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美國票房衝破一億 全港白領必捧喜劇！
人氣暢銷小說改編 全球OL潮聖拜讀 高據半年【紐約時報】銷量排行榜
金像影后 梅麗史翠普 變身惡魔女上司
明恰薯嘜女秘書 玩盡辦公室角力
《色慾都市》《色慾荷里活》導演 大衛法蘭基爾David Frankel
進軍影壇Two Thumbs Up！
二十世紀霍士影片 榮譽發行 片長：109分鐘 級數：IIA 戲院：待定
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兩屆金像女星 梅麗史翠普 Meryl Streep
《走佬俏公主》《斷背山》甜心女星 安妮夏菲維 Anne Hathaway
《色慾荷里活》今期超人氣性格男星 艾哲安桂尼亞Adrian Grenier
《機場客運站》《談情共舞》金球獎得主 史丹利杜斯Stanley Tucci
殿堂級時裝設計大師 華倫天奴 Valentino 情 商 客 串
9月14日 全民潮拜
故事大綱
在五光十色的時裝世界，新潮事物瞬息萬變，要站穩住腳必須夠台型都真材實料，而時裝界裡人人也將《RUNWAY》雜誌奉為潮流界裡的《聖經》。
做得《RUNWAY》的總編輯，裴美蘭（梅麗史翠普 飾）當然是時裝界裡最有權勢的大家姐，誰人斗膽開罪了她，今世註定不可能在時裝界立足！《RUNWAY》成為國際時裝界的天書，裴美蘭擁有「遇神殺神，遇佛殺佛」的狠心，任何阻頭阻勢的人將會落得淒慘下場，不合得來而被她炒魷魚的卒仔已不勝其數。要從裴美蘭討得一口飯吃的人首先要忘記個人自尊，偏偏千萬紐約少女視能為裴美蘭辦事是一件夢寐以求的工作！
裴美蘭的助手最近因為犯錯而被炒，造就了剛從大學畢業的沙安蒂（安妮夏菲維 飾）一個入行良機。沙安蒂在雜誌的曼克頓總部上班，卻未能與那班裝模作樣的「嘮叨觀音兵」同事埋堆而顯得格格不入，但她知道單憑著自信與鬥志打工仍未足夠。沙安蒂的最終考驗，是要得到這位全身PRADA的上司的肯定。
忙於在時裝界呼風喚雨的裴美蘭，閒來仍有時間親自挑選近身助手。沙安蒂雖然不是那個職位的好材料，但她擁有一樣其他受聘者沒有的特質，那就是拒絕承認失敗的性格。先敬羅衣後敬人，沙安蒂知道要做裴美蘭的完美助手，首先便要懂得裝備自己。變身名牌潮女的沙安蒂令男友陣腳大亂，她惡補時裝知識，起碼不會將設計大師Dolce同Gabbana的身分調亂。
與裴美蘭相處日久，沙安蒂了解到活在花花世界的惡死上司其實心靈異常空虛，她為了得到名利而付出了沉重代價，但這樣的犧牲又是否值得？
梅麗史翠普－惡補演老闆
根據Lauren Weisberger全球暢銷同名小說改編的《THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA》，原著在《紐約時報》的銷量排行榜停留長達6個月，更被翻譯成27種文字發行。兩屆金像女星梅麗史翠普（Meryl Streep）化身成電影版的女強人裴美蘭（Miranda Priestly），她就是那個在時裝界頂天立地的女波士。執導本片的大衛法蘭基爾（David Frankel）對時裝世界並不陌生，他炮製的兩部電視劇《色慾都市》（Sex in the City）及《色慾荷里活》（Entourage）堪稱拿手示範作。大衛揚言：「與其將裴美蘭塑造成惡魔上司，倒不如認真地探討她追求事事完美的性格，因為看她為成功而作出的犧牲會令人更賞心悅目。不少像裴美蘭級數的女強人，往往過於專注事業而被批評，但事業有成的男人倒不會遭人白眼。」
不斷的付出才讓裴美蘭有今日的成就，卻受盡崇拜與鄙視（當然以後者居多）的眼光，但無人敢否定她一手建立了一個堅不可摧的事業帝國。梅麗史翠普說：「裴美蘭在時裝界是個舉足輕重的角色，她是品味與潮流的絕對指標，因為她的選擇能主導市場的趨勢。一切話事的她，很像一艘高速航行的無敵戰艦！」導演認為梅麗的角色性格，是介乎於「滑稽式衰格與真正的可悲」，「梅麗其中一個才華，就是她能夠準確地將喜劇與劇情合二為一，她知道那些情節會是笑位，演起來又不會令觀眾覺得很牽強。」
為角色準備時，梅麗對圍繞著裴美蘭身邊的一切感到莫大興趣。監製Wendy Finerman透露：「當我們與梅麗首次會面時，我給了她一大疊關於本片與時裝的資料搜集，它們包含時裝界的真實數據及圖片等，我很擔心會給她取笑呢！殊不知她竟然回應：『真精采！你還有更多資料給我嗎？』她為演得更出色而閱讀所有資料，真是令人吃了一驚。」
安妮夏菲維－天真女助手
為要求甚高的裴美蘭尋找適合的助手，這個任務可說是不太可能，直至醒目但打扮不夠入時的安迪，踏入雜誌社那刻才真正發生變化。飾演沙安蒂的安妮夏菲維（Anne Hathaway）憑《走佬俏公主》（The Princess Diaries）闖出名堂，她在《斷背山》（Brokeback Mountain）亦佔戲甚重，今次的角色是一名初出茅廬的西北大學新聞系畢業生，未經社會洗禮的她，相信憑一己之力便能將世界改變。
導演大衛法蘭基爾對沙安蒂的見解是：「她所經歷的正如我們初次踏足社會的情形，遇上我們從未面對過的道德與品行難關，經歷令我們對自己有更深認識。」安妮夏菲維補充：「如果你年過21歲，一定會遇過沙安蒂部分的工作經驗。」在美學被歪曲的紐約時裝界裡，穿6號碼的安迪顯得很突出。導演續說：「她是一個靚女，但身材並不像模特兒般瘦削，卻令她的角色更受注目。」。而監製則大讚安妮夏菲維以優雅及幽默來演活沙安蒂，「安妮是一好有趣的女子，她演戲的方式並不是每個演員也擅長。安妮每段演出也令人耳目一新，因為她總會找到令人發笑的位置而把它發揮。」
憑美貌與智慧戰勝上司
沙安蒂與惡魔上司的合作是命中註定。沙安蒂向紐約一家大型出版社求職，希望能以初級撰稿員的身分進入他們旗下一份刊物打工。可以的選擇有兩個：到汽車雜誌《Auto Universe》抑或做裴美蘭的助手，她相信優異學業成績能應付到從未看過的《Runway》雜誌的工作需求。
沙安蒂與裴美蘭的首次見面即刻擦出火花！隨意打扮的沙安蒂穿著冷衫短裙，即被認為「外表就是一切」的裴美蘭打發離開。不甘心被辭去的沙安蒂知道自己沒有扮靚天分，但她勝在夠醒目及工作勤力，因而令裴美蘭給她一個機會嘗試合作。梅麗史翠普說：「當裴美蘭第一次見到沙安蒂時，裴美蘭便知道可以停止換助手。沙安蒂有一份悅目的履歷表，而裴美蘭聘用她的原因，是沙安蒂並不像其他雜誌社的典型員工。」令人難以觸摸的裴美蘭，破例地請了這個「聰明的肥妹」而放棄請「令人失望的型女」做其助手。可是，沙安蒂上班後的首個任務即刻撞板！她要從正受颶風侵襲的邁阿密接走美蘭達，令她可以趕回家鄉看孿生女的獨奏會。任務失敗的沙安蒂，令她禁不住質問自己：應否再繼續留下來？
曾演《機場客運站》（The Terminal）的史丹利杜斯（Stanley Tucci）飾演裴美蘭的左右手賴祖（Nigel），他與其他《Runway》的員工一樣，要隨時隨地懂得應付老闆的即興念頭。賴祖第一次見到安迪時，即被她由頭到腳那些錯亂配搭的打扮嚇壞，「賴祖並不是那種自負傲慢的人，他與沙安蒂也成為了好朋友呢！他只是一個口硬心軟的傢伙。」史丹利說。梅麗史翠普對賴祖的角色補充：「他是一個蠻古怪的人，因此他可以對裴美蘭口沫遮欄。他們雖然是好友，但她仍然是他的老闆，關係永遠會隔著一點距離。」史丹利指賴祖看穿裴美蘭成功之處：「她是一個很強硬的工作狂，也是一個有權有勢的人，每個為她工作的人也知道她這類人千萬不可以得罪。」
變身名牌潮女
得到賴祖的援手，沙安蒂穿著從雜誌社的服裝間弄來一套細了一個碼的Chanel，配合新髮型及腳踏一雙Jimmy Choos設計的高跟鞋，她的忽然變身令身邊的同事也認不出來，最後成為了裴美蘭歷來的最佳助手。賴祖戲中有句經典對白：「如何知道自己跟裴美蘭是否合得來？如果你的個人生活徹底失敗及頭頭碰著黑，那時便最應該升職加薪了。」
安妮夏菲維說：「沙安蒂一開始是個腳踏實地的強者，隨著故事發展，她的工作愈來愈得心應手。當你幻想你要拯救世界，卻發現原世界並不願意被拯救，你便要重新思索：我究竟是誰？沙安蒂最初被裴美蘭完全控制，她以為上司是個『霸道的工作狂』，她對任何事物也很無情，只全神貫注將精神投放在她的工作上。」兩人接觸的時間久了，沙安蒂便對上司的看法改觀，「她從裴美蘭的身上學會了如何追求最佳報道，也教曉了如何工作才會做到滿分。」
沙安蒂不願意地與裴美蘭的頭號助手查米莉（Emily）交友，該角由英國女星艾美莉賓特（Emily Blunt）飾演。她對演繹的角色有以下見解：「查米莉對時裝的認識很膚淺，因此很易便露出馬腳。她沒有什麼朋友，一切聽從裴美蘭的命令。」梅麗史翠普附和：「查米莉不想改變現況，只希望能將工作盡力做到最好，因此較她更有辦事能力的沙安蒂出現，便令她非常不滿。查米莉不斷被裴美蘭責備，便將怨氣全發泄在安迪身上。」
不像查米莉，沙安蒂在這個透不過氣的現實生活裡發現了個人極限。安迪的男友湯奇遜（艾哲安桂尼亞Adrian Grenier飾）經常提點她，令她知道新工作是依靠她的真材實料才能做好。艾哲安說：「湯奇遜並未被靚衫與名利迷惑。」導演補充：「當沙安蒂被裴美蘭的花花世界所誘惑，湯奇遜一直在她的旁邊提醒她的真正出身，他的正直心態從未出現偏差。」以時裝界為背景的《穿PRADA的惡魔》，借沙安蒂與裴美蘭之間的一段賓主關係，帶出了年輕人尋找人生方向的主題。安妮夏菲維坦言：「沙安蒂的經歷塑造出她的性格，當她的思想有所改變，她終於明白到工作上的成功，終歸要靠自己的實力。」
紐約實地取景
一部以高級時裝與出版業為主題的電影，在兩者皆蓬勃的紐約取景是必然之選，導演解釋：「紐約是世界的時裝之都，沒有另一個城市像它般有趣及性感！那裡有無數的理想拍攝景點，閃爍的城市擁有一段悠久的歷史。」
監製Wendy Finerman 說：「要令沙安蒂的故事顯得真實，電影一定要在真實的環境拍攝。戲內一定要有逼地鐵及熙來襄往的場面，還要有大城市的愛情故事及呈現年輕人的活力。成千上萬的青年人初到紐約，藉著在大都會的經歷令他們成長，女主角只是其中的一人。」沙安蒂正好是到紐約發展事業的年輕人，初出茅廬的她嘗試投入成年人的世界。導演說：「沙安蒂來到紐約時對一切充滿憧憬，她要在最短時間內融入當地人的生活，以完成裴美蘭很多難以完成的任務。每個剛到紐約的人，也不易忘記如何認識城市，就算是裴美蘭，她初時對紐約的印象是個令人生畏的地方，要用一段時間才能適應。」
炮製藝術風格辦公室
製作總監Jess Gonchor為本片創造了兩個對比世界：沙安蒂與男友湯奇遜的簡單住所，與及裴美蘭令人喘不過氣的工作環境。《Runway》的辦公室展示出裴美蘭高貴的品味和追求完美的特質。辦公室流露出女性化與住宅般的舒適，因此採用了淺色的調子。梅麗史翠普與製作總監一同揀選掛在裴美蘭私人辦公室內的藝術品，那些攝影作品的主要功用是表達出裴美蘭只對最好的藝術品重視，因為她是一個不會理會過程，只求得到最佳成績的人。
在《Runway》的辦公室裡，一眼便看得出誰是話事人。裴美蘭的房間與其他員工的座位沒有太多間隔，讓她可以容易看到辦公室裡的人流，而她很留意助手的一舉一動，隨時給他們「意外驚喜」。導演對員工的座位佈置很執著，因為依照他的要求，才能夠拍到裴美蘭突然在員工身邊出現的突擊鏡頭。雜誌社的內部裝飾：裴美蘭的辦公室、會議室及其他員工的辦工桌區域等，巧妙地利用大量玻璃牆及特定的擺放角度才能營造出無懈可擊的超完美設計，製作總監、導演與監製事前翻閱大量時裝及建築雜誌，一同比較每個真實辦公室的設計與藍圖，務求令戲中的搭景似足一間真實無擬的公司。他們利用模型及小型鏡頭，來模擬攝影機在拍攝時放置的位置，之後才決定辦公室的基本設計。整個辦公室用了3個月時間來搭建，包括裱牆紙、塗漆及裝飾。
相比工作的地方，沙安蒂的住宅單位完全不像上司的辦公室般花巧，它的大部份家具也從跳蚤市場購買，看來像別人存放在儲藏室內的棄用品。所有擺設也毫不協調，部分牆壁更被拆除，讓住宅變得更不華麗。
什麼是時裝？
監製Wendy Finerman指出，《穿PRADA的惡魔》對時裝表演的場面非常注重，「時裝在全球受到注目，每次在巴黎時裝展展示的新裝，數小時後在互聯網便可以全部看到，製衣商人們立即抄襲式及運銷全球。」導演則認為「時裝是一種重新創作的不斷追求，那是它偉大及令人恐懼的理由。所謂成功的時裝，就是需要令我們覺得擁有及穿在身上的衣物不合潮流。」梅麗對時裝的看法是：「人人也愛靚衫，他們喜歡睇衫，不論從雜誌或時裝表演的圖片裡……總之任何渠道也行。拍本片令我有這個機會去看清楚時裝界，知道它的有趣之處，以及當中的苦與樂。」
從事時裝界的業內人員，對日常運作並沒有太多假象。編劇Aline Brosh McKenna 指出：「時裝的神話不但要靠努力才能達到，還要擁有洞悉潮流的才華與勇於嘗試的野心。本片並沒有對時裝界作出任何評論，我們只是認真去看那個花花世界及將整個行業忠實地呈現出來。」
《色慾都市》服裝指導幫手
為了拍出今時今日時裝界權威的最真實一面，戲服一定要用上真正的名牌。故此，導演請來格林美得獎劇集《色慾都市》（Sex and the City）的服裝指導柏翠茜亞菲爾（Patricia Field）負責兩位女主角的靚衫。
裴美蘭的打扮要流露出高人一等的身分，沒有人的打扮會看來與她相似。梅麗的性格對飾演的角色裴美蘭亦帶來了一定的影響，柏翠茜亞菲爾一早已決定要將這位「世上最厲害的時裝編輯」打扮成令人驚艷的美麗，但她不打算用演員來遷就戲服，最終效果卻會令觀眾驚訝：「嘩！梅麗史翠普呀！」
所有演員也樂意與時裝兼戲服設計師柏翠茜亞合作，飾演雜誌社美術總監的史丹利杜斯說：「柏翠茜亞能夠將一些看來不太合襯的衣物，巧妙地配搭得很好看，她真是神奇。我花在試戲服的時間，較真正拍攝的時間更長呢！」梅麗亦認同了柏翠茜亞的才華：「她用了很多與時裝設計師的交情，那是一件很難做得到的差事。」
其中一個拍攝上的困難，是如何為雜誌社的員工扮靚。柏翠茜亞將那些員工的穿衣風格歸納在一起，但每個人又會有點個人特色。同事之中最為突出的要算是裴美蘭的頭號助手查米莉（Emily），她的打扮以髮型為先，而髮型專家Angel DeAngelis-Halko認為這個角色應該看來是「永遠也嘗試新事物的潮流女性，有時更會顯得有點嘩眾取寵。查米莉的髮色以紅色為主，看來很有光澤及有種剛剛修剪過的形象。影片的美術風格也要給觀眾有種像打開一本時裝雜誌的矚目感覺，要吸引到觀眾很想走入戲內的世界。」
安妮夏菲維的角色安迪初到雜誌社上班時，並沒有對衣著十分注意，但不久已明白到要靠衣著來表達自已。安妮說：「在故事的最初，沙安蒂的輕鬆打扮像你會在地下鐵上遇見的普通少女，其後她漸漸花更多時間裝扮，但她的配襯只是很平常，並不特別令人注目。後來她開始真正懂得穿衣，結果她的打扮才顯得與別不同。」隨著故事的發展，沙安蒂內在對時裝的觸覺漸漸浮現，柏翠茜亞說：「她裝扮上的轉變並沒有改變人品，她只是知道借助時裝來表達她的內在。」
時裝師華倫天奴客串
殿堂級時裝設計大師華倫天奴（Valentino）為裴美蘭設計了一襲出席慈善舞會時穿著的晚裝，柏翠茜亞菲爾說：「華倫天奴為梅麗炮製了這條靚裙，那是她片中最性感的戲服。設計雖然簡單，但它展示出她完美的肩膀、細緻的肌膚及曲線的體態。」華倫天奴還首次在電影中演出，他說：「我很崇拜梅麗，只要客串時能與她同台演出，對我來說已是一個很大的榮譽。」
柏翠茜亞菲爾補充，「華倫天奴願意客串，令本片更加完美，他是一個很經典的時裝界人物，他的亮相很難得，而每個觀眾也會對他的樣子不會感到陌生。說到那條絕美的晚裝及其他演員的戲服，令該場舞會顯得更高貴及隆重，就連臨時演員也打扮得很夠體面。」
柏翠茜亞菲爾與導演的初次合作是他的首部導演作品《愛情狂想曲》（Miami Rhapsody），其服裝指導的才華大受導演的讚賞：「我看不懂她為《色》劇的積茜嘉?加的打扮，但兩年之後，街上的女生也抄足那種風格！因此，我不得不認同柏翠茜亞對服裝潮流的敏銳觸角，她為本片的時裝世界營造了一個很真實的背景，又能夠弄來一些我們不夠資源去得到的高級時裝。Chanel獨家為本片提供了一系列高級時裝，另外，Valentino、Donna Karan、Bill Blass、Galliano及Prada亦有借出時裝供拍戲之用。」
演員陣容：
梅麗史翠普MERYL STREEP
在演藝界首屈一指的梅麗史翠普，演技馳名劇場、電影及電視界，她既是兩度奧斯卡得獎者，亦是史上獲得13次金像獎最多提名的女星。梅麗在Vassar College修讀第二年時才首次演出舞台劇，在史特林堡的《Miss Julie》飾演女主角，她其後以榮譽交換生身分到達特茅斯學院攻讀編劇及戲服設計。梅麗在Vassar College以優等成績畢業後，獲得獎學金進入耶魯大學戲劇系完成美術碩士學位，在畢業典禮上更以校內首名女性身分獲頒Carol Dye演技榮譽獎。
出席過在美國康乃迪克州舉行的尤金奧尼爾編劇交流會後，梅麗移居紐約。她在當地劇場演出著名總監約瑟夫帕普的作品《Trelawney of the Wells》，該個在林肯中心公演的劇目，同場演出員還有Mary Beth Hurt及John Lithgow兩位資深演員。劇評家在當時已對精湛演技的梅麗留下深刻印象。從公共劇場出發的梅麗，之後轉陣到輪演保留劇目的Phoenix Repertory劇團演出，她在《Secret Service》演過19世紀南部內戰的美人、在Arthur Miller的獨幕劇《A Memory of Two Mondays》飾演秘書，更在Tennessee Williams《27 Wagons Full of Cotton》演過不修邊幅的放蕩女子。
角色千變萬化的梅麗，贏過Outer Critics Circle Award以及Theater World Award和被提名東尼獎。梅麗在紐約畢業後，立即參演了多個劇場製作，當中有紐約莎士比亞節的《Henry V》及《Measure for Measure》。此外，她在百老匯亦演過貝爾托布萊希特與科特威爾的音樂劇《Happy End》，而非百老匯製作《Alice at the Palace》則為她贏取了歐比獎（Obie Award）。與此同時，梅麗憑甚具爭議性的8集短篇電視劇《Holocaust》的德國主婦角色奪得了艾美獎最佳女主角。
梅麗的首部電影作品是佛烈仙納曼（Fred Zinnemann）執導的《Julia》，她飾演珍芳達（Jane Fonda）的社交好友。在其第二部電影《獵鹿者》（The Deer Hunter）中，梅麗與羅拔迪尼路（Robert De Niro）及基斯杜化華堅（Christopher Walken）合作，扮演一名受到越戰影響的孤獨小鎮女子的她，獲得首度提名奧斯卡獎。隨後的電影作品是與亞倫艾達（Alan Alda）拍檔的政治劇情片《The Seduction of Joe Tynan》。
同年暑假，梅麗重踏台板，在中央公園免費公演的《The Taming of the Shrew》中飾演Katherine一角，對手是勞爾祖利亞（Raul Julia）。她在晚間演出莎翁名劇，日間則投入活地亞倫（Woody Allen）的《曼克頓》（Manhattan）與及德斯汀荷夫曼（Dustin Hoffman）主演的《克藍瑪對克藍瑪》（Kramer vs. Kramer）拍攝工作；她憑《克》片的爭奪撫養權的前妻角色終於得到首個奧斯卡最佳女配角獎的殊榮。
梅麗憑《法國中尉的女人》（The French Lieutenant's Woman）奪得第三度奧斯卡及英國奧斯卡的提名，她演活了雙重身分的角色。翌年，她以《蘇菲的抉擇》（Sophie's Choice）贏得奧斯卡最佳女主角。1983年，梅麗在傳記片《施活的遭遇》（Silkwood）以Karen Silkwood一角再獲提名奧斯卡。她之後再與羅拔迪尼路合演《Falling in Love》，奪得等同意大利奧斯卡的David Award。梅麗在1985年主演的兩部作品：《誰可相依》（Plenty）以及《非洲之旅》（Out of Africa），後者為她帶來金像影后的提名。此外，她與積尼高遜（Jack Nicholson）合演的兩片《情已逝》（Heartburn）及《Ironweed》，後者亦令她第七次提名金像影后。梅麗在澳洲拍攝的《黑暗中的呼號》（A Cry in the Dark）令她成為康城、紐約影評人協會影后，以及美國電影學院大獎和另一次金像提名。
梅麗憑《呷醋妙女郎》（She-Devil）及《歲月星塵》（Postcards from the Edge）獲提名金球獎，與莎莉密蓮（Shirley MacLaine）合演的《歲》片同時令她入圍奧斯卡最佳女主角。之後，梅麗主演了《Defending Your Life》、《飛越長生》（Death Becomes Her）、《第六感之戀》（The House of the Spirits）、《狂野之河》（The River Wild）及監製獲提名艾美獎的電視劇《First Do No Harm》。
她的另一個事業高峰點是與奇連伊士活（Clint Eastwood）合演《麥迪遜之橋》（The Bridges of Madison County），該片令她得到美國演員工會、金球獎及奧斯卡提名。翌年，她與里安尼遜（Liam Neeson）合演《Before and After》及與戴安姬頓（Diane Keaton）和里安納度狄卡比奧（Leonardo DiCaprio）合演《一切從心開始》（Marvin's Room），再令她得到金球獎提名。1999年，梅麗與雲妮絲穎嘉（Renee Zellweger）《最愛是誰》（One True Thing），令她得到美國演員工會、金球獎及奧斯卡的提名。同年作品還有《Dancing at Lughnasa》及《弦動我心》（Music of the Heart），她為了角色學習拉小提琴，該片是她的第12次提名奧斯卡。
梅麗於2001年舉家移居紐約市，她參與了舞台劇《The Seagull》的演出，該場免費表演的拍檔有奇雲格連（Kevin Kline）、基斯杜化華堅（Christopher Walken）、瑪絲雅姬哈頓（Marcia Gay Harden）、妮坦莉寶雯（Natalie Portman）及菲臘西摩荷夫曼（Philip Seymour Hoffman）。她的2003年的作品《此時此刻》（The Hours）令她與合演的妮歌潔曼（Nicole Kidman）及茱莉安摩亞（Julianne Moore）贏得柏林影展的銀熊獎，以及被提名美國演員工會及金球獎。同年，梅麗憑《何必偏偏玩謝我》（Adaptation）奪得金球獎影后，以及被提名英國及美國奧斯卡，另外，她同年還獲法國政府頒發凱撒榮譽獎，以表揚她的終身成就。
2004年，梅麗聯同阿爾柏仙奴（Al Pacino）及愛瑪湯遜（Emma Thompson）合演改篇普立茲文學獎的HBO短篇劇《美國天使》（Angels in America），一人飾演4個角色的梅麗奪得金球獎及美國演員工會的影后獎。梅麗近年的作品有《洗腦密令》（The Manchurian Candidate）、《尼蒙利斯之連環不幸事件》（Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events）、《隔著阿媽說愛你》（Prime）、《A Prairie Home Companion》及今年暑期電影《小蟻霸》（The Ant Bully）。她將與劉燁合演中國電影《流星》（Dark Matter），同時還會演出紐約公眾劇場的製作《Mother Courage》。
梅麗是兒童環保組織Mothers and Others的其中一名創辦人，該組織成立了12年，工作是保護兒童免受生態環境的破壞而影響健康與及支持無機環保種植，此外，她還積極參與哈佛大學的Center for Health and the Global Environment、Children's Health and Environment Coalition及Equality Now的社會工作。梅麗與藝術家Don Gummer結婚27年，育有1子及3名女兒。
梅麗史翠普奧斯卡成績表
安妮夏菲維ANNE HATHAWAY
近年在荷里活炙手可熱的安妮夏菲維，正在拍攝以著名作家Jane Austen年輕時代的傳記片《Becoming Jane》。安妮的近作是李安執導，與積格連賀（Jake Gyllenhaal）及希治列查（Heath Ledger）主演的《斷背山》（Brokeback Mountain），該片是去年威尼斯影展金獅獎的得獎電影，更差不多囊括了所有被提名的獎項，它最後奪得了兩項奧斯卡獎。安妮的其他作品有獨立製作劇情片《Havoc》及為動畫《Hoodwinked》主角Red配音。
安妮去年1月遠赴柬埔寨拍攝紀錄片《A Moment in the World》，該製作由安祖蓮娜祖莉（Angelina Jolie）統籌，意旨安排25位人物在特定的時間及地點拍攝，捕捉此時此刻身邊的景物。熱心公益的安妮，不時抽時間服務人群，她參與婦女團體Step Up Women's Network，為社區內有需要的女性提供更多資源，她以司儀身分出席組織於今年4月舉行的Inspirational Awards頒獎典禮，及於6月獲該組織嘉勉。安妮是Lollipop Theater Network的顧問成員，該組織為遺傳及末期病童提供在醫院內欣賞電影的娛樂服務。
演喜劇成名的安妮，拍過的作品有與茱利安德絲（Julie Andrews）合演的《走佬俏公主2及時嫁到》（The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement），而該片的首集《走佬俏公主》更令安妮在2002年的Teen Choice Award提名最佳喜劇女主角。其他電影有《Ella Enchanted》、《Nicholas Nickleby》、《The Other Side of Heaven》。
安妮在2000年以劇集《Get Real》開始被觀眾注意，該劇令她得到2000年Teen Choice Award最佳劇情類女主角的提名。曾分別於新澤西州Paper Mill Playhouse及紐約市Barrow Group修讀演戲的安妮，成為後者首位獲取錄入讀密集式演戲訓練的女學生，她其後在紐約大學附屬課程Collaborative Arts Project修讀戲劇。早於高中時代，鍾情演戲的安妮曾代表新澤西州獲提名Rising Star Award。安妮演過的舞台劇有林肯中心重演系列的《Carnival》，該劇令她奪得第57屆年度Clarence Derwent演技獎、Andrew Lloyd Webber工作坊的《Woman in White》及《Forever Your Child》。
除了演戲，安妮亦是一位出色的舞蹈員，她曾在紐約市的Broadway Dance Center習舞，此外，她又是一名第一女高音，曾以美國東岸高中榮譽生合唱團團員的身分，在紐約Carnegie Hall表演過兩場。
艾哲安桂尼亞ADRIAN GRENIER
美國觀眾對艾哲安的認識有賴HBO劇集《色慾荷里活》（Entourage）的Vincent Chase一角。艾哲安首獲注目的演出是獨立電影《The Adventurers of Sebastian Cole》，最近他參演活地倫（Woody Allen）的作品《Anything Else》及《Love in the Time of Money》，後者在辛丹斯電影節首映。艾哲安其他作品有《裁決之戰》（Hart's War）、《Cecil B. Demented》、《名人百態》（Celebrity）、《Drive Me Crazy》及《Harvard Man》。
電影幕後出身的艾哲安，曾為數齣獨立影片擔任編劇及執導的工作，其中一部名為《Shot in the Dark》。他同時是一名自學音樂人，曾入讀過著名的曼哈頓LaGuardia中學的他為樂隊The Honey Brothers打鼓。
導演簡介：
大衛法蘭基爾DAVID FRANKEL
最近憑執導去年獲提名艾名獎的HBO人氣劇集《色慾荷里活》（Entourage）上位的大衛法蘭基爾，早前已為HBO執導過另一套話題劇集《色慾都市》（Sex and the City）及《雷霆傘兵》（Band of Brothers），後者贏得6項艾美獎，包括最佳導演。另外，他曾替ABC台拍過電視電影《The Pennsylvania Miners' Story》。大衛在拍攝1995年首部電影《愛情狂想曲》（Miami Rhapsody）之前，替電視處境喜劇擔任編劇及導演，他的首齣電影的女主角是《色慾都市》的莎拉積茜嘉柏加（Sarah Jessica Parker），她飾演一個從不相信任何一段關係或婚姻會長久的女子。
大衛的父親Max Frankel是前剪接師及其後為《紐約時報》撰寫專欄的作家。曾笑言會成為一個專開政治玩笑的藝人，大衛從哈佛大學畢業後，首份工作是為《Esquire》雜誌撰寫關於網球巨星麥根萊（John McEnroe），原來兩人曾在高中時切磋球技。大衛在80年代以電視台編劇出身，參與過的製作有《The Ellen Burstyn Show》，之後以編劇及共同監製的身分炮製CBS台的處境喜劇《Doctor, Doctor》，其他電視台節目還有《Teech》及《Grapevine》。到了90年代，大衛為電影《Funny About Love》及《Nervous Ticks》編劇，之後才自編、自導及監製成本只有600萬美元的《愛情狂想曲》。翌年他為ABC台的喜劇《Dear Diary》編劇，它其後被拍成片及贏得奧斯卡最佳短片。
9月14日 全民潮拜
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
HK Releasing Date: September 14, 2006
In the dizzying world of New York fashion, where size zero is the new 2, six is the new 8, and a bad hair day can end a career, Runway Magazine is the Holy Grail. Overseen with a finely manicured fist by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) - the most powerful woman in fashion - Runway is a fearsome gauntlet for anyone who wants to make it in the industry. To make Runway the fashion bible of New York and therefore the world, Miranda has let nothing stand in her way … including a long line of assistants that didn't make the cut. It's a job no self-respecting person can survive, yet it's an opportunity a million young women in New York would kill for.
A stint as Miranda's assistant could blast-open the doors for recent college graduate Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway). More college drab than haute couture, she stands alone among the small army of "Clackers" on staff at Runway - superslim fashion divas clacking their stilettos down the halls of the magazine's Manhattan headquarters. But when Andy comes in for the job, it dawns on her that making it in this industry will take more than drive and determination.
And her ultimate test stands before her in head-to-toe Prada.
Miranda can spin the fashion world like a basketball but has a devil of a time finding and keeping a good assistant. Andy is completely wrong for the job. But she has something the rest of them don't: she refuses to fail.
To become the perfect assistant, Andy will need to make herself over in Miranda's image. Soon, much to her boyfriend's (Adrian Grenier) dismay, she can talk the talk, walk the walk (in flawless Manolo's) and never again confuse Dolce with Gabbana. But the more of life she sees through Miranda's eyes, the more she begins to grasp that Miranda's world is a fabulous but lonely one - and that sometimes great success depends on great sacrifice…but at what cost?
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is based on the internationally best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger, which spent six months on The New York Times bestseller list and was translated into 27 languages.
In the film, two-time OscarR winner Meryl Streep is Miranda Priestly, the reigning queen of fashion whose whims can start and end careers.
Director David Frankel, who explored the vagaries of fashion and celebrity in the landmark series "Sex in the City" and "Entourage," says that instead of making the obvious choice to demonize Miranda, he preferred "to explore Miranda's relentless pursuit of excellence in a serious way," he says. "And how many sacrifices she must make to excel.
"There are lots of famous women who are successful on the level of Miranda Priestly, and it is very easy to criticize them because they put their work first," Frankel continues. "Men are rarely criticized for that."
Miranda has made hard sacrifices to make it to the top and stay there. Love her or hate her (with most underlings falling into the "hate" category), no one can deny she is the primary architect of a formidable empire. "Miranda has an incredible amount of power in the marketplace," says Meryl Streep. "She's a taste- and trend-maker and therefore a market-setter. She functions with a lot of pressure, and she runs a very tight ship."
Streep's Miranda, Frankel points out, skates the edge between the comically mean and the genuinely sad. "A key part of Meryl's incredible talent is the ability to blend comedy and drama," he says. "She can find what's funny in the real so that it never feels forced."
Streep plunged headlong into all the accoutrements that surround Miranda. "When we first met her I gave her a huge three-ringed binder full of research regarding the movie and fashion," recalls producer Wendy Finerman. "It included fashion industry facts, figures, and photos, and I thought, 'Oh God, she's going to laugh at me.' But instead she said, 'That's fantastic! Do you have any more?' She read everything she could get her hands on. It was just amazing."
Finding a good assistant who can live up to Miranda's high expectations is a near impossible task. That changes when the smart, unfashionable Andy Sachs walks into her office.
Anne Hathaway, the breakout star of "The Princess Diaries," and who had a key role in "Brokeback Mountain," portrays Andy, a journalism student who believes she can change the world after leaving the comforts of Northwestern University and landing in the big city.
Andy, says Frankel, "is on a journey that we all take when we get our first jobs and discover what the real world is like. We're faced with ethical and moral choices that we never considered, and we learn about ourselves." Hathaway adds, "If you're over age 21, you've probably had some of Andy's experiences."
In the distorted aesthetics of the New York fashion scene, a size 6 like Andy stands out. "She is a beautiful girl who is not model-thin, which is an important distinction for this character," says Frankel. Hathaway embodied Andy with grace and humor. "Anne is funny and will do things in a way that not a lot of actors could do," Finerman adds, "and every time she does so, it is fresh and new. She finds the funny and never holds back."
Andy interviews with a New York publishing giant, hoping to secure a junior writing position at one of its prestige publications. The only two openings, however, are at Auto Universe - or as Miranda Priestly's assistant. With her impressive resume in hand, Andy braves the halls of Runway, a magazine she never reads, weaving through a sea of Clackers.
Andy's first moments with Miranda are a soul-crushing disaster. Judged simply by her cotton blend sweater and shapeless skirt, Andy is dismissed with a wave of Miranda's hand. But Andy doesn't take no for an answer. She may not be the best-dressed girl in the room, but she's smart and she'll work hard. This makes an impression on a woman to whom no one dares even ask a question, let alone contradict.
"When Miranda first meets Andy," says Streep, "it's at the end of a series of disappointments she's had with other assistants. Andy comes in with an amazing resume, and Miranda takes a chance on her because she doesn't fit the mold of the typical Runway employee." For once, Miranda, known for her unpredictability, hires the "smart, fat girl" instead of the "stylish, slender, disappointing" type that usually trails after her.
But at the moment of Andy's first big assignment - bringing Miranda home from hurricane-struck Miami so she can catch her twins' recital - Andy blows it. Her failure is so great she questions her motives for taking the position.
Stanley Tucci ("The Terminal," "Big Night") stars as Miranda's right-hand man Nigel, who like everyone at Runway, survives on Miranda's whim. Nigel is horrified when he meets Andy for the first time, because her hair, clothes and shoes - well, they're just all wrong. "To say he is a snob would be quite the understatement," Tucci says, but Nigel and Andy become friends. "This very bitchy fellow turns out to be a softy in the end."
"Nigel is very funny," adds Streep, "and just one of those people who can say anything to Miranda. So they are friends, but Miranda is always his boss, and that makes their relationship really tricky."
Nigel understands what makes Miranda tick. "She's one tough cookie," Tucci says. "She's a workaholic and someone who wields a tremendous amount of power and knows it. Everyone who works for her is at her beck and call so she's not the kind of person you'd want to come on the wrong side of."
With Nigel's help, Andy squeezes into a size-four Chanel from the Runway wardrobe room. A sleek new haircut, some stiletto Jimmy Choos and suddenly Andy is indistinguishable from the rest of the Clackers at Runway, and becomes the best assistant Miranda ever had. "How do you know you're doing well working for Miranda?" Nigel asks. "Your personal life falls apart. When your whole life goes up in smoke, that's when it's time for a promotion."
"Andy begins as a strong, grounded character, and as the story progresses, she becomes more and more preoccupied with success," says Hathaway. "All she can see is her job and doing it well. When you've imagined that you're going to save the world, and you find that the world isn't always willing to be saved, you need to rethink who you are."
When she first falls under Miranda's control, Andy sees her boss as "a career-obsessed dragon lady," says Hathaway. "Miranda is cold, has no feelings and only focuses on one thing: her job." But as time and her experience in Miranda's world open her eyes, Andy begins to see her boss in a new light. "Andy learns from Miranda the relentless pursuit of journalism excellence," Hathaway says. "She teaches her what it takes to be the best."
Andy makes a reluctant friend in Miranda's chief assistant Emily, played by British actress Emily Blunt ("My Summer of Love"). "Emily is so far on the edge of fashion that she's practically falling off," Blunt says. "She has no friends and thinks of nothing else but Miranda."
Streep adds, "Emily doesn't want to be anything other than what she is and how she functions, but she wants to be the very best at her job that she can possibly be, and so she's very very disapproving of Andy. Emily is smacked around by Miranda, and she likes to punish Andy in kind."
Unlike Emily, Andy discovers her personal limits in this non-stop, take-no-prisoners world. Andy's boyfriend Nate (Adrian Grenier) is a constant reminder that her new position doesn't always gibe with her values. "He is not seduced by fashion and style and money and power," says Grenier, the charismatic star of the popular HBO series "Entourage."
"As Andy becomes seduced by Miranda's world, Nate is there to remind her where she came from," Frankel adds. "Nate doesn't find it difficult to hold on to his integrity."
Though THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA is set in the rarefied world of fashion, Andy's journey with Miranda is universal in its theme of a young person finding her way. "What happens to Andy is very character-forming," Hathaway says. "As she changes, she realizes it's important to commit not necessarily to success, but to succeed on your own terms."
A film about fashion and publishing could be shot nowhere but New York itself, the beating heart of the high fashion and publishing industries. "New York is the fashion capital of the world," Frankel says. "There isn't a city that is more fun or sexier than New York. You can't take a step without finding a great location. There is a history, a depth, a twinkliness."
"For Andy's story to be real, you need the real world," says Wendy Finerman. "You've got to be fighting on the subway and going across town while everybody else is going in the other direction. Then there is New York's romance and youthfulness; there are so many young people seeing the city for the first time, waiting to experience the world as an adult."
Andy is one of these young people, seeking to begin her life as an adult in the Big Apple. "Andy is full of excitement when she first moves to New York," Frankel says. "She must quickly learn the city's ins and outs in order to complete seemingly impossible tasks for Miranda. Any visitor to New York remembers the first time discovering the city. Like Miranda, New York is intimidating and it requires time and effort to understand how to function there."
Production designer Jess Gonchor created two contrasting worlds: Andy and Nate's simple home, and the ever-fabulous but treacherous orbit of Miranda Priestly. Runway's offices had to express Miranda's taste and insistence upon elegance and perfection. "The offices had to be very feminine and homey, and have a light color palette," Gonchor explains.
Streep and Gonchor together selected the artwork showcased in Miranda's offices. "It was important to show photographs that Miranda had 'collected' and great works of art because she's all about the pursuit of excellence, no matter the cost," Frankel says.
In these suites, there is no question who is in charge. "There is not much separating Miranda from the rest of the office," Gonchor says. "She can always see who is coming and going."
Miranda keeps an eagle eye on her assistants, often confronting them with no warning. "David [Frankel] was adamant about that," says Gonchor. "Her staff is tucked away far enough that they don't see her coming."
The Runway interiors - including Miranda's office, the conference room, and the bull pen - were meticulously designed to express perfection, with lots of glass and exact angles. Gonchor, Frankel and Finerman pored over fashion and architectural magazines, as well as layouts and blueprints of comparable real-life offices, to hit the right authentic design notes. "We put together a model and then took a look at it with a little lipstick camera to see what the angles were," Gonchor says. "We decided on what the footprint should look like and started building. It took three months to build it, wallpaper it, paint it and dress it."
Andy's apartment has none of the clean lines and expensive pieces of art that adorn Miranda's office. Andy's apartment is "furnished with stuff from flea markets, things I had in storage," Gonchor describes. "Nothing matches. We aged down the walls quite a bit so the apartment had a down tone to it."
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA comes at a time of heightened interest in the runway scene. "Fashion is a universal interest now," says producer Wendy Finerman. "The new collections from Paris are seen on the Internet within hours of their unveiling. Then they're copied and knocked off around the world."
Fashion, says director David Frankel, is "a constant pursuit for reinvention. It's both what's so great and what's so awful about fashion. For fashion to succeed, it has to make all of us feel that everything we have and wear is inadequate."
"People love fashion," Streep says. "They love to look at it, in magazines, in runway shots…everything. But it's interesting to get a look inside this world, and see how much of a business it is, and where the fun is and where the fun stops."
Those in the business have few illusions about what they do. "Fashion Fabulousness" takes work and having a place at the cutting edge of trends requires not only vision but great ambition. "The movie doesn't have a judgment about the fashion world," says screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted Lauren Weisberger's best-selling novel. "We take the fashion seriously as a business and show it realistically."
For the film to create a realistic portrait of today's fashion giants, the costumes had to be authentic. "The way I made sure that we got the fashion right was to hire Patricia Field as our costume designer," Frankel says. Field, an EmmyR winner for her work on "Sex and the City," created a style for Streep's Miranda Priestly, as well as for Anne Hathaway's character's transformation into a fashionista, and the look of the omnipresent "Clackers."
Miranda's look had to stand on its own; no one else could look like her. Meryl Streep herself influenced aspects of Miranda's wardrobe. Field set out to dress "the leading fashion editor of the world - to create Miranda's look with Meryl. My job was to make Meryl look as absolutely beautiful as I could. Not to dictate fashion, but to have people say, 'Wow, Meryl Streep!'"
Legendary designer Valentino designed a dress Miranda wears at a ritzy charity ball. "Valentino created this dress for Meryl and in the end, it was the dress that she looked sexiest in," Field states. "It's very simple and shows her beautiful shoulders, her porcelain skin, and her curves."
Valentino also makes his acting debut in the film. "I'm such a great admirer of Ms. Streep," he says. "Just to have a little cameo with her, for me, is a great honor."
"Valentino was really a wonderful casting coup," Finerman says. "He is truly an icon. Having him in our film is an incredible opportunity because he's a face people know.
"The dresses for the gala were outrageous," Finerman continues, "and they're meant to be outrageous, of course. Everyone looked like they were going to a high society event, down to every last extra. Pat dressed everyone to the nines."
Frankel first collaborated with Field on the feature film "Miami Rhapsody," where her creative talent made a lasting impression on the director. "Pat had Sarah Jessica Parker wear certain things and I'd say, 'What is that?' Then two years later it would be everywhere. So I learned to trust her instincts. Pat is brilliant at seeing into the future of fashion, anticipating and making trends."
"Pat provided an authentic backdrop of fashion," Finerman says. "She was able to get us so many clothes for which we didn't have a budget. Chanel provided its 2006 couture collection to the production, exclusively. Field also magically produced designs from Valentino, Donna Karan, Bill Blass, Galliano, and, of course, Prada.
The cast was thrilled to work with Field, who functions as a fashion designer as well as a costume designer on her film projects. "The fact that Pat can take these disparate pieces of clothing and put them together to make them work brilliantly is incredible," says Stanley Tucci. "I spent more times in costume fittings than I did on the set."
"Pat Field called in many, many favors from her contacts in the fashion industry," Streep adds. "But she got it done. I'm not sure anyone realized how impossible that task was."
One of the most challenging aspects of the shoot was the styling of the up-to-the-minute Clackers. "We had a certain formula for dressing the Clackers as a group," says Field, "but I also wanted them to have individualized looks."
Chief among the Clackers is Miranda's first assistant Emily, who is partially defined by her hairstyle. Hairstylist Angel DeAngelis-Halko felt the character should look as though she was "always trying something new, something different, even if it was slightly ridiculous," she says. "We were always trying to keep Emily's hair very red, very shiny, freshly cut and just beautiful." She adds, "It's all the newest, the latest, the greatest. We just have to set the styles. People are looking for that as they open a magazine; they want to go into their fantasy world."
When we meet Andy, she gives little thought to her wardrobe. But through her experiences at Runway, she learns how to express herself through fashion. "In the beginning of the story, Andy resembles a girl who you'd see on the subway or who works as your neighbor's babysitter," says Hathaway. "So we shopped for costumes accordingly - we went to the mall."
"Andy starts out being dressed in an ordinary way," adds Field, "not ugly, not pretty, just ordinary. Then she realizes that she looks different from everyone else. That's when she gets the fashion bug."
As the story progresses, Andy's inner fashion diva emerges. "Her transformation doesn't change who she is," says Field. "The person is still the person. But she just learns to express herself in a more fashionable way."
ABOUT THE CAST
MERYL STREEP (Miranda Priestly) has portrayed an astonishing array of roles in a career that has cut its own unique path from the theatre through film and television. A two-time Academy Award winner and a recipient of a record-breaking thirteen Oscar nominations, Streep had never acted in a drama before her sophomore year at Vassar College, when she won the title role in Strindberg's "Miss Julie." An honors exchange program led to Dartmouth where she studied playwriting as well as set and costume design. After graduating cum laude from Vassar, she won a scholarship to the Yale School of Drama where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree, and the Carol Dye Acting Award at graduation, becoming the first woman in the school's history to receive this honor.
After a summer with the O'Neill Playwrights conference in Connecticut, Streep moved to New York and made her debut in Joseph Papp's Lincoln Center production of Trelawney of the Wells with Mary Beth Hurt and John Lithgow. Critics began to take notice in that first season of the versatility, imagination and range that has distinguished her work from the beginning.
She went from the Public Theatre to the Phoenix Repertory, where, in rotating productions, she played a nineteenth century Southern belle in the Civil War melodrama "Secret Service," a sleek secretary in Arthur Miller's one-act "A Memory of Two Mondays," and a slovenly floozy in Tennessee Williams' "27 Wagons Full of Cotton." For this virtuoso achievement, Streep won the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Theater World Award, and a Tony nomination. She performed in several productions in her first season in New York after graduation, including the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of "Henry V," and "Measure for Measure" opposite John Cazale and Sam Waterston.
She starred on Broadway in the Brecht/Weill musical "Happy End," and won an Obie for her performance in the off-Broadway production of "Alice at the Palace." During this period she also won the Emmy for Best Actress for her portrayal of a devastated German wife in the controversial eight part mini-series "Holocaust."
Streep began her feature film career as Jane Fonda's society friend in "Julia," directed by Fred Zinneman. In her second screen role, Streep starred opposite Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken in "The Deer Hunter," receiving her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a working-class Pennsylvania girl who's lonely, small-town life is irrevocably altered by the Vietnam War. Her next film was the political drama "The Seduction of Joe Tynan," with Alan Alda.
She returned to the stage that summer to play Katherine opposite Raul Julia in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Joe Papp in his free Central Park production. She performed the Shakespeare at night, and during the day alternated filming "Manhattan" for Woody Allen and "Kramer vs. Kramer" with Dustin Hoffman. As Hoffman's troubled ex-wife in a custody battle, she garnered her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She won her third Oscar nomination and the British Academy Award for her next film, "The French Lieutenant's Woman," directed by Karel Reisz, in which she played the dual roles of a sophisticated contemporary actress and a tragic 19th century heroine. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her extraordinary performance in the title role of "Sophie's Choice," directed by Alan Pakula from his adaptation of William Styron's novel. She was nominated again, the next year, for her portrayal of Karen Silkwood, the activist/heroine of Mike Nichols' "Silkwood." Reuniting with Robert De Niro in her next film, "Falling in Love," she won the David Award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.
Streep completed two films in 1985: Fred Schepisi's screen adaptation of David Hare's "Plenty," and Sydney Pollack's sweeping romantic adventure "Out of Africa," for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and another David award. She returned home and filmed two projects co-starring Jack Nicholson: Mike Nichols' "Heartburn," and "Ironweed," directed by Hector Babenco, for which she received her seventh Oscar nomination. She then traveled to Australia for Fred Schepisi's "A Cry in the Dark." This performance as the infamous, unfairly maligned Lindy Chamberlain won Streep the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, The New York Film Critics Circle, an AFI award and another Oscar nomination.
She next won Golden Globe nominations for her work in Susan Seidelman's "She-Devil," and "Postcards from the Edge" (with Nichols again) starring opposite Shirley MacLaine. This adaptation by Carrie Fisher from her own novel won Streep praise for her singing, and yet another Oscar nomination. She continued to find comedic work with Albert Brooks in his delicious contemplation of a neurotic's trial in purgatory in "Defending Your Life," and Robert Zemeckis' docu-drama on aging in L.A., "Death Becomes Her," co-starring Goldie Hawn. After returning to the States from Europe where she filmed Billie August's "The House of the Spirits," from Isabel Allende's acclaimed novel, she tackled the physical challenges of an action movie in "The River Wild," directed by Curtis Hanson, taking Kevin Bacon down Class IV rapids in Oregon and Montana. She next returned to television, co-producing with director Jim Abrahams, the real-life drama "First Do No Harm," earning an Emmy nomination for her work as the mother of an epileptic child who pursues alternative therapies.
Her next film, Clint Eastwood's "The Bridges of Madison County," won her overwhelming acclaim and Screen Actor's Guild, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for her complex portrayal of a lonely Iowa farm wife who opens her heart to a stranger. The following year she was seen opposite Liam Neeson in Barbet Schroeder's "Before and After," and opposite Diane Keaton and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Marvin's Room," for which she received another Golden Globe nomination. In 1999 she teamed with Renee Zellweger in "One True Thing," from Anna Quindlen's prize-winning novel about a prodigal daughter's return home to care for the mother whose life she had undervalued. Streep received SAG, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for this performance, as well as the Berlinale Camera Award at the Berlin Film Festival. That same year she appeared with an ensemble of extraordinary Irish and English actors in the critically lauded "Dancing at Lughnasa," based on Brian Friel's play, directed by Pat O'Connor.
In 1999 Streep learned to play the violin for Wes Craven's "Music of the Heart." The film depicted the real life struggle of teacher and single mother Roberta Guaspari, who brings the violin to inner city kids, empowering their lives through music. She earned her twelfth Academy Award nomination for her work in this film.
Streep and her family moved to New York City in 2001, where she made another homecoming as well. She returned to Central Park's Delacorte Theatre in Mike Nichols' critical and popular hit "The Seagull," a free production of the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theatre. The extraordinary cast also included Kevin Kline, Christopher Walken, Marcia Gay Harden, Natalie Portman, John Goodman, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
In 2003, Streep's work in "The Hours" won her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival together with her co-stars, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore, as well as SAG and Golden Globe nominations. In the same year, her eccentric portrayal of Susan Orlean in Spike Jonze's "Adaptation," was recognized with a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and BAFTA and Oscar nominations. That year she was given the Honorary Cesar for Career Achievement in Paris, where she also was accorded a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest civilian honor given by the French government. The following year Streep appeared alongside Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in the HBO epic "Angels in America," directed by Mike Nichols from Tony Kushner's adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. Playing four characters, she won the Golden GlobeR and Screen Actors Guild Best Actress awards for this work.
Streep's most recent work includes "The Manchurian Candidate," "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," both for Paramount, and "Prime" with Uma Thurman. She'll next be seen in "A Prairie Home Companion" with Lily Tomlin and Lindsay Lohan, directed by Robert Altman. Her upcoming projects include providing the voice for the Queen Aunt in Warner Bros.' "The Ant Bully." Also upcoming are "Dark Matter" directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, and the New York Public Theatre production of "Mother Courage" in Central Park in an adaptation by Tony Kushner, directed by George C. Wolfe.
Streep was a co-founder of Mothers and Others, a consumer advocacy group that worked successfully for 12 years to protect the health of children and the environment and to support organic and sustainable agriculture. She continues her advocacy work with the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, the Children's Health and Environment Coalition, and Equality Now, a champion of the rights of women and girls worldwide. She has been married for 27 years to artist Don Gummer; they are the parents of a son and three daughters.
Continuing to emerge as one of Hollywood's most engaging talents, ANNE HATHAWAY (Andy Sachs) is currently in production on "Becoming Jane," about the early life of writer Jane Austen. Her most recent credit was Ang Lee's critically acclaimed and much-lauded drama, "Brokeback Mountain," opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, and Michelle Williams. "Brokeback Mountain" was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2005 Venice Film Festival and went on to win virtually every award it was nominated for, and eventually won two Oscars. She starred in the independent drama "Havoc," directed by Barbara Kopple, and provided the voice for "Red" in the animated film "Hoodwinked."
Hathaway traveled to Cambodia in January 2005 on behalf of the documentary, "A Moment in the World," organized by Angelina Jolie. The project placed roughly 25 participants in various locations on a specific day, each instructed to videotape their surroundings at the same specific, "moment in time." Hathaway has also been dedicating her time and efforts to community service on this side of the globe. She has been involved with the Step Up Women's Network, a foundation created to strengthen community resources for women and girls. She served as host for Step Up's inaugural Inspirational Awards this past April and was honored by the foundation this past June. She is also on the advisory board for Lollipop Theater Network; an organization that screens movies in hospitals for pediatric patients suffering from chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
Hathaway was most recently seen in Garry Marshall's anticipated sequel, "The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement." Starring opposite Julie Andrews, Hathaway reprised her role as Princess Mia Thermopolis for which she received a 2002 Teen Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy for the original "The Princess Diaries."
Other credits include the starring role in Miramax's, "Ella Enchanted," based on Gail Carson Levine's celebrated novel and directed by Tommy O'Haver, as well as, "Nicholas Nickleby," based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Directed by Douglas McGrath, Hathaway starred as Madeline Bray in this classical adaptation. Prior to that, she was seen in the independent film "The Other Side of Heaven" directed by Mitch Davis.
Hathaway gained Hollywood's attention for her acclaimed turn in the series "Get Real," for which she was nominated for a 2000 Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama. She studied acting at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and at the award winning Barrow Group in New York City, becoming the first and only teen ever admitted to their intensive acting program. She also studied in the musical theater program with the Collaborative Arts Project, CAP 21, affiliated with New York University. In high school, Hathaway was nominated for the Rising Star Award, sponsored by the Paper Mill Playhouse, for the best high school performance by an actress in the state of New Jersey.
Hathaway's theater credits include: The Lincoln Center Encore series presentation of "Carnival," for which she won the prestigious 57th Annual Clarence Derwent Award; Andrew Lloyd Webber's workshop of "Woman in White" and, "Forever Your Child." In 2004-2005, she also participated in the Encores Concert Gala as well as the Stephen Sondheim Birthday Gala.
Hathaway is also an accomplished dancer who studied at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Additionally, she is a first soprano and has performed in two concerts at Carnegie Hall as a member of the All-Eastern US High School Honors Chorus.
Always keeping busy and not one to sit still for too long, STANLEY TUCCI (Nigel) always has something brewing. He has just recently completed filming the BBC production of "Four Last Songs," which started shooting in mid-June on the beautiful Spanish island of Majorca. The comedic drama is written and directed by Francesca Joseph, and encompasses a motley collection of characters seeking musical redemption. The ensemble cast includes Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Jena Malone, Jessica Stevenson, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marisa Paredes, Karl Johnson, and Virgile Branly.
Tucci has remained plenty active since 2004, taking on roles in five different films. The most recent, Fox Animation's feature, "Robots," was released in March 2005. In it, Tucci offered his voice for the Herb Copperbottom character. "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers," in which he played the role of renowned director Stanley Kubrick, premiered on HBO in December of 2004. The Stephen Hopkins drama starred Stephen Gry, John Lithgow and Miriam Margolys and tied for the most Emmy nominations with 16 bids. Tucci starred opposite Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy "Shall We Dance," which opened in October 2004 and was directed by Peter Chelsom. Also released in October was the James Redford film "Spin," with Dana Delany and Ruben Blades. The story is based on an orphaned boy raised by a Hispanic family in the 1950's. Tucci also worked alongside Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's "The Terminal," released in June 2004. The story is about an Eastern European immigrant (Hanks) who becomes a resident of a New York airport terminal when a war breaks out and erases his country from the map, voiding his passport.
In 2002 Tucci received critical acclaim for his work in Fox and DreamWorks' "Road to Perdition," co-starring Tom Hanks, Jude Law and Paul Newman. The Sam Mendes directed film, about a hit man who takes things personally after his wife and son are murdered, was released in theaters in July 2002. Stanley can also be seen in the ever-popular Disney comedy "Big Trouble," co-starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Omar Epps, Janeane Garofalo and Jason Lee, among others. The Barry Sonnenfeld-directed film, about the lives of several Miami denizens intersecting with hilarious and dangerous results, opened in April 2002.
Tucci also graced screens in Paramount Classics' "Sidewalks of New York," written and directed by Edward Burns and starring Heather Graham and Brittany Murphy and Sony's "America's Sweethearts," opposite Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Billy Crystal. He also appeared alongside Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in the highly acclaimed HBO drama, "Conspiracy," a film for which Tucci earned both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Made-for-TV movie or Miniseries.
Tucci's multiple talents have led to a very diverse career. Not only an accomplished and gifted actor, he is a writer, director and producer. His most recent directorial effort was USA Films' "Joe Gould's Secret," which starred Ian Holm as bohemian writer 'Joe Gould' and Tucci as 'Joseph Mitchell,' the famed writer for The New Yorker. The film, set in New York's Greenwich Village in the 1940s, tells the story of the strange meeting and long lasting friendship between Gould and Mitchell, as well as the stories Mitchell wrote about Gould and his life.
"Big Night," Tucci's first effort as co-director, co-screenwriter and actor on the same film, earned him numerous accolades, including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, a recognition of Excellence by the National Board of Review, an Independent Spirit Award, The Critics Prize at the 1996 Deauville Film Festival and honors from the New York Film Critics and the Society of Film Critics.
Tucci's second project, "The Imposters," a film that he wrote, directed, co-produced and in which he starred, was an Official Selection at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and was purchased later that year by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The 1930s farce stars Tucci and Oliver Platt as a pair of out-of-work actors who find themselves aboard a cruise ship passengered by Steve Buscemi, Billy Connolly, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor and Hope Davis.
Tucci's previous film credits include Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry," William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Alarmist," "A Life Less Ordinary," "The Daytrippers," "Kiss of Death," "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "It Could Happen to You," "The Pelican Brief," "Prelude to a Kiss," "Billy Bathgate," "In the Soup," and "Slaves of New York."
In 2002, Tucci won a Golden Globe Award for his brilliant portrayal of Lt. Colonel Adolf Eichmann in the television film entitled, "Conspiracy." This was the dramatic recreation of the Wannsee Conference where the Nazi Final Solution phase of the Holocaust was devised. He also received a Golden Globe, as well as an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Walter Winchell, a founder of American gossip, in the HBO original film, "Winchell." His performance as the fast-talking tattler, whose exposure of secrets and scandals turned political, left audiences and critics alike singing his praises. "Winchell," directed by Paul Mazursky, provided Tucci with one of the juiciest roles of his diverse career.
Tucci's work on television includes his appearance as a re-occurring guest star on TNT's "Bull." He played 'Hunter Lasky,' a charming, conniving, power-player, one of Wall Street's best negotiation 'sharks.' His other television credits include appearances on "Equal Justice," "Wiseguy," "The Equalizer," "Thirtysomething," and "The Street." Tucci also starred as 'Richard Cross' in the Steven Bochco drama "Murder One," a performance for which he earned an Emmy Nomination.
Tucci, no stranger to the theater, has appeared in many plays including "Execution of Hope," "The Iceman Cometh," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," and "The Misanthrope." He also performed in a number of off-Broadway plays, at Yale Repertory Theater and SUNY Purchase, where he first studied acting.
For her feature film debut performance in "My Summer of Love," EMILY BLUNT (Emily) won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer (shared with Natalie Press), earned a British Independent Film Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer (shared with Natalie Press), and a London Film Critics' Circle award nomination for Best British Newcomer.
On television, Emily starred opposite Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson in "Gideon's Daughter" and "The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle" for the BBC; and in "Empire" for ABC. Blunt starred as Catherine Howard, opposite Ray Winstone, in Pete Travis' miniseries "Henry VIII" (Masterpiece Theatre); alongside Alex Kingston in Bill Anderson's "Boudica"; and opposite David Suchet's Hercule Poirot, and in Andy Wilson's remake of Death on the Nile (for A&E).
She made her professional acting debut onstage, opposite Dame Judi Dench, in Sir Peter Hall's production of The Royal Family at the Haymarket Theatre Royal. Her performance in the play won her the Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer. She subsequently starred onstage in Richard Eyre's award-winning production of Vincent in Brixton, at the National Theatre, and in "Romeo and Juliet."
Her upcoming film projects include "Who Killed Norma Barnes?" opposite Emily Mortimer, "Wind Chill" with Martin Donovan, and the World War II film, "The Snow Goose."
A Golden Globe nominated actor, Australian-born SIMON BAKER (Christian Thompson) has an impressive background that spans both the stage and screen and has captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Baker was last seen in "Something New," a romantic comedy from Focus Features starring opposite Sanaa Lathan. Lathan plays a professional black woman who, determined to get married, finds romance with a white, working-class man played by Baker.
Baker was recently seen in Universal's "Land of the Dead," a critically acclaimed thriller co-starring Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo and Asia Argento. Baker plays a soldier sent to battle the evolving zombie threat in a fearsome, tank-like vehicle called the "Dead Reckoning."
He most recently starred in the DreamWorks' horror sequel, "The Ring 2," opposite Naomi Watts and Sissy Spacek, and the independent film "Book of Love," which screened in competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Alan Brown, also stars Gregory Smith and Frances O'Connor.
Other projects include Curtis Hanson's Academy Award-winning film "L.A. Confidential," "Affair of the Necklace," "Red Planet," "Sunset Strip," "Judas Kiss," "Restaurant," "Love from Ground Zero," and Ang Lee's critically acclaimed "Ride with the Devil," which screened at the 1999 Deauville Film Festival and was also a gala presentation at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.
Baker starred in the highly rated, CBS drama "The Guardian" from 2001 to 2004. He portrayed a hardened corporate lawyer who was sentenced to work as a legal child advocate after being found guilty of drug possession. In the first season, the Hollywood Foreign Press recognized Baker with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a drama series.
Other television credits include the lead roles in Disney's CBS pilot, "The Last Best Place," "Naked: The Blind Side Breakaway" and a guest lead role in "Sweat."
ADRIAN GRENIER (Nate) is best known for playing "Vincent Chase" in HBO's hit series "Entourage." He first received critical acclaim for his performance in the independent film "The Adventurers of Sebastian Cole." Most recently, he was seen in Woody Allen's "Anything Else," and in "Love in the Time of Money," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Grenier also appeared in Gregory Hoblit's "Hart's War," and "Cecil B. Demented," written and directed by John Waters. Other credits include "Celebrity," "Drive Me Crazy" and "Harvard Man."
A filmmaker in his own right, Grenier has written and directed several short films and a documentary, "Shot in the Dark." Also a gifted, self-taught musician, he attended Manhattan's prestigious LaGuardia High School and plays drums for The Honey Brothers.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
DAVID FRANKEL (Director) most recently directed the critically acclaimed HBO series "Entourage," for which he was nominated for an Emmy in 2005. Previously for HBO, he directed the hit show "Sex and the City," and "Band of Brothers," which won six Emmys, including Best Director. He also directed "The Pennsylvania Miners' Story" for ABC.
A comedy writer and director who paid his dues writing and producing TV sitcoms before making his feature film directorial debut with "Miami Rhapsody" (1995), which featured Sarah Jessica Parker as a woman who doesn't believe that any relationship or marriage can ever really work.
The son of Max Frankel, former executive editor and later columnist for The New York Times, Frankel toyed with becoming a political humorist. After graduation from Harvard, his first professional assignment was an article for Esquire about John McEnroe, the tennis star against whom Frankel had competed when they were in high school.
Frankel began writing for TV, breaking in with "The Ellen Burstyn Show," a short-lived ABC sitcom in 1986. Teaming with Norman Steinberg, he wrote, directed and was co-executive producer of the CBS sitcom "Doctor, Doctor" (1989-91). Starring Matt Frewer, the show revolved around an earnest but eccentric physician and earned critical applause even if a larger audience never found the show. In 1991, Frankel and Steinberg created "Teech," a short-lived CBS sitcom starring Phill Lewis as a music teacher. The following year, Frankel created, wrote and directed the critically well-received "Grapevine" (CBS), about relationships. (Reportedly one of the main characters, a Miami sportscaster, was based on Frankel's brother Jon).
With Steinberg, Frankel made the leap to the big screen in 1990 with "Funny About Love," which featured Gene Wilder as a cartoonist who wants to be a father. He went on to write "Nervous Ticks" (1993), about the life of a luggage handler at an airport. "Miami Rhapsody," which Frankel wrote, produced and directed, was made for a budget of $6 million. Its 1995 release was greeted warmly by critics. Frankel was back to TV for a spell in 1996, writing the busted pilot for an ABC sitcom starring Bebe Neuwirth called "Dear Diary," which was later released as a short film and earned the Oscar as Best Live Action Short.
ALINE BROSH McKENNA (Screenwriter) was born and raised in New Jersey. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and moved to New York after college where she wrote a book, magazine articles and several plays.
Since moving to Los Angeles, McKenna has written screenplays and several television pilots. Her latest feature was "Laws of Attraction," for New Line Cinema, starring Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan.
Other features currently in development include "Rich Girl" for Walt Disney Pictures, "27 Dresses" for Spyglass Pictures and "Father Knows Less" for New Line Cinema, all projects based on her original ideas. McKenna has also written screenplays for Universal, Columbia, and Intermedia and several screenplays for Warner Bros., including 1999's "Three To Tango" starring Matthew Perry and Neve Campbell.
Academy-Awarding winning producer WENDY FINERMAN (Producer) produced "Forrest Gump" which became not only one of the highest grossing films of all time, but also won six Oscars, including Best Picture. That same year she also produced "I Like it Like That," an independent feature film that also earned several honors, including the New York Film Critics Award for Best New Director and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Finerman produced "Stepmom," directed by Chris Columbus and starring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris, released in 1998, "Fairy Tale - a True Story," released in 1997, which won a British Academy Award for Best Children's Film, and "The Fan," starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, released in 1996.
Finerman's most recent projects include "Surrender Dorothy," a movie for CBS starring Diane Keaton and the feature film "Drumline," directed by Charles Stone for Fox 2000. The film stars Nick Cannon and Orlando Jones.
Finerman also produced "Sugar and Spice," which stars Marley Shelton, Mena Suvari, Marla Sokoloff and James Marsden. Finerman produced the Showtime original movie, "In a Class of His Own," the Rich Donato story, starring Lou Diamond Phillips. This film won several awards for literacy and education in media.
Finerman is a graduate of the Wharton School and serves on their Undergraduate Executive Board. She is the mother of four young children.
KAREN ROSENFELT (Executive Producer) is an independent producer based at Twentieth Century Fox, where she is developing the feature projects "Daniel Isn't Talking" and "The Book Thief."
For 16 years, she was a creative production executive at Paramount, rising to executive vice president. At Paramount, she oversaw projects such as "Indecent Proposal," "Save the Last Dance," "Coach Carter" and "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."
Prior to that, Rosenfelt was with Jerry Weintraub Productions, where she was associate producer on "Karate Kid 2" and "Karate Kid 3." She was also a production executive at MGM, and began her career with legendary agent Sue Mengers.
JOSEPH CARACCIOLO, JR. (Executive Producer) began his career in film as a production manager on director Sidney Lumet's "Running on Empty" and "The Verdict."
Most recently, Caracciolo executive produced "Just My Luck," starring Lindsay Lohan. He also executive produced "Hide & Seek," the psychological thriller starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, and "Uptown Girls," a comedic New York fairy tale starring Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning. He produced the teen thriller "Swimfan," directed by John Polson.
Caracciolo's other feature film credits include James Foley's "Glengarry Glen Ross," Jon Amiel's "Copycat," and "The Man Who Knew Too Little," and writer-director John Waters' "Serial Mom," "Pecker," and "Cecil B. Demented."
FLORIAN BALLHAUS (Director of Photography) most recently lensed "Flightplan" starring Jodie Foster, and directed by Robert Schwentke. Ballhaus last worked with the director on the German hit film, "The Family Jewels" ("Eierdiebe").
Ballhaus served as director of photography on Alan Rudolph's "The Secret Lives of Dentists" and "Investigating Sex." He also served as second unit cinematographer on "Gangs of New York," "Men in Black II," "The Legend of Bagger Vance," and "What Planet Are You From?"
The son of Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, Ballhaus began his career as an assistant cameraman working is way up to camera operator. His select film credits include "Godzilla," "Men in Black," "Outbreak," "The Age of Innocence," "Dracula," "Goodfellas," "Working Girl," "Broadcast News," and "After Hours," among others.
Ballhaus also served as director of photography on the last season of the hit HBO series "Sex and the City," and numerous German movies.
JESS GONCHOR (Production Designer) made his feature debut with Bennett Miller's "Capote." Prior to this, he designed short films and numerous commercials with such directors as Wes Anderson, Michael Bay, and David Kellogg.
Some of Gonchor's credits as Art Director include "The Last Samurai," "Identity," "The Siege," "Autumn in New York," "Fifteen Minutes," "The Story of Us," and "Kate & Leopold." His other notable Art Department credits include "The American President," "The Crucible," "City of Angels" and "Hook."
MARK LIVOLSI (Editor) has been an editor on several films, including "Vanilla Sky," "Elizabethtown," "Almost Famous," "Pieces of April," "The Girl Next Door," "Max and Grace," and "Spin the Bottle." As assistant editor, Livolsi worked on "Crimes & Misdemeanors," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "At First Sight," "Heaven & Earth," "Meet Joe Black," "Deconstructing Harry," "Marvin's Room," "Touch, "Shadows and Fog," "Alice," "French Kiss" and "The River Wild."
His other film credits include "Night and the City," "Commandments," "Heartburn," "Dead of Winter," "New York Stories," "Funny Farm" and "Wall Street."
PATRICIA FIELD (Costume Designer) is considered one of fashion's greatest visionaries. She is an Emmy Award winning film and television costume designer and a boutique owner with her own clothing label.
Field raised the standards for the world of television glamour when she costumed "Sex and the City," the most fashionable show in television history. Critics praised her run with "Sex and the City's" stunning and always entertaining costuming, which was a large part of the show's status as a cultural phenomenon.
Field is currently the acting costume designer on ABC's "Hope and Faith." In 2005 Candie's Shoes commissioned her to design a limited edition collection of footwear and accessories, "Candie's by Patricia Field." During the last presidential campaign Patricia launched her "Let's Vote" tee to raise consciousness among the fashionable. Proceeds from the sale of the tees went to Rock the Vote, a nonprofit organization that encourages young people to vote.
She has designed a collection for Rocawear, developed a limited edition Patricia Field sneakers collection for Pro-Keds, and in collaboration with the Japanese brand Ash & Diamonds designed a line of watches for Seiko Japan.
Field has been a costume designer for almost twenty years now and her impressive list of projects in both television and film include the hit television shows "Crime Story," "Wiseguy," and "Spin City." Film projects include "Miami Rhapsody" (where she first met Sarah Jessica Parker and director David Frankel), "The Substitute," and "Dear Diary." In 1989, she received an Emmy for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for Disney's television feature, "Mother Goose Rock and Rhyme." She received a second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costumes for a Series for her trend-setting fashions on HBO's "Sex and the City."
Field is a native New Yorker and began her career when she opened her eponymous Greenwich Village boutique in 1966, which catered to fashionistas and "in the know" scenesters. This downtown institution has been an internationally known favorite of the fashion-forward and has been a defining factor in the urban style of New York's glittery nightlife. In 1996, she opened a second boutique in Soho called Hotel Venus, creating a new fashion landmark.
Field is preparing to once again blaze the fashion trail by designing a new boutique on the up and coming Bowery in New York City.
THEODORE SHAPIRO's (Composer) most recent projects are the comedies "Idiocracy," opening September 1 from Twentieth Century Fox, Fox's smash comedy "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," "Fun with Dick and Jane," "The Baxter," "Starsky and Hutch" and "Along Came Polly." Previously, he worked on "View From the Top," the smash hit comedy "Old School," "Heist," "State and Main" and the critically acclaimed "Girlfight."
He won BMI Music Awards for his work on "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," "Starsky and Hutch" and "Along Came Polly."
Shapiro also writes music for the concert hall; his works have been performed by orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Seattle Symphony.
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