Tag: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

  • David Fincher Could’ve Made Blade In The ’90s, But He Made Another Classic Instead

    David Fincher Could’ve Made Blade In The ’90s, But He Made Another Classic Instead

    Oh, the annals of movies that were made by one guy who is kind of cool that were almost made by another guy who is way cooler. Did you know John Frankenheimer almost directed “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” That would have been … intense. What about the fact that Danny Boyle almost directed Joss Whedon’s script for “Alien: Resurrection?”…

  • How Bruce Lee and This 1970s Western TV Show Are Connected

    How Bruce Lee and This 1970s Western TV Show Are Connected

    In the 1993 biopic Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, our titular hero and his then-girlfriend Linda catch a screening of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which infamously features the non-Japanese Mickey Rooney playing a caricatured Japanese man. The theater erupts in laughter at this depiction – one the film’s director and Rooney himself would later regret –…

  • Did Alfred Hitchcock Direct This Aubrey Hepburn Classic?

    Did Alfred Hitchcock Direct This Aubrey Hepburn Classic?

    One of cinema’s most beloved stars, Audrey Hepburn, is best remembered for her romantic roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Roman Holiday, but the screen icon also collaborated with the legendary filmmaker behind Singin’ in the Rain, Stanley Donen, on three separate occasions. Donen first worked with Hepburn in 1957’s Funny Face, a musical that…

  • The Karate Kid Review: Cobra Kai Gave Me Courage to Watch Original Movie

    The Karate Kid Review: Cobra Kai Gave Me Courage to Watch Original Movie

    Whenever I watch a movie involving an Asian character set anytime before the 2000s, I get a little worried. It’s been a long road for Asian representation in media and entertainment, but sometimes looking into the past can be painful. Beloved movies like Sixteen Candles and Breakfast at Tiffany’s leave me with a sour taste…

  • Sky Adds ‘Outdated Attitudes’ Disclaimer for ‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

    Sky Adds ‘Outdated Attitudes’ Disclaimer for ‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

    Sky, the Comcast-backed pay-tv broadcaster in the U.K., has added “outdated attitudes” disclaimers to a batch of films, including the original animated “Jungle Book,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “The Last Samurai.”Upon searching for Disney’s “The Jungle Book” on movie service Sky Cinema, a description now reads, “This film has outdated attitudes, language and cultural depictions…

  • Hubert de Givenchy, Fashion Icon Who Created Audrey Hepburn’s ‘Little Black Dress,’ Dies at 91

    Hubert de Givenchy, the legendary French fashion designer best known for creating Audrey Hepburn’s “little black dress” in 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” has died at age 91, according to media reports.Philippe Venet, Givenchy’s longtime companion, told AFP that the designer passed away in his sleep on Saturday.LVMH, which has owned the House of Givenchy…