Q 01/05

Who plays Holly Golightly in the 1961 film?

A) Marilyn Monroe

B) Audrey Hepburn

C) Shirley MacLaine

D) Kim Novak

Answer · why

B) Audrey Hepburn

She was 31 during filming; the Holly of the novella is 18 or 19.

Q 02/05

Who wrote the 1958 novella the film is based on?

A) Tennessee Williams

B) J. D. Salinger

C) Truman Capote

D) Norman Mailer

Answer · why

C) Truman Capote

He said Holly was the favourite of all his characters.

Q 03/05

Which director made the film?

A) Blake Edwards

B) Billy Wilder

C) John Frankenheimer

D) George Cukor

Answer · why

A) Blake Edwards

He was brought in after Hepburn's agent asked for a higher-profile name than the original director.

Q 04/05

Who plays the writer Paul Varjak, Holly's new neighbour?

A) Robert Wagner

B) Steve McQueen

C) Jack Lemmon

D) George Peppard

Answer · why

D) George Peppard

He got the part despite having appeared the previous year in the flop The Subterraneans.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the film's Oscar-winning theme song?

A) Blue River

B) Moon River

C) Days of Wine and Roses

D) Charade

Answer · why

B) Moon River

Hepburn sings it on the fire escape, accompanying herself on a guitar.

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