My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
Theatrical release poster Dire cted by B lake Edwards, Breakfast at Tiffany's (196 1 ) tells the story of Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn), a naïve and carefree New York party girl who lives with a nameless cat and earns her money by visiting mobster Sally Tomato (Alan Reed) in prison every week. Tomato's la wyer pays her $100 a we ek to receive "the weather rep ort." One day, Holly meets Paul Varjak (George Peppard), a str ug gling writer who has just moved into her building . Pau l, whom Holly calls "Fred" due to his rese mblance to her brother, is "kept" by a wealthy older woman, Emily Eustace Failens on (Pa tricia Ne al), nic knamed "2E." At a party at Holly 's apartment, Paul meets her Hollywood agent, O. J. Berman (Martin Balsam), who desc ribes her trans f ormation from country girl into Manhattan socialite. In the da ys that follo w, Paul and Holly become closer , but their relationship gets strange whe...