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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1961 DVD Release: 09/21/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 19 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sophisticated Comedy, Comedy of Manners See Also: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Breakfast at Tiffany's [Anniversary Edition], Breakfast at Tiffany's [Paramount Centennial Collection]

In an idealized New York City during the early '60s, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite with a youthful zest for life who lives alone in a nearly bare apartment. She has such a flippant lifestyle that she won't even give her cat a name, because that would be too much of a commitment to a relationship. Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes and accessories from Givenchy, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections after they have given her gifts and money. Holly's carefree independence is changed when she meets her neighbor, aspiring writer Paul (George Peppard), who is suffering from writer's block while being kept by a wealthy woman (Patricia Neal). Just when Holly and Paul are developing their sweet romance, Doc (Buddy Ebsen) appears on the scene and complicates matters, revealing the truth about Holly's past. Breakfast at Tiffany's was nominated for several Academy awards, winning Best Score for Henry Mancini and Best Song for Johnny Mercer's classic tune "Moon River". ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Audrey Hepburn - Holly Golightly
George Peppard - Paul Varjak
Patricia Neal - 2-E
Buddy Ebsen - Doc Golightly
Martin Balsam - O.J. Berman
Mickey Rooney - Mr. Yunioshi

Since Breakfast at Tiffany's has such a large fan base, it was a shoe-in for an early DVD release. Full of Manhattan location shooting and filmed in Technicolor, the anamorphic widescreen transfer is a vast improvement on the earlier video releases of the movie, and the Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround audio transfer perfectly balances Henry Mancini's justly praised score with George Axelrod's rich dialogue. It would have been interesting to have a DVD extra that compared this delightful movie with the darker, richly bittersweet Truman Capote novella or that included remembrances from surviving cast and crew. Regardless, this DVD edition is still well worth owning. Paramount has reissued Breakfast at Tiffany's on DVD but it is essentially the same as this edition. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide