The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Director:

David Frankel

Writers:

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

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 50 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 | fashion industry | new york city | publishing | 

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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

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA France

Language:

English French

Release Date:

30 June 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Devil Wears Prada

Filming Locations:

Bubby's Restaurant, Tribeca, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,537,244, 2 July 2006

Gross USA:

$124,740,460

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$326,551,094

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, is not 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 age 24, she changed her name to Miranda Priestly and replaced her rough, London accent with a sophisticated one, before spending ten years at French Runway before she was transferred to New York City.

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Goofs

When Miranda dumps her coat and bag onto Emily's desk instead of Andrea's, the bag is upright. In the next shot, it's lying on the desk sideways.

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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 The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Town/I'm Still Here/Easy A (2010)

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Soundtracks

Time Will Tell
(2005)
Written by Nathan Khyber and Clark Stiles
Performed by The Good Listeners

User Reviews

Overrated as HELL

I saw TDWP on the week it came out, and although I wasn't surprised that it became such a big box-office hit, the glowing reviews it got are beyond my comprehension. Granted, 2006 wasn't the strongest year for movies, but we had at least 10 or 15 better movies and the fact that the National Board of Review included this on their top 10 list is pretty ridiculous. It's nothing more than an average romantic comedy with some above the average performances (read: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, all of them steal the show from beautiful but bland leading lady Anne Hathaway), and a nice but predictable satire to the fashion world. As much as I love Streep, I wouldn't give her another Oscar nomination for this (Annette Bening in "Running With Scissors" - a pretty bad movie, but her performance is glorious - or Maggie Gyllenhaal in "SherryBaby", just to name a couple, were better), but then again, she could play a door and the Academy would still recognize her. Gorgeous Brazilian Gisele Bündchen got US$350 grand to appear in 2 brief scenes and proved (again) that, as an actress, she's a fabulous supermodel. If she had to act for a living, she'd be starving now. When you think of so many wonderful actresses who are waiting tables in NYC to pay the rent, this is even sadder...

Anyway, I digress. All in all, marginally enjoyable with some funny moments/good acting, but nothing too special. 5/10.