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Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
by Sam Wasson
by Sam Wasson
Another book for my 10 Best of 2010 list. This is the story of the making of the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's and its part in Audrey Hepburn's career.
The book is full of anecdotes and detail. The Edith Head/Givenchy contretemps regarding what exactly Holly Golightly would wear (and who would get the credit.) The open cat call to cast the 12 or so cats who acted in the movie. The real story behind that hilarious party. The shooting at Tiffany's, and Audrey's being forced (forced) to wear the Schlumberger necklace with Tiffany's 128.54 carat (sic) yellow diamond. The alternative endings. The ufortunate choice of Micky Rooney to play the Japanese neighbor. And what Truman Capote really thought about the movie. We all know how disappointed he was that Marilyn Monroe didn't get to play Holly.
We won't go into the relationship between Patricia Neal and George Peppard on the set and off.
The book is the best of it's kind and I'm now off to find Sam Wasson's previous book: A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards.
The book is full of anecdotes and detail. The Edith Head/Givenchy contretemps regarding what exactly Holly Golightly would wear (and who would get the credit.) The open cat call to cast the 12 or so cats who acted in the movie. The real story behind that hilarious party. The shooting at Tiffany's, and Audrey's being forced (forced) to wear the Schlumberger necklace with Tiffany's 128.54 carat (sic) yellow diamond. The alternative endings. The ufortunate choice of Micky Rooney to play the Japanese neighbor. And what Truman Capote really thought about the movie. We all know how disappointed he was that Marilyn Monroe didn't get to play Holly.
We won't go into the relationship between Patricia Neal and George Peppard on the set and off.
The book is the best of it's kind and I'm now off to find Sam Wasson's previous book: A Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards.
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Oh, Cynthia, it IS enticing. Hardly a page without something interesting, amusing, or baffling on it. I loved it.
How interesting that Capote wanted Monroe vs Hepburn. Hepburn seems so perfect somehow. Ya think our friend Rory would agree??? lol Have you seen the films Capote and Infamous about Truman? I loved them both but I think Infamous with Bullock as Truman's buddy Harper Lee was my favorite. I've loved Bullock for a long long time though she's not always great at picking roles for herself.
LOL LOL You make it sound so enticing.