The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

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.

Director:

David Frankel

Writers:

Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay), Lauren Weisberger (novel)

Stars:

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meryl Streep	...	Miranda Priestly
Anne Hathaway	...	Andy Sachs
Emily Blunt	...	Emily
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

Storyline

In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices.

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Plot Keywords:

magazine | fashion | editor | friend | job | 

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Taglines:

Meet Andy Sachs. A million girls would kill to have her job. She's not one of them.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Twentieth Century Fox [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

30 June 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

El diablo viste a la moda

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$117,777 (South Africa) (17 November 2006)

Gross:

$124,732,962 (USA) (1 December 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Major Studio Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one of the original drafts, Miranda explains how she started out as an assistant and worked her way up. It is also revealed where she grew up: Pearl River, New York. The scene then continues on to the scene of Miranda confessing her divorce to Andy. This however isn't true to the book as Miranda was born Miriam Princhek, to orthodox Jews, in the East End of London and started off as an assistant to an English designer. She became well known in London fashion and started learning French at night to soon become junior editor of Chic magazine in Paris. At 24 she changed her name to Miranda Priestly, replaced her rough, London accent with a sophisticated one before spending 10 years at French Runway before she was transferred to New York.

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Goofs

When Miranda is telling Andy that she is getting divorced, Andy's sitting position keeps changing. One moment the camera is on her and she is sitting with her legs crossed, the next they are uncrossed.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nate: Good luck.

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Crazy Credits

The credits have a sheen on them, like they've been given a coat of polish.

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Connections

Referenced in I Love You, Man (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Suddenly I See"
(2005)
Written and Performed by K.T. Tunstall (as KT Tunstall)
Courtesy of Virgin Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

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."