Few films have become as deeply woven into pop culture as Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Audrey Hepburn standing outside Tiffany & Co. with a coffee and pastry, the black Givenchy dress, the sunglasses, the cigarette holder and Moon River have become almost inseparable from the image of 1960s Hollywood.
But behind those familiar images was a production full of arguments, improvisation, compromises and unlikely stories.
Blake Edwards fought over his leading man, a Sunday opening at Tiffany & Co. required an extraordinary logistical operation, and a ‘carefree’ party consumed days of filming, huge quantities of food and drink, and even a beekeeper’s smoker.
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