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Ready to Wear

Original title: Prêt-à-Porter
  • 19941994
  • RR
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
15K
YOUR RATING
Ready to Wear (1994)
Trailer
Play trailer2:12
1 Video
57 Photos
  • Comedy
  • Drama
A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
15K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Robert Altman
  • Writers
    • Robert Altman
    • Barbara Shulgasser
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Julia Roberts
    • Marcello Mastroianni
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Altman
  • Writers
    • Robert Altman
    • Barbara Shulgasser
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Julia Roberts
    • Marcello Mastroianni
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 63User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

    Videos1

    Ready to Wear
    Trailer 2:12
    Ready to Wear

    Photos57

    Jennifer Jason Leigh in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Kim Basinger and Robert Altman in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Tim Robbins and Julia Roberts in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Kim Basinger, Danny Aiello, Linda Hunt, Sally Kellerman, and Tracey Ullman in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Kim Basinger, Cher, and Chiara Mastroianni in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Diane Lane at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)
    Sophia Loren and Edoardo Ponti at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)
    Sophia Loren at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)
    Madonna at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)
    Malcolm McDowell at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)
    Anna Nicole Smith at an event for Ready to Wear (1994)

    Top cast

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    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Isabella de la Fontaineas Isabella de la Fontaine
    Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    • Anne Eisenhoweras Anne Eisenhower
    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Sergei (Sergio)as Sergei (Sergio)
    Jean-Pierre Cassel
    Jean-Pierre Cassel
    • Olivier de la Fontaineas Olivier de la Fontaine
    Kim Basinger
    Kim Basinger
    • Kitty Potteras Kitty Potter
    Chiara Mastroianni
    Chiara Mastroianni
    • Sophie Choisetas Sophie Choiset
    Stephen Rea
    Stephen Rea
    • Milo O'Branniganas Milo O'Brannigan
    Anouk Aimée
    Anouk Aimée
    • Simone Lowenthalas Simone Lowenthal
    • (as Anouk Aimee)
    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • Jack Lowenthalas Jack Lowenthal
    Rossy de Palma
    Rossy de Palma
    • Pilaras Pilar
    • (as Rossy De Palma)
    Tara Leon
    • Kiki Simpsonas Kiki Simpson
    Georgianna Robertson
    Georgianna Robertson
    • Dane Simpsonas Dane Simpson
    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Fiona Ulrichas Fiona Ulrich
    Ute Lemper
    Ute Lemper
    • Albertineas Albertine
    Forest Whitaker
    Forest Whitaker
    • Cy Biancoas Cy Bianco
    Tom Novembre
    • Reggieas Reggie
    Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant
    • Cort Romneyas Cort Romney
    Anne Canovas
    Anne Canovas
    • Violetta Romneyas Violetta Romney
    • Director
      • Robert Altman
    • Writers
      • Robert Altman
      • Barbara Shulgasser
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Danny Aiello and Lauren Bacall clashed during filming, with Bacall calling him a bully due to his behaviour towards other cast members.
    • Goofs
      In the hotel room, Anne Eisenhower lifts a glass of wine from Joe Flynn's dining cart with her left hand and takes a drink. Joe makes a comment and it can be seen that Anne's left arm is up to her face (she is visible from the chest down), but when we cut back to Anne the glass is in her right hand as she puts it down.
    • Quotes

      Kitty Potter: This is fucking fruitcake time. I mean - is that fashion, is it? I mean is there a message out there? I mean you got lot of naked people wandering around here.

    • Crazy credits
      The film's opening scene where Sergei buys the 2 Dior ties is set in Moscow's Red Square and the first 2 lines of credits (a Miramax production and a Robert Altman film) appear solely in Cyrillic characters
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Speechless/Dumb and Dumber/Legends of the Fall/Little Women/Death and the Maiden/The Madness of King George (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Here Comes the Hotstepper (Allaam Mix)
      Written by Ini Kamoze, Salaam Remi (as S. Gibbs), Chris Kenner (as Kenner), Fats Domino (as Domino), A. Konley and Kenton Nix (as K. Nix)

      Performed by Ini Kamoze

    User reviews63

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Unfairly Maligned. Far better than people give it credit for
    And that's not saying that it's great either. It is not. But it's tremendously low imdb rating makes me wonder who the heck is voting here. Pret-a-Porter is a pretty good Robert Altman film that is no better or worse than Short Cuts, which, while I feel it is a good film, I also think it is overrated. This one is, however, heavily underrated, and they both got the same imdb score from me: 7/10 = 3/4 stars.

    This is another attempt to make another Nashville. There's a humongous ensemble cast of actors, some of the best on the planet, a couple of the best who ever lived. The screenwriter doesn't connect it all very well, and lots of the characters seem superfluous or underdeveloped, unlike in Nashville where even the characters who are only in a couple of scenes are as familiar to the viewer as a close friend. I would particularly have liked the Danny Aiello/Teri Garr section to have been removed. It falls pretty flat. The Sophia Loren/Marcello Mastrioanni section, the section that most film buffs are going to be excited for, also plops by its end. And Kim Basinger, a good actress, truly deserving her L.A. Confidential Oscar, is not very good as the Southern U.S. reporter: her accent is difficult to get around, and her character is often annoying, too. Sometimes, though, her pieces succeed.

    Many other of the vignettes succeed quite well, although there are never any fireworks about to shoot off. The Tim Robbins/Julia Roberts plot is very funny. The three publishers, Sally Kellerman, Tracy Ullman, and Linda Hunt's attempts to sign photographer Milo (Stephen Rea) to their magazine are all very humorous. The love quadrangle between the two designers, Forest Whitaker and Richard E. Grant, and their lovers is very good, also. Anouk Aimee's section is also great, maybe the best part (Rupet Everett is good, also). I loved her so much in La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2. I was aching for her and Marcello Mastrioanni to interact.

    The ending is truly fantastic. It is very well directed and filmed. It's a good film.
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    • zetes
    • Jun 7, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
      • Russian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Prêt-à-Porter
    • Filming locations
      • Champs Elysées, Paris 8, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Etalon Film
      • Miramax
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $18,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,300,653
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,026,295
      • Dec 26, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,300,653
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 13 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1
      • 2.35 : 1

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