The Devil Wears Prada Screenplay by Peter Hedges

The Devil Wears Prada Screenplay by Peter Hedges

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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DAY
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
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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.