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elleng

(130,865 posts) Thu Mar 18, 2021, 09:38 PM Mar 2021

*10:15 PM -- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

1h 54m | Comedy
A young writer gets caught up in a party girl's carefree existence.
Director: Blake Edwards, William Mcgarry
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal

Winner of Oscars for Best Music, Original Song -- Henry Mancini (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) for the song "Moon River", and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture -- Henry Mancini

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*10:15 PM -- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) (Original Post) elleng Mar 2021 OP

Ah, one of my favorites! FM123 Mar 2021 #1

the mickey rooney bit is too embarassing these days nt msongs Mar 2021 #2

Yes elleng Mar 2021 #3

Cringeworthy Iris Mar 2021 #4

Worth watching for Audrey Hepburn's clothes alone. mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #5

Ain't nothin' like a romance! PJMcK Mar 2021 #6

FM123

(10,053 posts)

1. Ah, one of my favorites!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 09:40 PM

Mar 2021

msongs

(67,395 posts)

2. the mickey rooney bit is too embarassing these days nt

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 09:52 PM

Mar 2021

elleng

(130,865 posts)

3. Yes

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 09:55 PM

Mar 2021

Iris

(15,652 posts)

4. Cringeworthy

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Thu Mar 18, 2021, 10:02 PM

Mar 2021

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)

5. Worth watching for Audrey Hepburn's clothes alone.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 10:57 PM

Mar 2021

There's a Netflix documentary playing about her life. Apparently the producers wanted to cut her singing of Moon River and her response was "over my dead body".

PJMcK

(22,031 posts)

6. Ain't nothin' like a romance!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 11:04 PM

Mar 2021

"Moon River" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

"My Huckleberry friend..." Just brilliant.

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