Product Description
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Sporting silvery hair, a vast collection of fur coats, an
encyclopedic knowledge of all things fashionable, and a killer
smile, Miranda is full of wicked charm. With her mature beauty
and commanding presence, Miranda is as fascinating to watch as
she is intimidating to the constant rotation of assistants thrown
her way. When bookish Northwestern grad Andy Sachs interviews to
become Miranda's newest lackey, Miranda hires her not for her
lackluster wardrobe but for her intellect. Inside the pristing
Runway offices, Andy slowly finds herself seduced by the
glamorous world of fashion and by Miranda herself. While Andy's
transformation comes largely in the form of new designer
clothing, the makeover is mental as well. What starts out as a
firm belief in fashions vapidity and in Miranda's heartlessness
gradually fades into suspicion that the boss from hell might just
be hiding a soul. Director David Frankel Star Anne Hathaway,
Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier Special Features: Widescreen Format,
Commentary, Outtakes, Featurettes.
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This clever, funny big-screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's
best-seller takes some of the snarky bite out of the chick lit
book, but smoothes out the characters' boxy edges to make a more
satisfying movie. There's no doubt The Devil Wears Prada belongs
to Meryl Streep, who turns in an O-worthy (seriously!) strut
as the monster editor-in-chief of Runway, an elite fashion
magazine full of size-0, impossibly well-dressed plebes. This
makes new second-assistant Andrea (Anne Hathaway), who's smart
but an unacceptable size 6, stick out like a sore thumb. Streep
has a ball sending her new slave on any whimsical errand, whether
it's finding the seventh (unpublished) Harry Potter book or
knowing what type she means when she wants "skirts." Though
Andrea thumbs her nose at the shallow world of fashion (she's
only doing the job to open doors to a position at The New Yorker
someday), she finds herself dually disgusted yet seduced by the
perks of the fast life. The film sends a basic message: Make work
your priority, and you'll be rich and powerful... and lonely. Any
other actress would have turned Miranda into a scenery-chewing
Cruella, but Streep's underplayed, brilliant comic timing make
her a fascinating, unapologetic character. Adding frills to the
movie's fun are Stanley Tucci as Streep's second-in-command,
Emily Blunt (My Summer of Love) as the overworked first
assistant, Simon Baker as a sexy writer, and breathtaking couture
designs any reader of Vogue would salivate over. -- Ellen A. Kim
Beyond The Devil Wears Prada
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It becomes apparent on the DVD's bonus features that The Devil
Wears Prada's production was more than a little similar to the
shoots for TV's Sex and the City. For one, there's director David
Frankel, who in one featurette reveals he learned the importance
of getting plenty of footwear s from his stint on the HBO
comedy. Then there's costume designer Patricia Fields (also from
SATC) who provides the most valuable contribution to the DVD's
commentary track (by telling you who designed everyone's outfit
in any given scene) and is the subject of her own featurette. The
many deleted scenes are worth a watch, particularly one in which
Miranda actually thanks Andy for saving her from a publicly
humiliating moment (which was likely cut because it made Miranda
too soft). A gag reel contains many high-heeled spills by
Hathaway, and numerous experimental takes by Streep and Tucci,
who each turn out to have ad-libbed the best lines in the movie.
Also entertaining: man-on-the-street stories about true-life
bosses from hell. "Gird your loins," indeed. --Ellen A. Kim
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