Based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger. DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sensuality. Rated PG-13. Special features: deleted scenes; commentary by director David Frankel, producer Wendy Finerman, costume designer, Patricia Field, screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, editor Mark Livolsi and director of photography, Florian Balhaus; "A trip to the big screen" featurette. Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Emily Blunt, Adrian Grenier.
Summary:
Miranda, editor of "Runway" magazine, is a terror to everyone around her. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy to dig it up in order to please her boss. With the help of one of the magazine's fashion editors, she gets a complete makeover and new security, and as she is whisked away to Paris with Miranda, Andy faces all of the glamor that could be hers and is forced to make the decision of where she wants to be in her life.
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