Inquiry: Sam Wasson: FIFTH AVENUE, 5 A.M. AUDREY HEPBURN, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

Breakfast At Tiffany’s is a film that is an undisputed classic picture, deeply loved by many for a wide variety of reasons. But this sprightly film is vastly different from the dark and complex novel written by Truman Capote. Was there an actual Holly Golightly that inspired Capote?  Who wrote the screenplay for the book and how did they navigate the many concerns of the studio censors? Why was Audrey Hepburn, known up to that point as only playing innocents on screen, chosen for the plum role of the sexually liberated Holly Golightly? In the end, despite all the radical changes from the novel and the censorship imposed by the studio heads, the film of Breakfast at Tiffany’s changed the way sex was dealt with in American films. Tonight on Inquiry, we talk with SAM WASSON, writer and cinema historian about his revealing, fascinating and thoroughly delightful book FIFTH AVENUE, 5 A.M.: AUDREY HEPBURN, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S AND THE DAWN OF THE MODERN WOMAN.