The Devil Wears Prada (Widescreen Edition) - DVD

Description: GOOD CONDITIONTHE DEVIL WEARS PRADAThe Devil Wears Prada (film)47 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Devil Wears PradaTheatrical release posterDirected byDavid FrankelScreenplay byAline Brosh McKennaBased onThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerProduced byWendy FinermanStarringMeryl StreepEmily BluntAnne HathawayStanley TucciSimon BakerAdrian GrenierCinematographyFlorian BallhausEdited byMark LivolsiMusic byTheodore ShapiroProduction companiesFox 2000 PicturesWendy Finerman ProductionsDune EntertainmentDistributed by20th Century FoxRelease datesJune 22, 2006 (Los Angeles)June 30, 2006 (United States)Running time109 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$35–41 million[1][2]Box office$326.7 million[1]The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on the 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger. The film stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt.In 2003, 20th Century Fox bought the rights to a film adaptation of Weisberger's novel before it was completed for publication; the project was not greenlit until Streep was cast in the lead role. Principal photography lasted 57 days, primarily taking place in New York City from October to December 2005. Additional filming was done in Paris, France.After premiering at the LA Film Festival on June 22, 2006,[3] The Devil Wears Prada was theatrically released in the United States on June 30. The film received positive reviews from critics, with Streep's performance receiving widespread critical acclaim, thus earning her numerous awards and nominations, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Hathaway and Blunt also drew favorable reviews and various nominations for their performances. The film grossed over $326 million worldwide, against its $41 million budget, and was the 12th highest-grossing film worldwide in 2006.Although the film is set in the fashion world, and references well-known establishments and people within that industry, most designers and other fashion notables avoided appearing as themselves for fear of displeasing US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Priestly.[4][5] Wintour later overcame her initial skepticism, saying she liked the film and Streep's performance in particular.[6]Plot[edit]Aspiring journalist Andrea "Andy" Sachs has recently graduated from Northwestern University and lands a job as a junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine. Despite her lack of knowledge of the fashion industry, Andy plans to put up with Miranda's abusive treatment for at least a year in the hopes of using her connections from Runway to find a job more focused on journalism.Andy fits in poorly with her gossipy, fashion-forward co-workers, especially Miranda's senior assistant Emily Charlton, and struggles to fulfill Miranda's irrational demands, such as booking a flight home from Florida during a hurricane and obtaining an unpublished manuscript of a Harry Potter novel for her twin daughters. After a dress trial meeting during which Miranda berates her in front of the entire team, Andy approaches Runway's art director Nigel for advice, and he helps her select stylish clothes to wear to work.Noticing Andy's change in appearance and increased commitment to the job, Miranda begins to delegate more complicated and important tasks to her. As Andy becomes more glamorous and absorbs the Runway philosophy, she gradually outperforms Emily, who yearns to attend Paris Fashion Week as Miranda's assistant and, in preparation for the event, adheres to extreme diets that endanger her health.When Emily arrives to work while sick and forgets important details about the guests at a charity benefit, Andy steps in to save Miranda from embarrassment. Miranda then selects Andy to be her assistant at Paris Fashion Week instead of Emily. Emily is later hit by a car; while visiting her in the hospital, Andy informs Emily of Miranda's changed plan, much to Emily's consternation. Andy's boyfriend, Nate, breaks up with her, disappointed that she has become one of the shallow, egoistical women she once ridiculed.In Paris, Andy learns that Miranda's husband has filed for divorce. Later that night, Nigel tells Andy that he has accepted a job as creative director with rising designer James Holt. She spends the night with an attractive writer, Christian Thompson, who tells her that Jacqueline Follet is set to replace Miranda as editor of Runway. Andy attempts to warn Miranda, but Miranda dismisses her.At a luncheon later that day, Miranda announces Jacqueline as Holt's new creative director, much to Andy and Nigel's shock. Later, Miranda reveals that she already knew of the plot to replace her, and sacrificed Nigel to keep her own job. Andy is repulsed by Miranda's betrayal of her friend, but Miranda points out that Andy did the thing same to Emily by agreeing to accompany Miranda to Paris. Not wanting to turn into the type of person Miranda is, Andy quits her job and storms off. When Miranda tries calling her, Andy tosses her phone into the Fontaine de la Concorde.Some time later, Andy meets up with Nate, who tells her he has a new job as a sous-chef in Boston, and they agree to keep in touch as friends. The same day, she has an interview at a major New York newspaper. The editor recounts that when he called Runway for a reference, Miranda told him that Andy was the biggest disappointment she ever had as an assistant, but that he would be an idiot not to hire her.After getting the job, Andy calls Emily and offers her the clothes she obtained in Paris. While walking past the Runway office building, Andy sees Miranda and waves at her. Miranda does not acknowledge Andy, but smiles to herself once she is seated in her car.Cast[edit]Meryl Streep as Miranda PriestlyAnne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" SachsEmily Blunt as Emily CharltonStanley Tucci as Nigel KiplingSimon Baker as Christian ThompsonAdrian Grenier as Nate CooperGisele Bündchen as SerenaTracie Thoms as LilyRich Sommer as DougDaniel Sunjata as James HoltJames Naughton as StephenColleen Dengel as Caroline PriestlySuzanne Dengel as Cassidy PriestlyDavid Marshall Grant as Richard SachsTibor Feldman as Irv RavitzRebecca Mader as JocelynAlyssa Sutherland as ClackerInes Rivero as Clacker at elevatorStéphanie Szostak as Jacqueline FolletDavid Callegati as MassimoPaul Keany as St. Regis DoormanCameos[edit]Valentino GaravaniGiancarlo GiammettiCarlos de SouzaBridget HallLauren Weisberger as the twins' nannyRobert Verdi as a fashion journalist in Paris who interviews MirandaHeidi KlumJen Taylor as LouNigel BarkerProduction[edit]When we made it I was naive. I know now how rare it is to find situations where the stars align.— Aline Brosh McKenna, screenwriter[7]Director David Frankel and producer Wendy Finerman had originally read The Devil Wears Prada in book proposal form.[8] It would be Frankel's second theatrical feature, and his first in over a decade. He, cinematographer Florian Ballhaus, and costume designer Patricia Field, drew heavily on their experience in making Sex and the City.Frankel recalls the whole experience as having high stakes for those involved, since for himself and the others behind the camera it was the biggest project they had yet attempted, with barely adequate resources. "We knew we were on very thin ice," he told Variety for a 2016 article on the film's 10th anniversary. "It was possible this could be the end of the road for us."[9]Weisberger is widely believed to have based Miranda on Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue, for whom she herself had once worked as a personal assistant. Fear of what Wintour might do in retribution for any visible cooperation with the production posed obstacles, not just in the fashion industry but also in Hollywood.[10]Pre-production[edit]Fox bought the rights to Weisberger's novel not only before its publication in 2003, but before it was even finished. Carla Hacken, then the studio's executive vice president, had only seen the first hundred pages of manuscript and an outline for how the rest of the plot was to go. But for her that was enough. "I thought Miranda Priestly was one of the greatest villains ever," she recalled in 2016. "I remember we aggressively went in and scooped it up."[9]Writing[edit]Work on a screenplay started promptly, before Weisberger had even finished her work. When it became a bestseller upon publication, elements of the plot were incorporated into the screenplay in progress. Most took their inspiration from the 2001 Ben Stiller film Zoolander and primarily satirized the fashion industry. But it was still not ready to film. Elizabeth Gabler, later head of production at Fox, noted that the finished novel did not have a complete narrative. "Since there wasn't a strong third act in the book," she said later, "we needed to invent that."[9]In the meantime, the studio and producer Wendy Finerman sought a director. Out of many candidates with experience in comedy, David Frankel was hired despite his limited experience, having only made one feature, Miami Rhapsody, along with some episodes of Sex and the City and Entourage. He was unsure about the property, calling it "undirectable ... a satire rather than a love story".[11] Later, he cited Unzipped, the 1995 documentary about designer Isaac Mizrahi, as his model for the film's attitude towards fashion: "[It] revels in some of the silliness of the fashion world, but is also very serious."[12]At a meeting with Finerman, Frankel told her that he thought the story unnecessarily punished Miranda. "My view was that we should be grateful for excellence. Why do the excellent people have to be nice?"[9] He prepared to move on and consider more scripts. Two days later his manager persuaded him to reconsider and look for something he liked that he could shape the film into. He took the job, giving Finerman extensive notes on the script and laying out a detailed vision for the film.[11]Four screenwriters worked on the property. Peter Hedges wrote the first draft, but did not think he could do more; another writer passed. Paul Rudnick did some work on Miranda's scenes, followed by a Don Roos rewrite.[11] After that, Aline Brosh McKenna, who was able to relate her own youthful experiences attempting to launch a journalism career in New York to the story,[11][13] produced a draft after a month's work that struck the right balance for Finerman and Frankel, whose notes were incorporated into a final version,[9] rearranging the plot significantly, following the book less closely[9] and focusing the story on the conflict between Andy and Miranda.[14] She found the experience of writing a story with female protagonists that did not center around a relationship "very liberating ... I felt I was allowed to do what the movie wanted to be, a Faust story, a Wall Street for ladies."[11]McKenna also initially toned down Miranda's meanness at the request of Finerman and Frankel, only to restore it later for Streep.[8] She later cited Don Rickles as her main influence for the insults in the dialogue; before even starting work on the screenplay she had come up with Miranda's "Take a chance. Hire the smart fat girl" line, which she felt summed up the disparity between Andy and the world she found herself in.[15] Weisberger recalled in 2021, on the film's 15th anniversary, that McKenna's draft took it away from the "typical chick flick" direction it was going in.[10]In a 2017 interview with Entertainment Weekly, McKenna revealed that the character she and Frankel had the most discussions about was Andrea's boyfriend Nate. She likened his role in the story to that usually played by a male protagonist's girlfriend or wife who regularly reminds him of responsibilities at home that he has neglected. "[W]e wanted to make sure he wasn't a pain in the ass, but he is the person who is trying to say, 'Is this who you want to be morally?'"[16]McKenna consulted with acquaintances who worked in fashion to make her screenplay more realistic, a task she said later was difficult since many of them did not want to risk offending Wintour.[10] In a 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts lecture, she told of a scene that was changed after one of these reviews, where Nigel told Andy not to complain so much about her job. Originally, she had made his speech more of a supportive pep talk, but one of those acquaintances said that would not happen: "[N]o-one in that world is nice to each other ... There's no reason to be, and they don't have time." she quoted him as saying.[17]

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