The Devil Wears Prada Screenplay by Peter Hedges Revisions by ...

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Mar 10, 2005 ... The Devil Wears Prada. Screenplay by. Peter Hedges. Revisions by. Howard Michael Gould. Paul Rudnick. Don Roos. Current Revisions by.
The Devil Wears Prada

Screenplay by

Peter Hedges

Revisions by

Howard Michael Gould

Paul Rudnick

Don Roos

Current Revisions by

Aline Brosh McKenna

March 10, 2005

FADE I N

INT- CHATEAU

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FRANCE

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An e l e g a n t 1 7 t h Century mansion a s h o r t d i s t a n c e from P a r i s . A d i n n e r i a s e t f o r about a hundred p e o p l e . E v e r y t h i n g i s p e r f e c t ; e x q u i s i t e flowers, linens, s i l v e r .

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Anyone who's anyone i n t h e f a s h i o n world i s t h e r e . W e see Lagerfeld Valentino Marc J z c o b s .

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NIGEL KIPLING, a dapper man i n h i s l a t e 3 0 f s / e a r l y 4 0 1 s , s p e a k s a t a podium a t t h e c e n t e r of t h e d a i s o n one s i d e o f t h e room. Our POV i s from someone else on t h e d a i s s o we see NIGEL from t h e back. NIGEL ... h e r name h a s become l e g e n d . Her magazine i s t h e B i b l e f o r anyone

i n t e r e s t e d i n s t y l e , t a s t e and s o p h i s t i c a t i o n . Without a doubt one o f t h e most e l e g a n t women e v e r t o walk t h e p l a n e t , I g i v e you... Miranda Priestly.

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Loud a p p l a u a e r i n g s o u t . And from t h e back w e see MIRANDA PRIESTLY approaching t h e podium. W e c a n o n l y make o u t h e r f a n c y updo, t h e c u r v e s o f h e r c o u t u r e gown. A s MIRANDA l i n g e r s , t a k i n g i n t h e applauae..

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W e reverse t o see whose p o i n t o f view we are w a t c h i n g from...

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ANDY BARNES, 2 0 ' 6 , p r e t t y , e l e g a n t l y p u t t o g e t h e r . She e t a n d s a few f e e t behind M I W D A .

She a p p l a u d s , s m i l i n g . Some o f MIRANDA'S l i g h t s p i l l s o n t o ANDY. MIRANDA s t a r t s t o t a l k and w e h e a r a b r i e f SCREECH o f feedback.

The SCREECH d i s s o l v e s i n t o . . .

FLASH BACK TO: EXT. MIDTOWN STREET

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SCREECH of a taxi, r o u n d i n g a c o r n e r .

Six m o n t h s e a r l i e r . ANDY walks o u t o f a subway s t a t i o n , c l u t c h i n g e p i e c e of paper w i t h d i r e c t i o n s on it. A S D Y l o o k s n o t h i n g l i k e t h e p o l i s h e d young woman from t h e

c h a t e a u . Her h a i r and makeup are c o l l e g e s t u d e n t simple. She wears h e r b e s t -- w h i t e s h i r t , b l u e s k i r t , c o m f o r t a b l e shoes.