Monday, December 29, 2014

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. - Sam Wasson

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
Category: Book with a Meal in the title part 1
3 out of 5 Stars


   This is the true story of the making of Breakfast at Tiffany's, from Truman Capote writing the novel to Audrey Hepburn's discovery and reluctance to play the part of a call girl and everything in between. I love this movie and actually learned a lot from this book. For example, the producers hated the song "Moon River" and wanted to remove it but Audrey was adamant they keep it and it ended up winning an Oscar. I also had no clue how difficult it was to get a film made while abiding by the Motion Picture Production Code. Sam Wasson took a non fiction work and made it fascinating! Over all a great read. 

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