Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) loosely based on the novella by Truman Capote. Changes were made to fit the medium of cinema and to correspond to the filmmakers' vision. Capote, who sold the film rights of his novella to Paramount Studios, wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly, whom he had described perfectly in the book. Barry Paris cites Capote's own comments on the choice of actress: "Marilyn was always my first choice to play the girl, Holly Golightly." Screenwriter Axelrod was hired to "tailor the screenplay for Monroe". When Lee Strasberg advised Monroe that playing a "lady of the evening" would be bad for
Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) issue to skyrocket. Both Attie and Brodovitch went on to work with Capote on other projects—Attie on "", and Brodovitch on "Observations", both published in 1959. The collection has been reprinted several times; the novella has been included in other Capote collections. Capote's original typed manuscript was offered for sale by a New Hampshire auction house in April 2013. It was sold to Igor Sosin, a Russian billionaire entrepreneur, for US$306,000 (). Mr. Sosin said he planned to display it publicly in Moscow and Monte Carlo. In "Breakfast at Sally Bowles'", Ingrid Norton of "Open Letters Monthly" pointed out Capote's