# Breakfast at Tiffany's **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041 "2002-09-21T22:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/41 "2002-09-27T20:46:51Z")
I will say that the movie generally creeps me out too, though I will watch it when it’s on. Though I realize that AH’s character is supposed to be just this side of clinically disturbed, and I shouldn’t be looking for a _sympathetic_ character, I wish she and most of the others could be more _comfortable_ as it were, less jarring of pet standards that I hold people to. The way she treats that cat, for example…the first time I saw her practically bounce the cat off the opposite wall, I spent the rest of the movie wondering when she was going to go ballistic on him again. And the way she says, in that sweet demure voice, “Stop the cab!”, and kicks the cat out into the downpour is chilling to me. I find the act of abandoning the cat hardly redeemed by the fact that she goes back for him. And most of the other characters and situations are equally disquieting. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/42 "2002-09-27T20:55:55Z")
Let me start by saying the obligatory I love the movie, and I adore Audrey. That being noted, am I the only fan of both the book and the movie that thinks the movie robbed us by shoe-horning on the goddamed happy ending, rather than sticking with the book. Jesus, Holly running off was the only way the character maintained continuity, and then we have Audrey and George kissing in the rain. While it appeals more to the romantic in me, it really makes me feel as though the filmmaker’s resolve melted down in the 11th hour. I have to consider book and movie as two entirely separate and unrelated entities in order to enjoy the movie, but I have no problem doing that (luckily). ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/43 "2002-09-27T20:58:26Z")
I never really paid attention to Rooney in this film. Each of the several times of seen it, I’ve been too in awe of Audrey Hepburn to pay attention to much else. Saying she was miscast and the part would have been better portrayed by Monroe is like saying you’d prefer to dine at Sizzler when you arrive at the parking lot of Ruth Chris. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/44 "2002-09-27T21:29:44Z")
**javaman** said: > [@](#): > > This was certainly an unfortunate turn for Mickey Rooney, but he is very far from being a no talent hack. In his prime he was considered the most talented actor in Hollywood, no less a luminary than Laurence Olivier declaring Rooney the "most talented actor America ever produced. And he was the number one box office draw for a period that spanned two decades… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/45 "2002-09-27T21:56:42Z")
I _adore_ Roman Holiday, and I’s so glad they didn’t cop out on the ending of that movie. Apparently, several different endings were considered, but the one they went with was Capote’s own. While I like **BaT** , It’s not one of my **AH** favorites. **Sabrina, A Nun’s Story, and Funny Face** are some of my faves. StG ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/46 "2002-09-28T00:34:04Z")
Actually, Audrey stated several times that she felt she was miscast for the movie, and that she hated treating poor Rhubarb that way. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041/47 "2002-09-30T14:47:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by javaman \* > \*\* > This was certainly an unfortunate turn for Mickey Rooney, but he is very far from being a no talent hack. In his prime he was considered the most talented actor in Hollywood, no less a luminary than Laurence Olivier declaring Rooney the “most talented actor America ever produced” ([cite](http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/aa092400a.htm)). > > I’m not saying that all his work was first rate, but he was nevertheless a huge talent. \*\* Fair enough, **javaman**. Maybe you can point me to some of his great performances because I sure haven’t seen one. That piece of drek, _Boystown_, is supposedly one of them and, unfortunately, I have seen that one. > [@](#): > > Blackie, Blaaaaaaaaackie, waaaaaah Haj [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-tiffanys/129041.md?page=2)