Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M - Sam Wasson

Before Breakfast at Tiffany'
s Audrey Hepburn was still a little-known actress with few film roles to speak of; after it -
indeed, because of it - she was one of the world'
s most famous fashion, style and screen icons. It was this film that matched her with Hubert de Givenchy'
s "
little black dress"
. Meanwhile, Truman Capote'
s original novel is itself a modern classic selling huge numbers every year, and its high-living author of perennial interest.
Now, this little book tells the story of how it all happened: how Audrey got the role (for which at first she wasn'
t considered, and which she at first didn'
t want); how long it took to get the script right; how it made Blake Edwards'
name as a director after too many trashy films had failed to; and how Henry Mancini'
s soundtrack with its memorable signature tune '
Moon River'
completed the irresistible package.
This is the story of how one shy, uncertain, inexperienced young actress was persuaded to take on a role she at first thought too hard-edged and amoral -
and how it made Audrey Hepburn into gamine, elusive Holly Golightly in the little black dress - and a star for the rest of her life.