"I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other." Fun Fact: Holly Golightly wears the same dresses all the way through the movie, simply changing the accessories to give each outfit a different look. Her black shift dress features through the movie at least four times. Snap Out Of It Fact: Although not visible on camera, hundreds of onlookers watched Audrey Hepburn's window-shopping scene at the start of the film. This made her nervous and she kept making mistakes. It wasn't until a crew member nearly got electrocuted behind the camera that she pulled herself together and finished the scene. Music Enthusiast Fact: Henry Mancini wrote "Moon River" specifically for Audrey Hepburn. He later said that while many version of the song have been done, he feels that Audrey's was the best.
Love this film, despite the egregious miscasting of Mickey Rooney in yellowface as Yunioshi. You seemed to have missed that Paul was being kept as a lover by Touey. She wasn’t really his decorator. That why she was worried that her husband was having them followed, etc. Her comments about paid vacation and starting a union with the other guys were digs at him being a gigolo. He and Holly were both hustlers in that sense. Thanks a for a very fun reaction.
Imagine a regular white guy angry man upstairs instead of Micky Rooney in Yellow face, probably played by Don Knotts doing "Don Knotts having a hissy fit." That would have been better....
@@miamidolphinsfan I read a book about the making of the movie, and the director Blake Edwards deeply regretted casting Rooney. He once met legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa; they were having a great conversation until Kurosawa found out he was speaking to the director of Breakfast at Tiffany's, at which point he could barely even look at Blake any more. He said if he could go back, he's recast or change the role.
Doc does have beautiful blue eyes. He is played by Buddy Ebson, who was known to lots of people of my generation as Jed Clampett, patriarch of the Beverly Hillbillies. He was also in a series about an investigator, "Barnaby Jones"; and, as an eccentric dancer, he appeared in several musicals of the 1930s; he would have been the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz", but the make up used for him was toxic and landed him in the hospital. Here he is dancing with tiny Shirley Temple: ruclips.net/video/amIHoBXPqJg/видео.html
According to people involved with the making of this movie, during the party scene, the cat kept clawing all the extras. So the cat's owner grabbed it, and pulled all its claws out with his teeth!!! 🙀 Also, the final scene in the rainy alley, the wet cat smelled so bad they were literally retching!!! 🤮
Asian Stereotypes🙄🤦♂️...That's a white legendary actor named (Micky Rooney) playing the Asian crazy man...playing Yellowface...I guess that was the sad Norms back then...Yellowface, Blackface, Brownface. Back then it was very racist time...extremely racist. But this movie overall is a great classic movie, and one of the great iconic Audrey Hepburn's greatest films. Audrey Hepburn was magnificent in this movie...she was an extraordinary lady, who had a pure and beautiful heart in real life. She helped Aids patients and Helped the poor and gave money to the poor, visited Africa when children of Africa were starving to death and feed them and held them in her arms...a few children died in her arm's. She would send food for those kids and children dying. She was a true human rights activist and Philanthropist & Humanitarian. Of the the most down to earth humble true Movie Stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood. RIP Audrey Hepburn (1929-1992)🌟🎬📺❤👗👜👠👒🌹 ruclips.net/video/T-liUhzNzQ8/видео.html
I was born and raised in Denmark. Came to the US in 1967 as an au pair. I would say this represents the sixties pretty much, thinks were very open, you met someone, they asked you out or to a party and you went. It was pretty safe, I first lived in a small town in Ct. Westport, then NYC, I always felt safe. However, when I was a teenager in Denmark, in the little town close to where I grew up (Koege, about 20,000 inhabitant) things were pretty open there as well. Made friends easily and a couple of guys I dated, I became friends with the rest of the family. Copenhagen was a little more difficult to make friends.
Having grown up in NYC in the 70s, we did use to use fire escapes to visit neighbors sometimes, going in and out thru windows. Also used to call for each other out the windows and have conversations across the alley with friends in the building next door.
Having now watched your reaction, i feel a need to point out that the things you didn't like about it were not meant to be likeable. They were meant to be illuminating in their realism. A good story brings you out of your comfort zone. That is the main reason why many older films are better regarded than those of today. The writers and directors grasped this need of people to experience parts of the world they are not as familiar with. To shine a light on some of the things that persist but perhaps should not be. This is how we advance. And the lack of it today is why we generally _don't_ advance today, compared to then. So thanks again. This is one that everyone should see and try to understand. Not to excuse or explain away its seedy underbelly, but to understand the causes and potential remedies. And you are one of the few reactors of today who can do it justice.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie I love it I love Audrey Hepburn and I love George Peppard he's my favorite actor from the 1960's and I love the song Moon River
I an amazed at these reviewers using their 21st century sensibilittes to view these old 1960s films . Or Miss Royal Highness Audrey Hepburn playing a NYC call girl like Mary Poppins . Pure fantasy !
For me the entire movie Holly was trying to prove to Fred (Paul) and also to herself that she didn't attach herself to anyone or anything except her brother. She wanted to believe she only cared about money, her brother and being fancy I guess. That's why she threw the cat out because she was trying to prove she didn't care but obviously she did care about the cat and Paul.
I’ve always wanted a love seat made from a claw foot tub like she has but I always forget about it until I come across the movie again! There used to be a renovation show called Black Dog Salvage and the actual place is just downtown in Roanoke which is only about 20 miles away but the one they have is like $600 or something ridiculous so I’m determined AGAIN to just make my own
Hi Kat. This is classic USA Film. Tiffanys is the World most expensive Jewerly store. The clothing is typical 60's stuff. The them song ""Moon River" by Andy Williams is one of my favorites. Pauls female friend is his very rich married lady that cheats with him and pays him to do it. The Japanese guy upstairs is the building landlord.
"Fred" is George Peppard, a lovely looking gentleman, who gained extra fame as the head of the team on the tv show "The A Team". Oh! The cat, by the way, was a famous actor, too, Orangey: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangey.
Yes, Audrey Hepburn!! Just about anything she did was classy gold, both as an actress AND as a woman, period. Sure the yellowface would be uncalled for today, but such were those times so whatchagonnado. And BaT was directed by Blake Edwards, the same director of the Pink Panther franchise that you have started reacting to. And of course Henry Mancini's music... I used to have a greatest songs CD of his I inherited from my parents, until I carelessly got the CD all scratched up that is... that is where I first heard of this movie and the wonders of 'Moon River'. ☺️
If you enjoy movies like this from the sixties you should check out Cactus Flower (1969) staring Walter Matthau, still grumpy but not as old, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn.
I'm from Brazil and calling somone José its not very accurate, Pedro is the most common name (pedro was the name of the emperor of brazil), but what really offended me was the rice with chocolate lol
If you get a chance, check out Two for the Road (1967), The Nun's Story (1959) and her Oscar-winning performance in Roman Holiday (1953). Audrey was in a class all by herself.
I'd seen clips of this movie before but I never knew Audrey's character was such a psycho until now lol. What a crazy woman. I would have run from her as if from a house fire.
It used to be fairly normal for young girls and women to marry older men. It still is in many cultures. My great-grandmother was 16 and my great-grandfather was 21 when they married in 1932 . And his mother was 17 and his father was 30 when they married in 1905.
@@Eastbridge2100 Maybe not where you’re from but it is in SOME cultures and those kinds of age gaps have existed throughout history. 14 years old throughout most of human history has been considered early adulthood. It’s only in recent history where teenagers are thought of as children.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 Jerry Lee Lewis married he is 13-year-old cousin and his career never recovered from that. He was only 22 years old and from the south. It was not considered acceptable then and it’s not considered acceptable now. It is only in third world countries where the family out of necessity lets their young teenage girl marry an old man. It has never been acceptable in our part of the world even in the old days.
@@Eastbridge2100 Breakfast At Tiffany’s was written by Truman Capote. A writer who grew up in the South in the late 1920s and 30’s and writers typically take inspiration from their own experiences and the people in their own lives. In the South, it has been historically acceptable for older men to marry much younger women, just like in the parts of the British Isles where their ancestors originally came from. I’m from Ohio but my family’s roots are Southern and I can trace my family tree back for centuries and I can assure you that these kinds of age gaps when it came to marriage have historically existed. By the time Jerry Lee Lewis came along, it had become less acceptable.
Lovely reaction. I watched this film for the first time this year too. Have you seen the movie titled Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand? I think you might enjoy that one as well. Blessings to you and your channel
6:18 It's just dinner - makes men look important to be seen out with a girl who looks like her. Also makes them look important if they can just hand out $50 bills here and there. That's as far as she goes, having dinner with men who give her money or buy he expensive things.
“Did you kill a swan?” Obviously you forgot that Bjork wore a swan dress to a Hollywood shindig a couple of decades ago. And yes, every day of our lives is exactly like this movie. It numbers among the many things that the world hates Americans for.
Love the movie love Audrey in it and love the opening scene. Just did not like when she threw the cat out in the rain. Still such a nostalgic film of a time gone. Seen it many times
Some more film suggestions:" Lost In Yonkers" 1993 starring Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Rhuel, Irene worth (adaptation of the Neil Simon Broadway stage play set in the 1940's), "Return to Me" starring Minnie Driver, David Duchovny, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, and a full cast of classic stage ,TV, and film actors. "Beautiful" (Also starring Minnie Driver). "Barefoot in the Park" 1967 (based on the Broadway stage play) starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.
Nothing in a movie can be taken as the way things are in America, I think, at least for most people. I've always found this movie kind of odd, even beyond the terrible Japanese caricature played by Mickey Rooney of all people.
I couldn't stop getting ticked off, all the way through. The racism and acceptance of pedophilia were probably the worst of it. Even the ending with the message you can't find happiness without a romantic relationship was annoying lol. I'm interested in hearing your reasons.
Cats don't have human thought and emotions, the cat wouldn't have been sad or really cared for that matter...it would've just been scared of the new noises, smells and environment.
@@katreacts6843 I'm sure he would've been perfectly fine, in fact he most likely (if it was real) would've wondered off and went exploring to sniff out food or lady cats. Even in the movie I think he was a stray that just wandered into her place in the first place. Plus cats are very good at finding some poor sucker to get food for them...some cats wander to four or five different peoples places to get fed even if they have an owner that takes care of them.
@@katreacts6843 We have two cats, and they seem to always be looking for affection from us. Breaks my heart everytime I see the end and then she finds the cat.
"I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other."
Fun Fact: Holly Golightly wears the same dresses all the way through the movie, simply changing the accessories to give each outfit a different look. Her black shift dress features through the movie at least four times.
Snap Out Of It Fact: Although not visible on camera, hundreds of onlookers watched Audrey Hepburn's window-shopping scene at the start of the film. This made her nervous and she kept making mistakes. It wasn't until a crew member nearly got electrocuted behind the camera that she pulled herself together and finished the scene.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Henry Mancini wrote "Moon River" specifically for Audrey Hepburn. He later said that while many version of the song have been done, he feels that Audrey's was the best.
Love this film, despite the egregious miscasting of Mickey Rooney in yellowface as Yunioshi. You seemed to have missed that Paul was being kept as a lover by Touey. She wasn’t really his decorator. That why she was worried that her husband was having them followed, etc. Her comments about paid vacation and starting a union with the other guys were digs at him being a gigolo. He and Holly were both hustlers in that sense. Thanks a for a very fun reaction.
Imagine a regular white guy angry man upstairs instead of Micky Rooney in Yellow face, probably played by Don Knotts doing "Don Knotts having a hissy fit." That would have been better....
@@thomastimlin1724 but that's not how Truman wrote it & things back then weren't always PC
@@miamidolphinsfan I read a book about the making of the movie, and the director Blake Edwards deeply regretted casting Rooney. He once met legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa; they were having a great conversation until Kurosawa found out he was speaking to the director of Breakfast at Tiffany's, at which point he could barely even look at Blake any more. He said if he could go back, he's recast or change the role.
7:30 It's normal for Americans to let our neighbor climb into our bedroom windows if they look like Audrey Hepburn.
Doc does have beautiful blue eyes. He is played by Buddy Ebson, who was known to lots of people of my generation as Jed Clampett, patriarch of the Beverly Hillbillies. He was also in a series about an investigator, "Barnaby Jones"; and, as an eccentric dancer, he appeared in several musicals of the 1930s; he would have been the Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz", but the make up used for him was toxic and landed him in the hospital. Here he is dancing with tiny Shirley Temple: ruclips.net/video/amIHoBXPqJg/видео.html
I just looked at Audrey Hepburn - and that made my day.
According to people involved with the making of this movie, during the party scene, the cat kept clawing all the extras. So the cat's owner grabbed it, and pulled all its claws out with his teeth!!! 🙀 Also, the final scene in the rainy alley, the wet cat smelled so bad they were literally retching!!! 🤮
Asian Stereotypes🙄🤦♂️...That's a white legendary actor named (Micky Rooney) playing the Asian crazy man...playing Yellowface...I guess that was the sad Norms back then...Yellowface, Blackface, Brownface.
Back then it was very racist time...extremely racist.
But this movie overall is a great classic movie, and one of the great iconic Audrey Hepburn's greatest films.
Audrey Hepburn was magnificent in this movie...she was an extraordinary lady, who had a pure and beautiful heart in real life.
She helped Aids patients and Helped the poor and gave money to the poor, visited Africa when children of Africa were starving to death and feed them and held them in her arms...a few children died in her arm's.
She would send food for those kids and children dying.
She was a true human rights activist and Philanthropist & Humanitarian.
Of the the most down to earth humble true Movie Stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood.
RIP Audrey Hepburn
(1929-1992)🌟🎬📺❤👗👜👠👒🌹
ruclips.net/video/T-liUhzNzQ8/видео.html
I was born and raised in Denmark. Came to the US in 1967 as an au pair. I would say this represents the sixties pretty much, thinks were very open, you met someone, they asked you out or to a party and you went. It was pretty safe, I first lived in a small town in Ct. Westport, then NYC, I always felt safe. However, when I was a teenager in Denmark, in the little town close to where I grew up (Koege, about 20,000 inhabitant) things were pretty open there as well. Made friends easily and a couple of guys I dated, I became friends with the rest of the family. Copenhagen was a little more difficult to make friends.
Having grown up in NYC in the 70s, we did use to use fire escapes to visit neighbors sometimes, going in and out thru windows. Also used to call for each other out the windows and have conversations across the alley with friends in the building next door.
Having now watched your reaction, i feel a need to point out that the things you didn't like about it were not meant to be likeable. They were meant to be illuminating in their realism. A good story brings you out of your comfort zone. That is the main reason why many older films are better regarded than those of today. The writers and directors grasped this need of people to experience parts of the world they are not as familiar with. To shine a light on some of the things that persist but perhaps should not be. This is how we advance. And the lack of it today is why we generally _don't_ advance today, compared to then.
So thanks again. This is one that everyone should see and try to understand. Not to excuse or explain away its seedy underbelly, but to understand the causes and potential remedies. And you are one of the few reactors of today who can do it justice.
Breakfast At Tiffany's is my favorite Audrey Hepburn movie I love it I love Audrey Hepburn and I love George Peppard he's my favorite actor from the 1960's and I love the song Moon River
You should try some more Audrey Hepburn there isn’t a miss in any of them Sabrina funny face Roman holiday…
Oh yes! Both movies are must sees!
"I don't know if it's normal in America." Unfortunately, not anymore. XD
Yes the song is related to the movie it’s about two couples who don’t have anything in common except for their fondness for this movie!
The lady seen briefly in a the strip joint in her latter years became a minister of the gospel .
I an amazed at these reviewers using their 21st century sensibilittes to view these old 1960s films . Or Miss Royal Highness Audrey Hepburn playing a NYC call girl like Mary Poppins . Pure fantasy !
The original “manic pixie dream girl”.
The actor who played Sal in prison was the voice of Fred Flintstone on “The Flintstones”.
Oh, I didn't know that :D
I don't remember if you reacted to "Psycho", but if you did, Berman is played by Martin Balsam, who was the private detective in "Psycho".
I haven't reacted to Psycho, I might one day :)
George Peppard is so handsome
For me the entire movie Holly was trying to prove to Fred (Paul) and also to herself that she didn't attach herself to anyone or anything except her brother. She wanted to believe she only cared about money, her brother and being fancy I guess. That's why she threw the cat out because she was trying to prove she didn't care but obviously she did care about the cat and Paul.
I’ve always wanted a love seat made from a claw foot tub like she has but I always forget about it until I come across the movie again! There used to be a renovation show called Black Dog Salvage and the actual place is just downtown in Roanoke which is only about 20 miles away but the one they have is like $600 or something ridiculous so I’m determined AGAIN to just make my own
My bro lives in the UK, he says 22C is a heatwave, in aussie 22C is quite cold for summer.
Hi Kat. This is classic USA Film. Tiffanys is the World most expensive Jewerly store. The clothing is typical 60's stuff. The them song ""Moon River" by Andy Williams is one of my favorites. Pauls female friend is his very rich married lady that cheats with him and pays him to do it. The Japanese guy upstairs is the building landlord.
"Fred" is George Peppard, a lovely looking gentleman, who gained extra fame as the head of the team on the tv show "The A Team". Oh! The cat, by the way, was a famous actor, too, Orangey: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangey.
Besides my parents Audrey Hepburn is the person I most look up too as just a person❤
Yes, Audrey Hepburn!! Just about anything she did was classy gold, both as an actress AND as a woman, period. Sure the yellowface would be uncalled for today, but such were those times so whatchagonnado.
And BaT was directed by Blake Edwards, the same director of the Pink Panther franchise that you have started reacting to. And of course Henry Mancini's music... I used to have a greatest songs CD of his I inherited from my parents, until I carelessly got the CD all scratched up that is... that is where I first heard of this movie and the wonders of 'Moon River'. ☺️
If you enjoy movies like this from the sixties you should check out Cactus Flower (1969) staring Walter Matthau, still grumpy but not as old, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn.
I'm from Brazil and calling somone José its not very accurate, Pedro is the most common name (pedro was the name of the emperor of brazil), but what really offended me was the rice with chocolate lol
If you get a chance, check out Two for the Road (1967), The Nun's Story (1959) and her Oscar-winning performance in Roman Holiday (1953). Audrey was in a class all by herself.
Amazing movie. It’s sad that a lot of actors from this film are no longer with us 😢😢😢
My favorite part is the end
Audrey Hepburn is amazing
This movie confused me when i watched it years ago but your commentary made sense.
I'd seen clips of this movie before but I never knew Audrey's character was such a psycho until now lol. What a crazy woman. I would have run from her as if from a house fire.
It used to be fairly normal for young girls and women to marry older men. It still is in many cultures. My great-grandmother was 16 and my great-grandfather was 21 when they married in 1932 . And his mother was 17 and his father was 30 when they married in 1905.
It’s not normal and has never been normal for a man in his late 40s to marry a 14 year old girl.
@@Eastbridge2100 Maybe not where you’re from but it is in SOME cultures and those kinds of age gaps have existed throughout history. 14 years old throughout most of human history has been considered early adulthood. It’s only in recent history where teenagers are thought of as children.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 Jerry Lee Lewis married he is 13-year-old cousin and his career never recovered from that. He was only 22 years old and from the south. It was not considered acceptable then and it’s not considered acceptable now. It is only in third world countries where the family out of necessity lets their young teenage girl marry an old man. It has never been acceptable in our part of the world even in the old days.
@@Eastbridge2100 Breakfast At Tiffany’s was written by Truman Capote. A writer who grew up in the South in the late 1920s and 30’s and writers typically take inspiration from their own experiences and the people in their own lives. In the South, it has been historically acceptable for older men to marry much younger women, just like in the parts of the British Isles where their ancestors originally came from. I’m from Ohio but my family’s roots are Southern and I can trace my family tree back for centuries and I can assure you that these kinds of age gaps when it came to marriage have historically existed. By the time Jerry Lee Lewis came along, it had become less acceptable.
Paul is a kept man. Holly is a call girl.
Lovely reaction. I watched this film for the first time this year too.
Have you seen the movie titled Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand?
I think you might enjoy that one as well.
Blessings to you and your channel
Great movie. Loved your reaction; especially when they went into the “classy strip joint”.
It just felt so elegant :D
@@katreacts6843 I agree. You should check out and react to Gypsy; with Natalie Wood.
@@katreacts6843 plz react to Bad Boys will Smith
Yes my absolute Fav!
6:18 It's just dinner - makes men look important to be seen out with a girl who looks like her. Also makes them look important if they can just hand out $50 bills here and there. That's as far as she goes, having dinner with men who give her money or buy he expensive things.
“Did you kill a swan?” Obviously you forgot that Bjork wore a swan dress to a Hollywood shindig a couple of decades ago. And yes, every day of our lives is exactly like this movie. It numbers among the many things that the world hates Americans for.
Ahhh the legendery swan dress :D I don't think that was a real swan though, but it sure made a lasting impact :D
Love the movie love Audrey in it and love the opening scene. Just did not like when she threw the cat out in the rain. Still such a nostalgic film of a time gone. Seen it many times
Some more film suggestions:" Lost In Yonkers" 1993 starring Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Rhuel, Irene worth (adaptation of the Neil Simon Broadway stage play set in the 1940's), "Return to Me" starring Minnie Driver, David Duchovny, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Loggia, and a full cast of classic stage ,TV, and film actors. "Beautiful" (Also starring Minnie Driver). "Barefoot in the Park" 1967 (based on the Broadway stage play) starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.
"Holly, I'm in love with you." Why, though? (And, no, he doesn't own her. They're both toxic.)
Paul is a kept man. The decorator is a married women he is having an affair with. Read the book by Truman Capote
She was good in any character. Please react to her films like Charade, The Nun's Story and Wait Until Dark
Burn, peel, burn, peel.... lot of my family members have the same problem. Lots of SPF 30 and moisturizer.
Awesome, thanks for taking the suggestion
Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly.
Yeah, I read about that. 👍
This cat is not enjoying being held in the rain, y'all.
I recommend other Hepburn films, _Two for the Road_ and _How to Steal a Million._
Nothing in a movie can be taken as the way things are in America, I think, at least for most people. I've always found this movie kind of odd, even beyond the terrible Japanese caricature played by Mickey Rooney of all people.
Cool reaction Kat, take care sweetie 🥰
Thank you :)
My fav film 🥰😍
Please do Victor/Victoria. It’s my fave film but no one ever checks it out.
How was Audrey so beautiful and cute at the same time?
Thanks for your reaction 👍
I couldn't stop getting ticked off, all the way through. The racism and acceptance of pedophilia were probably the worst of it. Even the ending with the message you can't find happiness without a romantic relationship was annoying lol. I'm interested in hearing your reasons.
Fourteen. That is all.
Hello Kat
It sucks you had to cut out the opening scene in the film.
Cats don't have human thought and emotions, the cat wouldn't have been sad or really cared for that matter...it would've just been scared of the new noises, smells and environment.
Just the fact that the cat would have been scared, makes my blood boil over him being thrown out on the street like that.
@@katreacts6843
I'm sure he would've been perfectly fine, in fact he most likely (if it was real) would've wondered off and went exploring to sniff out food or lady cats. Even in the movie I think he was a stray that just wandered into her place in the first place.
Plus cats are very good at finding some poor sucker to get food for them...some cats wander to four or five different peoples places to get fed even if they have an owner that takes care of them.
@@katreacts6843 We have two cats, and they seem to always be looking for affection from us. Breaks my heart everytime I see the end and then she finds the cat.