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 -- FRANCE -- 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 . ..
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 . ..
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.

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.. .
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...

...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 -- DAY
...t h e 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.