Quinta Avenida, 5

by Sam Wasson

First published 2023

Audrey Hepburn remains one of Hollywood's most iconic stars, yet the public image differs sharply from reality. Sam Wasson strips away the mythology to reveal the flesh and blood woman behind the famous black Givenchy dress that transformed the world in 1961. This cultural chronicle of Breakfast at Tiffany's production and filming exposes little known details about creating this cinema classic. Truman Capote desperately wanted Marilyn Monroe for the lead role while reserving the narrator part for himself. George Axelrod's screenplay underwent numerous changes due to censorship. Blake Edwards shot multiple endings. The studio wanted to cut "Moon River." Audrey herself hesitated to join the project, fearing it might destroy her career. Through a colorful cast including Edwards, Capote, Colette, Edith Head, Mel Ferrer, Hubert de Givenchy, Henry Mancini, Billy Wilder, and Hepburn herself, the author of "The Big Goodbye" immerses readers in 1950s America before Woodstock, the pill, and the Women's Liberation Movement, when a not so innocent young woman named Holly Golightly shook the nation and forever changed American fashion, cinema, and sexuality.

Genres: biography, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, film

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: behind-the-scenes, celebrity, cultural-impact

Setting: New York, Quinta Avenida

Period: 1950s, 1961

264 pages · Paperback · Es Pop Ediciones

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