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WHAT WENT WRONG

Breakfast at Tiffany's

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Flop, Film, Film History, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, History, Tv & Film, Movie, Directing, Hollywood

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

When Hollywood producers got their hands on Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, they thought they’d found the perfect RomCom. There was just one problem: there was no rom in that com because the narrator was gay. In this episode, Chris and Lizzie break down the Audrey Hepburn classic and discover why she was reluctant to take the part, which actor caused the most trouble on set, and how the cinematographer got electrocuted… at Tiffany’s! Plus we discuss the lasting impact of Mickey Rooney’s troubled performance, and discover why Truman Capote himself wanted to spit on the director.

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And action

0:02.0

It's going down

0:20.0

I'm yelling Timber You better move and action. It's going down.

0:22.0

I'm yelling timber.

0:23.7

You better move.

0:25.7

You better dance.

0:26.6

That's right.

0:27.6

We're back.

0:28.8

It's what went wrong.

0:32.1

Your favorite podcast, full stuff that just so happens to be about movies and how it's nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one, let alone a tragic party girl story

0:36.4

that I didn't understand as a child.

0:38.5

And we are so excited to get into it. Holly Go Lightly, who ran so Kesha could stumble. Hey. Lizzie Bassett is here with me. No, I love Kesha. Yeah, you better not the smirkekesha. No, Kesha's great. I was thinking about chandelier. I was thinking about timber. I was thinking about all my party girl anthems. I'm Chris Winterbauer, joined as always by my co-host.

0:55.0

Lizzie Bassett, Lizzie, what have you picked for us today?

0:57.7

Let's get into it. Well, I have chosen breakfast at Tiffany's for us today. And I picked this because,

1:03.4

you know, I knew we were kind of going into a bit of a Truman Capote hole here on what went wrong

1:08.2

for a, for a minute, a dark place. But I was not expecting this to be as

1:15.5

interesting an episode as I think it is. Well, let's hear from you first, Christopher. Had you seen

1:20.8

this movie before and what did you think about it upon watching it for the podcast? I had seen it

1:24.7

before. I don't remember when, sometime in adolescence. And at an age

1:29.4

when I did not appreciate this type of story in particular, I was more into action movies, nor

1:34.8

movies of this era. I was more into modern movies. And I have to say, with one element accepting,

1:41.4

I actually really liked this movie. And I really enjoyed it. I thought the

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