Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Full Reaction
Added 2025-02-08 09:19:19 +0000 UTCOh she was so effortlessly glamorous! This was charming and she was adorably quirky and their love story felt like it had to go through hard, real-life things. It opened with that iconic scent but did leave me wanting more the end!
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She's already seen it. It's here on the channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmYoQ8jKm0
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2025-04-10 04:57:31 +0000 UTCI think you would love Roman Holiday (1953). It is considered Audrey Hepburn's highest-rated movie, with a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in that film.
Eddie Perkins
2025-02-17 04:39:34 +0000 UTCI love Audrey Hepburn and she makes this very odd film watchable. I can't say I like it all that much, but I do like watching her.
Walter
2025-02-16 03:56:38 +0000 UTCYou love Audrey Hepburn and you love Cary Grant, so now you need to watch Charade - the only film they did together.
Walter
2025-02-16 03:54:39 +0000 UTCHe looks fantastic on their day out. Of course every man is wearing a tie for the period but Peppard makes it look remarkable. I wonder at the people complaining that they dislike these characters. These aren't rom com tokens you hang a light plot on or superheroes or anything like that. They are complicated dramatic characters. They have trouble and they are grinding their way through lives that mean something. Life isn't perfect and the people living in it aren't perfect either.
James Melton
2025-02-12 03:35:06 +0000 UTCAudrey Hepburn had a sweet but small singing voice. This made it necessary for Marni Nixon to sing the big Lerner and Lowe songs for her in "My Fair Lady." She does, however do her own singing in "Funny Face." Both movies are well worth watching.
Ted Little
2025-02-11 02:00:01 +0000 UTCYou’re right about the salesman. I completely overlooked him. And I should clarify one thing. It was the characters I didn’t like. The performances, particularly Hepburn’s, were outstanding.
Just Plain Bob
2025-02-11 01:59:30 +0000 UTCYou are not alone. As much as I love Audrey Hepburn, I do not love this movie. Both lead characters are prostitutes. Technically, Paul is a gigolo and Holly a party girl. The trick was that the man would give her fifty dollars to "pay the washroom attendant" but it was actually her pay. That was a way of avoiding arrest. Frankly, Mickey Rooney playing a Japanese character does not bother me; him playing a pornographer does. I will disagree with you, however, on one point. I think there is a likable character: the salesman for Tiffany's who treats these loathsome and absurd people with respect and courtesy.
Ted Little
2025-02-11 01:57:37 +0000 UTCDang she's seen five Alan Arkin movies on the channel already? Edward Scissorhands is the only one I can remember right now.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:28:38 +0000 UTCIt is.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-10 11:26:35 +0000 UTCRelated/unrelated but I think that's kind of what happened to Lindsay Lohan with the studios. She had to go away for a while.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:25:23 +0000 UTCThe Italians went totally ape for her while she was there apparently.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:22:52 +0000 UTCHey I thought you guys weren't allowed to like Mary Poppins over there? Because of that accent-that-shall-not-be-named.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:18:11 +0000 UTCI don't hate the movie and I always liked Rooney but it was indeed very obnoxious. I think the part was meant to be ridiculous because the landlord needed to be the oblivious type that would look the other way. Plus this wasn't that long after WW2.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:13:12 +0000 UTCIs that where Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend song comes from?
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:10:22 +0000 UTCNah not a spy but pretty shady in other ways. But it's ok because she's cute and speaks well.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:09:11 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Pretty Woman apparently there's a loosely based remake out now (by a different name) that's up for some Oscars. Forget what it's called. But the chick from Scream 5 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is in it.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:06:15 +0000 UTCDon't think she's seen that yet. That could be fun.
Chris Thom
2025-02-10 11:04:20 +0000 UTCI really like it -Audrey Hepburn melts my heart when she sings "Moon River", - that's a real stand out moment for me and overall I find the movie very charming and kinda hip - - - but now I feel like watching "The Graduate", - ? ..
Jens Kristensen
2025-02-09 23:18:46 +0000 UTCFirst watch for me, it was quite charming apart from the creepy older men. Audrey & George were great, as a former smoker this made me miss smoking more than any other movie has haha
Gray
2025-02-09 22:13:27 +0000 UTCI read the most recent biography of Audrey and she suffered quite a bit during the war. She remembers sharing one potato with her mother, grandfather and aunt. They also hid a downed Allied pilot in their basement for a while.
Catherine LW
2025-02-09 20:39:30 +0000 UTCFirst Time watching this, i knew it was a classic. Not what i thought. it's like watching Pretty Woman and forgetting that that really shouldnt be a love story! Its a historical archive of the 60's and should be seen as such. Trying to erase the past is a fools errand, and should be understood in context. It's a 64 year movie. Poor Holly the classic Avoidant personality type being chased by anxious men. Glad Paul moved nto a more secure mindset at the end. I wonder if this movie was controversal for its time. Must have pushed some boundaries. How cool did NY look as well! Overall I enjoyed it. I love that vibrant film stock of 60s movies. eveyrthing just pops vividly on screen.
rakesh
2025-02-09 19:52:14 +0000 UTCObviously I’m in the small minority on this but the only character I found remotely likable was Fred (the dead brother). Both of the main characters were users, manipulating others to their own benefit. I particularly don’t see why anyone would like Holly. Among her other manipulations, she was actively involved in a narcotics ring. She may not have known the particulars but she definitely knew she was doing something wrong. Weather reports from a prisoner? It’s ridiculous beyond any serious consideration. And, when caught, she’s more than ready to flee the country, leaving her benefactor to swallow the cost of the bond and avoiding any responsibility for her own past actions. She only goes to Paul at the end because her hopes of gold digging a wealthy South American family fell thru. These aren’t likable people. They’re charming but completely vacuous. A happy ending would’ve seen her sent to prison for five to ten and Paul having to actually work for a living (which he was beginning to do at the end, so maybe there’s some hope for him). PS: Mickey Rooney’s character was the Jar Jar Binks of his day. Not nearly as amusing as the filmmakers obviously thought he was and blatantly racist even by the standards of the time. One of the producers claimed he wanted an Asian actor for the role but was overruled by the director.
Just Plain Bob
2025-02-09 19:18:18 +0000 UTCThat's right. Another great film that deserves a reaction
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-09 18:14:25 +0000 UTCWow. Finally figured out where the dialogue from this tune came from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=501IyV_9kXw
rakesh
2025-02-09 16:40:39 +0000 UTCHe got a name upgrade with Cyrano Jones.
Steve Holton
2025-02-09 15:20:53 +0000 UTCJohn McGiver also a stand-out in "The Manchurian Candidate" as Senator Thomas Jordan.
Steve Holton
2025-02-09 15:13:33 +0000 UTCThey did, we don't, Mikey. I'm sorry you felt that way. The racial element of this character has been covered quite extensively, but the part that hasn't been mentioned much is that it's just plain bad. Nothing to do with disrespect in this case, it's just a very poorly-conceived character. Caricatures can often be very funny (Jim Carrey made a career out of them), but if it's a bad one, it can hamstring a good movie forever. This one's a prime example, Jar Jar Binks is perhaps the most infamous of them all, and if you've ever seen the otherwise hilarious Buster Keaton movie Seven Chances (1925), you might consider "The Hired Hand" even worse. I imagine it's very difficult to come up with interesting new characters for movies, and I have as much respect for those who manage it as I have for songwriters who somehow manage to come up with new songs after all these years. But "difficult" doesn't excuse everything. As with that one character in Breakfast, there are times when movie-goers can do nothing but scratch their heads.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-09 12:54:08 +0000 UTCJoe, how can you say such a thing? You're saying your feet aren't set to tappin' by the likes of "chim-chimenee", "we hear he is a wiz of a wiz" and "we go together like ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong"? Who hurt you, my friend?
Clarence Newman
2025-02-09 11:14:33 +0000 UTCThe actor who played Rusty Trawler, the nerdy buzzed cut blonde fellow that she wanted to marry from that party she had, also played the mischievous tribble salesman in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"
Shawn Kildal
2025-02-09 08:21:51 +0000 UTCLove that movie!
Shawn Kildal
2025-02-09 08:11:50 +0000 UTC...and Alan Arkin who she's seen in 5 movies so far.
Bert Towle
2025-02-09 05:46:00 +0000 UTCGood point. I didn't think about that. I did feel good about the scene.
Clay F
2025-02-09 04:58:47 +0000 UTCHappy to finally see this. Everyone was acting so suspiciously I thought up until the last 30 minutes there was some kind of Casablanca style Cold War espionage thing going on.
Brian's Dog
2025-02-09 04:50:28 +0000 UTCDoesn't make me feel any better, but their "should be thrown in the metaphorical sun for stupidity" status remains
Choof
2025-02-09 04:27:58 +0000 UTC@MikeLL - "Cat" is its name. That's part of the point.
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-09 04:20:48 +0000 UTCIf it makes you feel any better, all the people who had a hand in that decision are all dead now.
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-09 04:19:49 +0000 UTCEvery time I watch this film I'm reminded all over again of how great John McGiver is in his tiny role as the clerk at Tiffany's. In Just a few brilliantly delivered lines, he creates a wonderfully memorable character who feels like he has a life outside of this one scene. It is one of my favorite bit player performances of any movie.
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-09 04:16:47 +0000 UTCFirst time watching this movie. She was a crazy, damaged woman and I couldn't help liking her and rooting for her to finally open her eyes and see the good man in front of her. Nice movie. Glad Cassie finally made me watch it.
Rick Williams
2025-02-09 03:36:39 +0000 UTCThis is a divisive film for sure. I do think Audrey captures this kind of girl with complete accuracy (even though it's quite far from the actress, herself). The conversion of Paul to a straight "him-bo" works, but I don't blame Capote for disowning it...if he did. The love story is effective, however. Yunioshi is painful, yet at the same time people like Peter Sellers in THE MILLIONAIRESS get a free pass. The problem is not helped by Rooney's complete lack of skill. On the plus side, this is one of the greatest diegetic song performances in movies ever. I'll take "Moon River" any day. I'm always moved by it.
Kent Theaker
2025-02-09 02:32:37 +0000 UTCShe’s had a legendary life. It’s cool to share a bday with a legend like her lol Actually Joseph Levine bought the North American distribution rights in 1961 for “Two Women” after seeing just 3 minutes of its "rushes." He bet Loren that she would win the Oscar and began a promotion campaign for both Loren & “Two Women” in the U.S. He said: “That showed foreign films could get big audiences if promoted with flair.” His efforts paid off bc anyone who watched her performance in “Two Women would understand why she won. She gave a devastating performance.
Rose
2025-02-09 00:47:25 +0000 UTCThanks Mike, I forgot that Henry Mancini did the music for Pink Panther, so it didn't register for me to check, whereas I knew the Blake Edwards stuff
Mojo One Thousand
2025-02-08 23:51:06 +0000 UTCI had not watched this movie in years. I have stayed a way from this movie for sometime. Audrey Hepburn character reminds me too much of a woman I had loved. Did not end like this movie did lol. It did remind me of her, but also was good to watch again.
John A
2025-02-08 23:49:23 +0000 UTCHow to Mary a Millionaire is also peak Marilyn.
TheSingulatarian
2025-02-08 23:39:16 +0000 UTCI always think of him from The Blue Max (1966) - kind of complicated character.
2-Can
2025-02-08 23:15:18 +0000 UTC"Breakfast at Tiffany’s" and "Pretty Woman” are two very cute movies that you watch when you are young; and Then Later you realized how terribly sad they are. When you realized that they are stories based on real life people; that got turned into cute main stream movies,…it becomes very sad.
Uncle Phoenix
2025-02-08 23:11:55 +0000 UTCClay - from Wikipedia (still not sure I fully get it): A March 1968 interview with Playboy contains the following exchange: Playboy: Would you elaborate on your comment that Holly was the prototype of today's liberated female and representative of a "whole breed of girls who live off men but are not prostitutes. They're our version of the geisha girl..."? Capote: Holly Golightly was not precisely a call girl. She had no job, but accompanied expense-account men to the best restaurants and night clubs, with the understanding that her escort was obligated to give her some sort of gift, perhaps jewelry or a check ... if she felt like it, she might take her escort home for the night. So these girls are the authentic American geishas, and they're much more prevalent now than in 1943 or 1944, which was Holly's era.
2-Can
2025-02-08 23:07:00 +0000 UTCOh yes. Marilyn at her peak.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 22:09:00 +0000 UTCSo happy you finally got to watch this classic. I think you’d also enjoy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell (another classic) @popcorninbed
K
2025-02-08 21:42:33 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M
V M
2025-02-08 21:40:18 +0000 UTCWell said. Cary Grant described Audrey as “Star bright”. Very apt.
Catherine LW
2025-02-08 21:38:52 +0000 UTCClassic
John Sullivan
2025-02-08 21:33:51 +0000 UTCAs an asian american... I absolutely hate this movie. I watched it for the first time when I was in high school, and I remember staying up that night feeling so ashamed that this is how white people see asians...
Mikey
2025-02-08 21:26:41 +0000 UTCSadly, George Peppard's alcohol use/abuse gave him a bad reputation on film sets. He wasn't enough of a star yet (like Richard Burton or Steve McQueen) to get away with coming on set drunk after making the crew wait two hours and then blowing scenes so badly, they had to scrap shooting for that day. Shame, really. He had the aura of greatness. Banacek resurrected his career. I think he went on to the original A-Team after that with Mr. T, who somehow went from terrifying in Rocky III to a human cartoon in less than a couple years.
Above Average Dave
2025-02-08 21:21:09 +0000 UTCOh right. They play here for the money. Duh.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 20:40:46 +0000 UTCSpoiler: Bruce Lee walked out of the theater because of him :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M
V M
2025-02-08 20:05:55 +0000 UTC@Kevin oh I’m sorry… is the concept of hyperbole for comedic effect foreign to you? Yikes. Way to be weird.
djKENTO
2025-02-08 20:02:09 +0000 UTCYou said survived, genius.
Kevin Charley
2025-02-08 19:50:44 +0000 UTCClay F, I think you might be surprised - some musicals transcend their genre, like Hamilton today. The King and I is a phenomenal production and Yul Brenner's portrayal of the King goes beyond iconic.
Story Archer
2025-02-08 19:44:28 +0000 UTCI do think there were, and are, still some women (and men) that can be hired as a plus one for events and dates that aren't explicitly prostitutes. Maybe I'm naive. But I thought I read about that somewhere. They're like arm-candy for black tie events. Also heard a friend from LA say one that there were numerous companies that could be hired to fill out a party with paid guests.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 19:41:30 +0000 UTCI was curious and thus voted for it, but now that I see it's a musical, I a kinda glad it didn't win. The only movie musical I have liked is Singin' in the Rain. I have liked musicals as plays on stage with me watching in person (e.g., in floor seating or first few rows of the mezzanine) but not as a movie on film (on TV).
Clay F
2025-02-08 19:30:20 +0000 UTCNo, it was still pretty ambiguous, but I think that interpretation is correct.
Paul Cox
2025-02-08 19:26:28 +0000 UTCPaul, was Audrey's character more expressly a prostitute/call girl in the book?
Clay F
2025-02-08 19:24:23 +0000 UTCGreat films have the power to delight and break your heart at the same time number two. The final dialogue isn’t spoken. It’s the look in the eyes that express what can never be said in words number three you have to remember the end of the film is really the beginning of the story
Thomas Thompson
2025-02-08 19:20:33 +0000 UTCThat can't be true. Is it?! I thought they owned that s--.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 19:09:10 +0000 UTC@Chris- Don't be silly. A Canadian hasn't had a Stanley Cup for 30 years.
Mike Lemon
2025-02-08 18:59:34 +0000 UTC@Joe: There's no denying that Taylor was brilliant, a fabulous actress and a major movie star, and I liked her a lot... but not the way I love Audrey. Audrey was something else entirely. Honestly, it's not really fair to compare them as they're both so different and great in their own ways and putting them against each other other does a disservice to both, but Audrey was truly something special. As I wrote in my piece celebrating this film's 50th anniversary: "What was it about Audrey Hepburn? She was beautiful. There's no doubt about that. She made being natural and vulnerable in front of the camera seem so effortless. She had grace, charm, poise, charisma, and could seem both earnestly innocent and incredibly sexy at the same time. Yet these qualities have all belonged to countless other actresses both before and after her, so what made her different? Having re-watched two of her movies recently, I was reminded of what a truly unique screen presence she was. The impression she managed to leave on audiences was far more than merely the sum of these parts. Regardless of the genre she was working in there was something strangely elusive and sparklingly radiant about her. As the cliché goes, one can't take one's eyes off her. She commanded attention not by doing a lot (as other actors tend to do) but by doing very little. It's easy to see how a whole industry has sprung up around her, and yet somehow (almost 20 years after her death) she even manages to rise above that. I mention all this because one of her most iconic films, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, celebrates its 50th anniversary today and although it is one of my all-time favorite films, I can admit that whatever greatness it does possess comes mostly because of her immeasurable contribution, which is far more than purely an aesthetic one. Her presence alters the whole approach the filmmakers took to the material and her absence no doubt would've affected the film's now classic status. Without Audrey, TIFFANY'S still would've been a good movie, but with her, it's a terrific one."
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-08 18:50:40 +0000 UTCCarol, I was thinking the exact same about an edited version not having Mickey Rooney. By the way, the racism aside (if that’s possible), seemed more creepy to me than funny.
Clay F
2025-02-08 18:49:37 +0000 UTCI wonder if she's more attuned to those details with certain genres.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 18:40:24 +0000 UTCCass, your Spidey senses are so strong. When you hummed the Pink Panther theme, you connected it, like six-degrees of Blake Edwards, the director.
Daniel Doble
2025-02-08 18:36:12 +0000 UTCAudrey Hepburn was really adorable in this. Add me to the list recommending Charade. It's a wonderful movie, one that I think you would really enjoy.
Michael West
2025-02-08 18:34:40 +0000 UTCThe director, Blake Edwards, also directed "Experiment in Terror" a very effective thriller.
Joe
2025-02-08 18:34:39 +0000 UTC@Chris, Liz Taylor was the complete package. Great actress, and being drop dead beautiful never hurts, haha.
Joe
2025-02-08 18:27:24 +0000 UTCSorry, not me. I dislike musicals... a lot, LOL.
Joe
2025-02-08 18:24:15 +0000 UTCFinally saw Cleopatra recently. Thought she nailed it. Heard so much about how filming that was such a trainwreck, was surprised at how solid her performance was. There's a great documentary about her that came out last year on HBO I think.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 18:21:28 +0000 UTCAlways liked George Peppard in the Banacek TV show. He had a strong screen presence in all his roles. Like a movie star, right?
Joe
2025-02-08 18:21:04 +0000 UTCI know she was an exceptional person in real life, but as an actress she was nothing special for me. Other actresses like Elizbeth Taylor for instance had so much more range.
Joe
2025-02-08 18:17:36 +0000 UTCOnly seen this once, but I honestly didn't know it was him. Until these comments. Was obvious it was an obnoxious impression though.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 18:17:08 +0000 UTC🙄
Joe
2025-02-08 18:08:05 +0000 UTCOh interesting. Didn't really know anything about her life in Italy. Guess I just imagined Fellini discovered her for some reason. I know Italy had a big booming film industry there for a while. I think it was the closest any foreign studio got to truly competing with Hollywood. That may've changed with India and China now but I'm not sure.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 18:05:19 +0000 UTCCan't Cat have a name? That has always bothered the heck out of me!
Mike LL
2025-02-08 18:05:12 +0000 UTCGeez, 🙄.
Joe
2025-02-08 18:00:50 +0000 UTCCassie- All your questions that left you wanting more from this movie can be answered if you watch "Charade" with Audrey and Cary Grant ! Please sometime view it and if Carly can watch it with you it will double the enjoyment for all !! Thanks !
Keith Brown
2025-02-08 17:51:35 +0000 UTCSophia Loren is a living legend and goddess of classic Hollywood glamour. Elvis had seen all of her films and wanted to work with her after his military service. Like most men during that time my dad had a huge crush on Sophia Loren when he saw “El Cid” (1961) with Charlton Heston. He still remembers the audible gasp in the theater when her face first came onscreen. They had never seen such beauty before. Fellini never cast Loren in any of his films. Her Oscar win in 1962 was historic - and she drew from her experience the deprivation and starvation and bombings in and around Naples during WWII - for her role in “Two Women” (1960).
Rose
2025-02-08 17:40:25 +0000 UTCAs was pointed out, people criticized it at the time too. Correct beliefs don't have a statute of limitations and it was bad then and it's bad now so I don't begrudge anyone wondering if an edit exists without this pointless at best and stupid at worst character
Choof
2025-02-08 17:38:52 +0000 UTCHang in there, Archer. She might still watch it.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 17:35:34 +0000 UTC@Kevin, did anyone die? No. But is that really your standard for whether or not something is good or okay? Racism is always wrong homie...
djKENTO
2025-02-08 17:21:58 +0000 UTCIndeed
Paul Cox
2025-02-08 16:57:24 +0000 UTCWith Capote I'm guessing it was quite a bit darker.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 16:56:38 +0000 UTCPeople trashed Rooney's character in 1961 too, so maybe do some reading.
Paul Cox
2025-02-08 16:55:15 +0000 UTCLove Audrey without reserve, but this is my first time revisiting Breakfast in probably a couple decades. Weird that this has become a "romantic comedy" staple, because Paul's character is gay in the book. Couldn't really do that in a mainstream movie in 1961, though, so some clumsy changes were made. And WHEW Mickey Rooney. Blake Edwards made quite a few great movies, but he also mishandled some. This might be one of the latter.
Paul Cox
2025-02-08 16:51:28 +0000 UTCThis movie is Vogue Spread the movie but there’s nothing wrong with that however I would love someone to do a proper adaptation of this novel - I think Margaret Qualley and Timothée Chalamet could pull it off with Luca Guadagnino directing - make it happen universe
Jason Dolan
2025-02-08 16:49:09 +0000 UTCOh yeah she was totally gorgeous at the time. Guessing it was for a Fellini movie or something.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 16:43:33 +0000 UTCyes, let's put our 21st century beliefs in 70 year old movies.
zynjams
2025-02-08 16:42:04 +0000 UTCLooks like she was nominated but Sophia Loren won best actress
Choof
2025-02-08 16:41:19 +0000 UTCThe good-ole-days when John Wayne could play a uber famous Mongolian dictator and no one would bat an eye. lol
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 16:27:09 +0000 UTCWas she nominated for it?
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 16:25:21 +0000 UTCAdd me to the list absolutely captivated by Audrey Hepburn in this
Choof
2025-02-08 16:19:38 +0000 UTCShe didn't even apologize to Cat. I don't think she's learned anything and she'll have broken up with Paul within 48 hours.
Carol_White
2025-02-08 16:19:26 +0000 UTCCompletely heartbroken that The King & I didn't win...
Story Archer
2025-02-08 16:18:48 +0000 UTCCassie would love Audrey's biography: "Audrey Hepburn was involved in the Dutch resistance during World War II, where she helped by staging illegal ballet performances to raise funds and acted as a messenger for the resistance, delivering messages and aiding downed Allied pilots. Her experiences during the war significantly shaped her character and later life." -Milatary.com
Mike LL
2025-02-08 16:10:59 +0000 UTCThis was my first time watching. Has anyone attempted to make a version that edits out Mickey Rooney? They did it with Jar Jar Binks. He was even worse than I expected. Even if you reinvented the character without the racial stereotyping, he's not fucking funny. Also, it's weird seeing that George Peppard had a career before The A-Team. Edit: it's really interesting that the illustration on the video thumbnail shows Holly Golightly wearing the expensive diamond necklace that she never bought.
Carol_White
2025-02-08 16:09:42 +0000 UTCOmg bougie hats and Stanley cups would LOVE Cassie.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 15:54:13 +0000 UTCI envision a new Instagram pic for Cassie: Her standing outside of Tiffany in New York eating a croissant wearing some bougie hat. 😀
Mike LL
2025-02-08 15:49:44 +0000 UTCGreat reaction to a funny and poignant film. Also as a film it is a good companion piece to The Apartment. The Apartment came out in 1960, Breakfast the next year, so they both portrayed the same time and place as well as some of the cynicism of society and the battle between the sexes of the time. Both movies had mature themes that Cassie seems to struggle with, wanting a more directly happy scenario not involving the complicated mature relationships. But I wish for another reaction to The Apartment, maybe with Carly, because I think Cassie would react better to the film now. Especially since becoming a fan of Jack Lemon.
Mike LL
2025-02-08 15:44:51 +0000 UTCMy first time watching as well, would likely never watch if it wasn't alongside you. I had known about the Micky Rooney stuff but that couldn't have prepared me for just how bad it is haha. Everyone who had a hand in that decision should be launched directly into the sun and I don't want to hear one word about how "it was a different time".
Choof
2025-02-08 15:42:55 +0000 UTCCassie has said she loves thrillers recently so it really adds up. Cassie loves thrillers + Cassie loves Audrey Hepburn = Wait Until Dark!
Mike LL
2025-02-08 15:31:04 +0000 UTCAnd it is funny, Mojo, that you mentioned the director that connected the movies while Cassie started humming the theme, because the same composer, Henry Mancini composed both scores, writing not only The Pink Panther theme, but Moon River as well. And Cassie also saw Martin Balsam as the not so fortunate private investigator in Psycho.
Mike LL
2025-02-08 15:26:22 +0000 UTCThis was the movie that made me fall in love with Audrey Hepburn in my adolescence. It's a good film in spite of her, but her presence makes it a great film (Mickey Rooney's embarrassingly racist scenes notwithstanding). One of my favorites. So funny, so classy, so sad, so moving. One of the best romantic comediee ever to come out of Hollywood... and that score by PINK PANTHER composer Henry Mancini? Iconic. Especially the song "Moon River" (which the studio incredibly wanted to cut out but Hepburn said "over my dead body"). My wife and I danced to that song at our wedding. So glad you got to watch this. I knew you'd love it. Can't wait to see this reaction. :-)
Stick Figure Studios
2025-02-08 15:24:58 +0000 UTCPHS was nothing like Capote physically as he was a very small man. PHS still does a brilliant job portraying him. His early death was such a loss. We in the movie going audience were cheated out of 30 years of brilliant performances.
TheSingulatarian
2025-02-08 14:56:01 +0000 UTCFunny that you started humming "The Pink Panther" theme, as this has the same director as that movie Blake Edwards (he also wrote "The Pink Panther". Another movie written and directed by Blake Edwards from this time that I enjoy and have suggested previously is "The Great Race" with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon (seen recently in "Some Like Ii Hot"). The characterisation of Mickey Rooney's part is a misstep, I feel even for the '60s. That character didn't really need to be there. Martin Balsam, who played the agent "O.J.", is in a couple of other movie reactions on the channel, "12 Angry Men" as the foreman of the jury, and in "All the President's Men" as an editor working with Woodward and Bernstein. I have seen this a couple of times, and I, like you Cassie, am a bit unsatisfied with the ending, but maybe for different reasons. Not so much about what happens next, but just having "Holly" apologise to "Paul". He was kind and generous to her for the most part, and she treated him pretty poorly most of the time in return. I get there are some reasons for her behaviour, but it was unfair on "Paul" for a bunch. So, some simple form of "I'm sorry" would have sufficed just before they kissed and it goes black.
Mojo One Thousand
2025-02-08 14:28:15 +0000 UTCWith Bronson, image was a massive thing, as if it was inconceivable he could ever show weakness. There was a story that he'd lost his virginity at age 7, because, you know, "this guy is not only more of a man than the rest of you, he was a man long before anyone else became one." It was suggested (in the biography I read) that the people in charge of his career wanted to push that image as far as it would go. Whether that's based on Bronson's real personality or a creation he agreed to go along with, it's hard to say. There's a few indicators, though. During filming of The Magnificent Seven, someone described the atmosphere on set by saying (paraphrasing from memory here, probably from the McQueen biography): "Brynner was against Ford, McQueen was against Brynner, and Bronson was against everybody." The personality of Sonny Landham (Billy in Predator) is said to be the same. When casting for City Slickers, Billy Crystal wanted Bronson to play the Jack Palance role, so he sent him a script. A few days later, Billy gets a phone call: "Fuck you," Bronson says. Billy is taken aback, and asks him to elaborate. "Fuck you," Bronson says again. "I'm dead on page 68." Billy tried to explain to him how important the character was and how poignant and relevant his death is, but Bronson wouldn't have it. Jack Palance stepped in and won an Oscar. On the other side, there was never a more devoted and loving husband than Bronson was to Jill Ireland. Despite everything else, he was a really good husband.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 13:20:49 +0000 UTC+1 That's where I always go for the older movies.
Mike LL
2025-02-08 13:19:51 +0000 UTC“My Fair Lady” is Audrey Hepburn also. My mother adored Audrey Hepburn (who although born in Belgium was British) and so we would always watch one of her movies when it came on TV.
Darren Harrison
2025-02-08 13:14:09 +0000 UTC"We should have elected her as our queen." She was made a UN Goodwill Ambassador.
TheSingulatarian
2025-02-08 12:48:03 +0000 UTCFull copy for free: https://archive.org/details/breakfast-at-tiffanys-1961_202502
TheSingulatarian
2025-02-08 12:43:49 +0000 UTCSaw it on TCM a long time ago. Was struck by how modern the movie felt. As for the book, some of the most compelling writing I've ever read. Capote had a gift.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 12:38:30 +0000 UTCI'd love to see Cassie watch "In Cold Blood".
Jake McNulty
2025-02-08 12:37:25 +0000 UTC"Charade" (1963) is on my watchlist.
Clay F
2025-02-08 12:34:55 +0000 UTCFirst watch for me. I liked it. Happy ending, though somewhat abrupt. On the one hand, I imagined certainty. On the other hand, your desire that it be wrapped up with bow tied reminded me that she is a "wild thing." I like that NYC time period setting for movies. You nailed that the weather reports were code. This is my second Audrey Hepburn movie (the first being Roman Holiday that I have watched several times and love Audrey Hepburn in that). I liked her in this. I also liked George Peppard (Paul) in this. I remember George Peppard from "The A-Team" TV series (1983-1987). I recognized Buddy Ebsen (Doc Golightly) right away from the two TV series: The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones. The movie had one negative for me but fortunately was overshadowed by how beautiful and the right amount of quirky that Audrey Hepburn is in this.
Clay F
2025-02-08 12:33:20 +0000 UTCThere’s a clip going round YouTube of Kurt Russell talking about working with Charles Branson when he was a kid. After finding out it was Bronson’s birthday little Kurt (12yo) buys him a present. When he gives it to him on set Bronson doesn’t say anything and just walks off. The crew tells Kurt not to worry because Bronson’s just like that but then Bronson invites Kurt back to his trailer and tells him that no one ever bought him a birthday present before. He probably was a jerk but some guys just never learned how to be around people
Jacob King
2025-02-08 12:24:22 +0000 UTCTruly seemed like the definition of 'suffering for your art'. Almost every character he played involved staring in the void...or at least enduring some extremely, profoundly awkward situation. Hard to watch sometimes, but it's like he always did it for the audience somehow.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 12:14:42 +0000 UTCIf my memory serves me correct. McQueen became a Christian during his fight with Cancer, which ended up taking his life. That was in the the very late 70's if not very early 1980. https://guideposts.org/positive-living/entertainment/books/the-untold-story-of-how-steve-mcqueen-found-faith/
Bill Maurer
2025-02-08 12:08:45 +0000 UTCThe Bruce Lee story
Bill Maurer
2025-02-08 12:03:27 +0000 UTCHes is also said to have married people to avoid the husband being conscripted and going to war.
Mike Lemon
2025-02-08 11:31:03 +0000 UTCAgreed. Charles Bronson was the same. Great on-screen personas, but you wouldn't necessarily want to meet them.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 11:29:29 +0000 UTCNo but I imagine some Japanese folk were pretty upset to be portrayed that way.
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
2025-02-08 11:27:06 +0000 UTCAhhh, Philip Seymour Hoffman. One of those actors who is nothing like a standard leading man (eg Forest Whitaker, David Morse), but somehow elevates every movie he's in. I haven't seen Capote, but I'd be happy to watch it just for Phil.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 11:25:30 +0000 UTCAnd none of it makes any sense as St Valentine was the patron saint of bees
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
2025-02-08 11:25:06 +0000 UTCMcQueen was a typical big man "Hollywood Christian" meaning he acted one way when he needed to talk about God but the rest of the time he was pretty gross. Fine actor, not a great guy, at least not until his later years.
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
2025-02-08 11:24:17 +0000 UTCWhat's with the new avatar, V? I'm thinking of changing mine now.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 11:21:20 +0000 UTCI read a Steve McQueen biography a while ago, Nathan. In the early 60s, he threw a major paddy when he found out that his agent had turned down a film whose leading lady was Audrey Hepburn. Apparently, McQueen had a "hit list" of Hollywood actresses he wanted to sleep with and Audrey was number one. I haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's, but Audrey was a delight in Roman Holiday, so I'm looking forward to it.
Clarence Newman
2025-02-08 11:20:44 +0000 UTCDid anyone ever die watching Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Kevin Charley
2025-02-08 11:18:12 +0000 UTCIt seems like you've been checking out a few classics from the 60s lately. As one who prefers older films to newer ones I do love to see you discover these for the first time. Also I hope one day you do get to watch "Charade" (1963) with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Their screen chemistry is terrific, and the film itself masterfully balances comedy and suspense.
Jake McNulty
2025-02-08 11:07:30 +0000 UTCThere's some fascinating movies and TV shows about the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote. He was quite a character and fairly iconic for the time. Maybe one of the most famous authors ever. Capote (2005), Infamous (2006) and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024) and The Capote Tapes (2019) are some notable ones. He also wrote the book In Cold Blood which was a best seller at the time and became a movie scored by Quincy Jones (from Austin Powers 3 lol). Capote won Phillip Seymour Hoffman the Oscar that year.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 10:59:59 +0000 UTCAgree both movies are great in different ways. Infamous is a bit less serious and includes the more camp side of Capote.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 10:48:59 +0000 UTCHe was outstanding in that. Totally believed the character for the duration. Toby Jones was pretty great too though opposite Sandra Bullock. The most recent guy was solid too.
Chris Thom
2025-02-08 10:48:03 +0000 UTCCapote (2005) is one of my favorite movies. Stunning performace by Philip Seymour Hoffman (won Best Actor Oscar).
Clay F
2025-02-08 09:51:36 +0000 UTCValentine's Day isn't a "Hallmark holiday". It's about 1200 years old, has been a "romantic day" for about 600 years, Valentine's messages are about 500 years old, and commercial Valentine's cards about 200.
Mike Lemon
2025-02-08 09:38:07 +0000 UTCAnd with that you have survived one of the most offensive performances of all time… I’d love to see you watch Capote about the man who wrote the book this movie is based on. He’s played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and it’s from the same director as Moneyball. A tremendous movie. So is Infamous, another movie about Truman Capote, but he’s played by Toby Jones. Not quite as good, but still worth a viewing.
djKENTO
2025-02-08 09:33:08 +0000 UTCThanks for the movie Cassie
V M
2025-02-08 09:31:06 +0000 UTCWait Until Dark
V M
2025-02-08 09:27:35 +0000 UTCCassie flying through movies
V M
2025-02-08 09:26:12 +0000 UTCAudrey's the absolute best. Unparalleled in life and career.
Nathan Jasper, the Artist Formerly Known as Primary
2025-02-08 09:25:57 +0000 UTC
