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Dec 25, 1994 · Altman has chosen this ritual as the latest target for one of his cheerfully rude human comedies, and boy, has the bleep hit the fan. The movie is a "hate letter" to the fashion industry, sniffed Time magazine's Richard Corliss, adding, "When you hear the word contempt, you think of Robert Altman." Funny.
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, released in the United States as Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), is a 1994 American satirical comedy-drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman and shot on location during the Paris Fashion Week with a host of international stars, models, and designers.
The film features an extensive ensemble cast, including Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, and Sally Kellerman.
Models, designers, industry hot shots and journalists gather for Paris Fashion Week, to work, bicker, and try to seduce each other. Early on, Fashion Council head Olivier de la Fontaine chokes to death on a sandwich, leaving behind a wife, a mistress, and a mysterious Russian companion who has fled the scene.
As the death is being investigated, Fashion Week continues. Injecting herself between the designers, American television personality Kitty gets sound bites from the high-fashion types throughout the length of the show.
Meanwhile, Anne and Joe are two American journalists, thrown together into the same over-booked room. They are meant to cover the show for their respective papers, but skip out on the majority of the festivities to have a hotel-room tryst during the week.
Three rival magazine editors from Harper's Bazaar, British Vogue and Elle vie for the exclusive services of Milo O'Brannigan, a trendy photographer who sexually humiliates the three; leading them to vow vengeance against him.
Sergei, a fading icon (and the mysterious Russian with Olivier when he died) and Isabella (Olivier's widow) hope to rekindle a romance from decades ago, but as they attempt to be intimate, Sergei falls asleep.
In the end, Fontaine's former mistress Simone sends her models down the catwalk nude in protest of her son Jack's (who incidentally had been cheating on his model girlfriend with another model) sale of her brand. Kitty quits on the spot, as the nudity confuses her. The final scene is of Olivier de la Fontaine's funeral procession, after the police declared him dead from choking on a sandwich.
•Marcello Mastroianni as Sergei/Sergio
•Sophia Loren as Isabella de la Fontaine
•Anouk Aimée as Simone Lowenthal
•Rupert Everett as Jack Lowenthal
•Julia Roberts as Anne Eisenhower
•Tim Robbins as Joe Flynn
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Box office. $46.8 million. Prêt-à-Porter, released in the United States as Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter), is a 1994 American satirical comedy-drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Robert Altman [3] and shot on location during the Paris Fashion Week with a host of international stars, models, and designers. [4]
Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) R19942h 12mComedyDramaList. 24%Tomatometer25 Reviews 27%Audience Score5,000+ Ratings. During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to ...
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Ready to Wear is a film directed by Robert Altman with Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni .... Year: 1994. Original title: Prêt-à-Porter. Synopsis: A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Lots of unconnected stories which all revolve ...
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1994 | Winner: Best Acting by an Ensemble. Golden Globes (USA) 1995 | 2 nominations including: Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. 1994 | 3rd place: Best Supporting Actress.
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Jun 7, 2021 · See why leading organizations rely on MasterClass for learning & development. Knitwear, pleating, twill, denim—a significant portion of the clothes that we buy online or in stores are produced in an assembly line in textile factories around the world. This type of clothing is called “ready-to-wear.”.
