Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Original theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis
Directed by	Blake Edwards
Screenplay by	George Axelrod
Based on	Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Produced by	Martin Jurow Richard Shepherd
Starring	Audrey Hepburn George Peppard Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen Martin Balsam Mickey Rooney
Cinematography	Franz F. Planer
Edited by	Howard Smith
Music by	Henry Mancini
Production companies	Jurow-Shepherd Spinel Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 5, 1961 (1961-10-05)
Running time	114 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million
Box office	$14 million

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer while attempting to marry for money. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on October 5, 1961, to critical and commercial success.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards (winning two), with the music (including "Moon River") nominated for six Grammy Awards (winning five). In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".