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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
J.F. Lawton (written by)
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Release Date:
23 March 1990 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Who knew it was so much fun to be a hooker? more
Plot:
A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 9 nominations more
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Such a dream, just you DO NOT think more (221 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
$ 3,000 (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and some language. (director's cut)
Runtime:
119 min | USA:125 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Julia Roberts was far from the first choice for the role of Vivian, it went to many successful A-list actresses including "brat pack" member Molly Ringwald (who starred in The Breakfast Club (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984) and Pretty in Pink (1986)) who turned it down because she felt uncomfortable with the content in the script, and did not like the idea of playing a prostitute. She has since stated in several interviews that she regrets turning the role down. more
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Continuity: During the polo match Edward is shown wearing a straight-collar and the tie that Vivian gave to him as a gift, tied with a half-windsor. A later shot shows Edward with a spread-collar and that same tie, but with a full-windsor knot. As the scene progresses, the shot of Edward alternates back and forth between the straight and spread-collar (even with a shot of the spread-collar with a half-windsor knot). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Magician at party: No matter what they say, it's all about money. So let's imagine, ladies, that you're a savings and loan officer. Watch - one, two, three; see, you've got it all, and we've got nothing. You've got all four, take a look.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Solo quiero caminar (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Five For Louie more

FAQ

En route to Beverly Hills, Edward drives by a store called Tower Records. Is this an actual record store in the area?
What opera did they see in San Francisco?
On what street was Vivian working when Edward picked her up?
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71 out of 110 people found the following comment useful.
Such a dream, just you DO NOT think, 30 April 2005
Author: Aleksandar Nedelkovic from Serbia and Montenegro

Obviously similar to Shaw's "Pygmalion", but updated, more modern.

A lovely dream, one very old: rescuing a prostitute from the street. (Not in Woody Allen's sickish-moody way.)

However, if you wish to dream this one, be sure you do NOT start to think very logically . . . She is healthy, not on drugs, not on alcohol, not even a smoker; no syphilis, no gonorrhea, no AIDS wounds on her legs, nothing, she is just perfectly absolutely healthy. Body and mind. She is not a criminal, not inclined to steal anything, she even values love and dignity more than money. Oh, she has no pimp, who would be the other man (other than Richard Gere) in her life; nobody to protect her from smart types who walk off without paying; the pimp would explode the whole romance instantly. (Instead, a girl friend.)

She has a golden soul, full of goodness, and loves art, and feels for art. High-society types around them appear silly, artificial, stuffy. (Different forks.) She is natural. She even was a good student (!) and . . . might be again? She loves to bathe, and half the time we see her happy in the bath tub (which is a powerful signal and symbol for CLEAN, CLEAN; she even sings so super-ultra-charmingly in the bath; she wants to wash off the foolishness of her previous few months of street. And she can do it.

But with all those qualities, WHY would she ever become a prostitute in the first place? Don't think, don't think. Just dream, it is lovely.

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