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Courthouse News Service
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Capote’s ‘Tiffany’s’

The estate of author Truman Capote sued Paramount Pictures seeking a judicial determination that the estate owns the rights to Capote’s novel “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which Paramount made into the 1961 classic film, and any potential remake Paramount has planned.

LOS ANGELES — The estate of author Truman Capote sued Paramount Pictures seeking a judicial determination that the estate owns the rights to Capote’s novel “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which Paramount made into the 1961 classic film, and any potential remake Paramount has planned.

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