TOP TEN MOVIES

It's time to publish the top ten list of films. These are the films that left the strongest impression on me as a child. I would spend many hours escaping in the theatre. From the double features at the Roxy Theater that cost twenty-cents, to the year working at the Princess Theatre in Fargo, North Dakota.
The theatre was run by a pedophile, who gave me my first job. Little did I know that what he really wanted was to get into my pants. He knew I was a movie junkie and used his position to lure and entice me. Although Raymond and Isabelle were suspicious, I don't think they ever were wise.

You know you look a lot like my brother Fred. Do you mind if I call you Fred?

Top of the List
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S 
At 14 years old, I didn't quite know what Audrey Hepburn was selling but whatever it was
I wanted a taste of the apple. The love letter to Tiffany's, Central Park and the upper East Side of Manhattan along with Henry Mancini's magical MOON RIVER. George Peppard doesn't measure up as our romantic neighbor, Fred but Patricia Neal dazzles in her Valentino wardrobe. We still catch this one every chance we get.

Original Broadway Production

After seven previews, the Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince, opened on April 26, 1970 at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 705 performances. The set design by Boris Aronson consisted of two working elevators and various vertical platforms that emphasized the musical’s theme of isolation. The opening night cast included Dean Jones (who had replaced Anthony Perkins early in the rehearsal period when Perkins departed to direct a play),^[3] Donna McKechnie, Susan Browning, Pamela Myers, Barbara Barrie, Charles Kimbrough, Merle Louise, Beth Howland, and Elaine Stritch. Musical staging was by Michael Bennett, assisted by Bob Avian.
Shortly after opening night, Jones withdrew from the show, allegedly due to illness, but actually due to stress he was suffering from ongoing divorce proceedings.^[4] He was replaced by his understudy Larry Kert, who had created the role of Tony in West Side Story. Kert earned rave reviews for his performance when the critics were invited to return.^[5] In an unusual move, the Tony Awards committee deemed Kert eligible for a nomination, an honor usually reserved for the actor who originates a role.^[6]
A documentary of the recording of the original cast recording was created by D. A. Pennebaker shortly after the show opened on Broadway.^[7] In the film, Stritch struggles to record the song "The Ladies Who Lunch."
The first national tour opened on May 20, 1971 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California with George Chakiris as Bobby, and closed exactly one year later at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C..