The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Director:

David Frankel

Writers (WGA):

Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay)
Lauren Weisberger (novel)

Release Date:

30 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Hell On Heels.

Plot:

A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city's biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.

Plot Keywords:

Magazine | Fashion | Assistant | Editor | Friend

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 25 nominations

Cast

Meryl Streep	...	Miranda Priestly
Anne Hathaway	...	Andrea 'Andy' Sachs
Emily Blunt	...	Emily Chalton
Stanley Tucci	...	Nigel
Simon Baker	...	Christian Thompson
Adrian Grenier	...	Nate
Tracie Thoms	...	Lily
Rich Sommer	...	Doug
Daniel Sunjata	...	James Holt
David Marshall Grant	...	Richard Sachs
James Naughton	...	Stephen
Tibor Feldman	...	Irv Ravitz
Rebecca Mader	...	Jocelyn
Jimena Hoyos	...	Lucia
Gisele Bündchen	...	Serena

Also Known As:

El diablo viste a la moda (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Le diable s'habille en Prada (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
O Diabo Veste Prada (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Der Teufel trägt Prada (Germany) [de]
Diabel ubiera sie u Prady (Poland) [pl]
Djävulen bär Prada (Sweden) [sv]
Djavo nosi Pradu (Serbia) [sr]
El diablo viste de Prada (Spain) [es]
Il diavolo veste Prada (Italy) [it]
O diavolos foraei Prada (Greece) [el]
Paholainen pukeutuu Pradaan (Finland) [fi]
Saatan kannab Pradat (Estonia) [et]
Seytan marka giyer (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42358) | Ireland:PG | USA:PG-13 | Norway:A | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:PG | Sweden:Btl | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Musée Galliera - 10 avenue Pierre-1er-de-Serbie, Paris 16, Paris, France

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

Over 100 sets of twins auditioned the role of Caroline and Cassidy (Miranda's daughters).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Miranda talks to the lunch party Nigel first has his clock on his left arm, then in the following shots it is on his right.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Nate: Good luck.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O.C.: The Metamorphosis (#4.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

City of Blinding Lights

Better than Expected

I got a chance to see a sneak preview, and it was better than expected. First, I have to say that I've never read the book. My friend who saw it with me read it, and she said that the movie was pretty faithful to the book.

The movie stars Anne Hathaway, a writer who winds up applying for, and getting the second assistant position to the Editor-in-Chief of THE fashion magazine called "Runway." Her boss is played by the always fantastic Meryl Streep. While she gets less screen time in the movie, her mean looks and bitchy attitude makes her character stick with you. Also, the movie does give you some soft moments to make her a little more sympathetic than she was portrayed in the novel (or so my friend told me). I do wonder whether or not this movie would've worked if Meryl's character was male instead of female.

I won't bore you with the other plot details because it was actually fun to not know how it unravels. Without the novel to go by, it was fun to figure out what bad thing was going to happen to her next. I do have to say that the movie has achieved the balance of being cute but not corny. You also get to understand why she just takes it all instead of just quitting to begin with. It's funny enough to make you laugh out loud, but more importantly, it's a great film to escape to. Hey, at least for the majority of us, we can come out of the theater and say, "At least my boss isn't like that."