Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer while attempting to marry for money. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on October 5, 1961, to critical and commercial success.
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Screenplay by | George Axelrod |
| Based on | Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote |
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| Edited by | Howard Smith |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
Production companies | Jurow-Shepherd Spinel Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $14 million |
Nominated for five Academy Awards (winning two), with the music (including "Moon River") nominated for six Grammy Awards (winning five), the film was selected in 2012 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".