. When Edwards learned he would be directing ""Breakfast at Tiffany’s"" he chose Mancini as his partner. Both times their partnership scored gold, and went on to work collaborate on four other films together. All the credit for the song “Moon River” cannot be"
"John McGiver John Irwin McGiver (November 5, 1913 – September 9, 1975) was an American character actor who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. The owl-faced, portly character actor with his mid-Atlantic accent and precise diction, was often cast as pompous Englishmen and other stuffy, aristocratic and bureaucratic types. He was known for his performances in such films as ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961); ""The Manchurian Candidate"" (1962); and ""Who's Minding the Store?"" (1963). He appeared on many television shows and commercials during the 1960s and early 1970s,"
"commented on the pivotal impact of Hepburn's portrayal of Golightly: ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" set Hepburn on her [19]60s Hollywood course. Holly Golightly, small-town Southern girl turned Manhattan trickster, was the naughty American cousin of Eliza Doolittle, Cockney flower girl turned ""My Fair Lady"". Holly was also the prototype for the Hepburn women in ""Charade"", ""Paris When It Sizzles"", and ""How to Steal a Million"": kooks in capers. And she prepared audiences for the ground-level anxieties that Hepburn characters endured in ""The Children's Hour"", ""Two for the Road"" and ""Wait Until Dark"". ""The New York Times"" called the film a ""completely"
"my generation,"" adding that he ""would not have changed two words in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"""". The novella was loosely adapted into the 1961 movie ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" starring Audrey Hepburn and directed by Blake Edwards. The movie was transposed to 1960 rather than the 1940s, the period of the novella. In addition to this, at the end of the film the protagonist and Holly fall in love and stay together, whereas in the novella there is no love affair whatsoever—Holly just leaves the United States and the narrator has no idea what happened to her since then, except for a"
"Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the 1961 movie ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" starring Audrey Hepburn. The tracks were re-arranged parts of the film music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. At the 1962 Academy Awards, Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer won Oscars for Best Original Song for ""Moon River"", while Mancini picked up a second statue for Best Original Score. The album also stayed on Billboard's album charts for over ninety weeks. Because of his success with title themes, such as the hit theme to the"
"elegant manner and superior acting skills landed Peppard his most famous film role as Paul Varjak in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" with Audrey Hepburn, based on a story by Truman Capote. This 1961 role boosted him briefly to a major film star. That year a newspaper article dubbed him ""the next big thing"". Peppard said he had turned down two TV series and was focused on being a film star. His contract with MGM was for two pictures a year, allowing for one outside film and six TV appearances a year, plus the right to star in a play every second"
"Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958) and the true crime novel ""In Cold Blood"" (1966), which he labeled a ""nonfiction novel"". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his work. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as"
"Orangey Orangey (also Orangey Minerva), a male marmalade tabby cat, was an animal actor owned and trained by the cinematic animal handler Frank Inn. Orangey (credited under various names) had a prolific career in film and television in the 1950s and early 1960s and was the only cat to win two PATSY Awards (Picture Animal Top Star of the Year, an animal actor's version of an Oscar), the first for the title role in ""Rhubarb"" (1951), a story about a cat who inherits a fortune, and the second for his portrayal of ""Cat"" in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961). For this"
"is sometimes revealed in later scenes. Several locations are used in different segments to show continuity throughout the twelve-year period. Frederic Raphael received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Audrey Hepburn received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress, and Henry Mancini received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. The film's theme song, ""Two for the Road"", was composed by Mancini, who wrote many notable theme songs for films, including ""Moon River"" for ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". He considered ""Two for the Road"" his favorite of all the songs he wrote. Cars featured in the film,"
"required to play an extrovert. ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" was received positively at the time, and won two Academy Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song for ""Moon River"", which was also selected as the fourth most memorable song in Hollywood history by the American Film Institute in 2004. The film was also nominated for three other Academy Awards: Best Actress for Hepburn, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. In 2012, the film was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Early one morning,"
"Capote's original book. I. Y. Yunioshi I. Y. Yunioshi is a fictional character in Blake Edwards' 1961 American romantic comedy ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", which was adapted for the screen by George Axelrod based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same title. The character in the film is significantly different from the character as presented in Capote's original novella, and the film version of Mr. Yunioshi, as portrayed by Mickey Rooney, has been the subject of extensive critical commentary and review since its theatrical release. In the early 1960s and before, racially charged humor was acceptable in American culture, although"
"Moore and Bo Derek. ""Operation Petticoat"" was Edwards' first big-budget movie as a director. The film, which starred Tony Curtis and Cary Grant and was produced by Grant's own production company, Granart Company, became the ""greatest box-office success of the decade for Universal [Studios]"" and made Edwards a recognized director. ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", based on the novel by Truman Capote, is credited with establishing him as a ""cult figure"" with many critics. Andrew Sarris called it the ""directorial surprise of 1961"", and it became a ""romantic touchstone"" for college students in the early 1960s. ""Days of Wine And Roses"", a"
"José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, GE (29 January 1920 – 30 August 2007) was a Spanish actor, author and aristocrat who rose to prominence when he co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", and Julie Christie in ""Darling"". Born in Madrid, Spain, de Vilallonga – who also went by the surname of Cabeza de Vaca – was a Grandee of Spain and part of the nobility, holding the title of Marquis de Castellbell. Upon the declaration in 1931 of Spain's Second Republic his family"
"(Zach Braff), the youngest member of the group, with a penchant for gym-bodied men, who finds himself going through some bad times; Howie (Matt McGrath), a psychology student who is known for overthinking every situation; Patrick (Ben Weber), the cynic of the group; and Taylor (Billy Porter), who has just broken up with his long-term boyfriend. Guiding them is restaurant owner Jack (John Mahoney) who provides them with advice and jobs for some of them who work part-time as servers at his restaurant. But when tragedy strikes, and the group's newest member, 23-year-old Kevin (Andrew Keegan), attempts to fit in,"
"I. Y. Yunioshi I. Y. Yunioshi is a fictional character in Blake Edwards' 1961 American romantic comedy ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", which was adapted for the screen by George Axelrod based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same title. The character in the film is significantly different from the character as presented in Capote's original novella, and the film version of Mr. Yunioshi, as portrayed by Mickey Rooney, has been the subject of extensive critical commentary and review since its theatrical release. In the early 1960s and before, racially charged humor was acceptable in American culture, although this general attitude"
"Sundays at Tiffany's (film) Sundays at Tiffany's is a 2010 made-for-TV romance film directed by Mark Piznarski. Originally airing on Lifetime, the film based on the novel of the same name by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet, and stars Alyssa Milano, Eric Winter, Ivan Sergei and Stockard Channing. In 1990, ten-year-old Jane Claremont (Emily Alyn Lind) is infauted with her imaginary friend Michael (Gage Munroe), to the disappointment of her mother Vivienne (Stockard Channing), who thought that her daughter is not normal and even sends her to therapy because of her relationship with Michael . Michael knows that he has"
"a traveler is a lookalike for the king and stands in for him. Because of the success of Edwards' previous films ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", ""The Pink Panther"" and ""A Shot in the Dark"", the film's budget started out at a generous $6 million. Mirisch Productions initially financed the film for United Artists. The film's escalating costs led UA to drop the film, but the project was picked up by Warners. Edwards wanted Robert Wagner to play the leading man, but studio executive Jack L. Warner insisted on Tony Curtis, possibly because of Wood's recent divorce from Wagner. (Burt Lancaster was"
"in improvisation. Murtagh died on September 10, 2017 at the age of 96. Kate Murtagh Kate Murtagh (October 29, 1920 – September 10, 2017) was an American actress, and a native of Los Angeles, California. She appeared in films including ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961),""The Night Strangler"" (1973), ""Dirty O'Neil"" (1974), ""Switchblade Sisters"" (1975), ""Farewell, My Lovely"" (1975), ""The Car"" (1977), ""Doctor Detroit"" (1983) and """" (1992). She has appeared on television in shows including ""Daniel Boone"", ""My Three Sons"", ""The Munsters"", ""I Dream of Jeannie"", ""The Twilight Zone"" and ""Highway to Heaven"". Murtagh is pictured on the front and back"
"a modern-day bounty hunter, both released in 1980. McQueen was offered the lead male role in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", but was unable to accept due to his ""Wanted: Dead or Alive"" contract (the role went to George Peppard). He turned down parts in ""Ocean's 11"", ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" (his attorneys and agents could not agree with Paul Newman's attorneys and agents on top billing), ""The Driver"", ""Apocalypse Now"", ""California Split"", ""Dirty Harry"", ""A Bridge Too Far"", ""The French Connection"" (he did not want to do another cop film), and ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"". According to"
"Dean Martin and Lewis. In a 1975 re-issue of ""MAD Magazine"" the contents of Lewis' wallet is satirized in their on-going feature ""Celebrities' Wallets"". Lewis, and Martin & Lewis, as himself or his films, have been referenced by directors and performers of differing genres spanning decades, including, Blake Edwards's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1960), Andy Warhol's Soap Opera (1964), John Frankenheimer's ""I Walk the Line"" (1970), Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" (1972), Randal Kleiser's ""Grease"" (1978), Rainer Werner Fassbinder's ""In a Year of 13 Moons"" (1978), Quentin Tarantino's Four Rooms (1995), Martin Scorsese's ""Gangs of New York"" (2002), Hitchcock (2012), Ben"
"socialite protagonist in Truman Capote's ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958), which was made into a film starring Audrey Hepburn in 1961. The name of this character is stated to be short for ""Holiday"" (rather than a reference to the plant). The name peaked in popularity in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and has declined since, ranking at #380 in the United States as of 2009. It was popularly given in England and Wales during the 2000s, staying in the top 30 girls' names throughout 1996–2012, with a peak at rank #12 in 2002 (and dropping to rank #33"
"3. Roger Deakins – ""A Serious Man"" 1. Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. Wes Anderson – ""Fantastic Mr. Fox""<br> 3. Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" 1. ""The Hurt Locker""<br> 2. ""Up in the Air""<br> 3. ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" 1. ""Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)"" • France<br> 2. ""Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)"" • Spain<br> 3. ""Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)"" • Sweden 1. ""Of Time and the City""<br> 2. ""Anvil! The Story of Anvil""<br> 3. ""Tyson"" 1. Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell and Tony Roche, – ""In the Loop""<br> 2. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up"
"movie sounded a little chaotic, but it had a secret weapon: it was directed by Blake Edwards who had made ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", a movie that was almost a religion with me. I couldn't pass up the chance to work with him."" Garner had fond memories of working with Edwards in ""Victor Victoria"" (1982), and Willis and Edwards had a close working relationship after Willis had made his film debut in Edwards' ""Blind Date"". Throughout the pre-production phases of the film, Edwards counseled his young star that, ""... he couldn't rely on the jokes and the leer"" that had been"
"Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a ""Saturday Night Live"" cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his roles in the films ""Billy Madison"" (1995), the sports comedies ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996) and ""The Waterboy"" (1998), the romantic comedy ""The Wedding Singer"" (1998), ""Big Daddy"" (1999), and ""Mr. Deeds"" (2002), and voicing Dracula in ""Hotel Transylvania"" (2012), ""Hotel Transylvania 2"" (2015), and """" (2018). Several of"
"four autobiographical tell-all books about his numerous love affairs. After recording taped interviews with Spain's King Juan Carlos, he wrote an official biography of the King that was published in 1993. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s, de Vilallonga continued his acting career. Though he refused a Hollywood acting contract, a highlight in his acting career was a role as ""José da Silva Pereira,"" the dashing Brazilian multimillionaire whom Holly Golightly (played by Audrey Hepburn) planned to marry in Blake Edwards' classic movie, ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961). He also appeared as the debonair Prince Cesare Della Romita, who becomes Julie"
"Kate Murtagh Kate Murtagh (October 29, 1920 – September 10, 2017) was an American actress, and a native of Los Angeles, California. She appeared in films including ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1961),""The Night Strangler"" (1973), ""Dirty O'Neil"" (1974), ""Switchblade Sisters"" (1975), ""Farewell, My Lovely"" (1975), ""The Car"" (1977), ""Doctor Detroit"" (1983) and """" (1992). She has appeared on television in shows including ""Daniel Boone"", ""My Three Sons"", ""The Munsters"", ""I Dream of Jeannie"", ""The Twilight Zone"" and ""Highway to Heaven"". Murtagh is pictured on the front and back covers of the English rock band Supertramp's 1979 multi-platinum album, ""Breakfast in America""."
"adopted son Fabricio. King Juan Carlos expressed his sadness at Vilallonga's death. José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, GE (29 January 1920 – 30 August 2007) was a Spanish actor, author and aristocrat who rose to prominence when he co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", and Julie Christie in ""Darling"". Born in Madrid, Spain, de Vilallonga – who also went by the surname of Cabeza de Vaca – was a Grandee of Spain and part of the nobility, holding the title of Marquis de"