Moive-Breakfast at Tiffany's

I have always wanted to see this classic film, without really knowing what it was about. Just the theme of Moon River, and the star, Audrey Hepburn, made me want to see it.

But Breakfast as Tiffany's (1961) held a lot of surprises for me. First of all, and most of all, it was amazingly adult. The topics and themes of the movie were so adult that I was surprised that it made it to the screen in 1961. Audrey Hepburn is a high class escort, Holly Golightly. And she befriends a male escort...actually gigolo...who moves into her same building. He is an aspiring writer, played by an amazingly handsome George Peppard, who is payed for sex by his interior decorator, Patricia Neal.

Holly got married to get out of an abusive home, where it is hinted there was sexual abuse, at 14 years old. She left her husband and came to New York and became an escort. She hangs out with wealthy men, and throws amazing, and orgiastic parties in her small apartment. She is always hoping that one of them will fall for her and marry her. Such is Breakfast at Tiffany's.

The second surprise is the cast. Look, I know Audrey Hepburn from more innocent roles. She is not the innocent here. And beyond her, George Peppard is excellent, Patricia Neal also, and Buddy Ebsen and Martin Balsam both in great roles. The only bad thing about his movie is Mickey Rooney, who plays a Japanese man in the worst type of stereotypical and racist casting. But, I think in 1961 it probably was not considered so, despite the buck teeth and glasses.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a classic for a good reason. It is not a movie goes quietly, nor is set in a certain time. It is timeless in many ways. Hepburn shines as Holly and all around her reflect that light. I am so glad I added this to my queue.

And Moon River is a great song!! I'm just saying...