Pretty Woman
She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.
Country
Production
Budget
$14 000 000
Revenue
$463 406 268
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther, Laura Ziskin
Operator
Charles Minsky
Composer
Artist
Audition
Dianne Crittenden
Editing
Short description
Vivian is a carefree, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets sophisticated billionaire Edward in a chance encounter that turns into a week-long business arrangement. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense approach to life, and soon they are teaching each other – and falling in love!
What's left behind the scenes
- While filming the scene in which Vivian lies on the floor of Edward's penthouse watching reruns of the old series 'I Love Lucy' (1951), director Garry Marshall had to tickle Roberts' feet (which, of course, remained off-camera) to get her to laugh so hysterically and achieve a genuine laugh.
- Richard Gere actually plays the piano. Moreover, he composed the musical piece he played himself.
- The film Vivian is watching before going downstairs to Edward is called "Charade" (1963).
- Daryl Hannah declined the role of Vivian, suggesting that she would feel debased as a woman after playing it.
- The red jacket Vivian wears was bought for $30 on the street from a movie ticket taker shortly before filming began.
- At the very beginning of the film, you can notice that some of the neon letters in the hotel where Vivien lives are burnt out. The only remaining illuminated letters are “HO” (from “hotel”; “ho” in English sounds like “whore”).
- While filming the scene where Vivian lies on the floor in Edward’s penthouse and watches reruns of the old series "I Love Lucy" (1951) to achieve genuine laughter, director Garry Marshall had to tickle Roberts’ feet (of course, this remained off-camera) to make her laugh so hysterically.
- Filming took place from July 24 to October 18, 1989.
- The film poster only shows a portion of Julia Roberts. This is because Julia's head was superimposed onto Shelly Michelle's body. On the same poster, Richard Gere’s hair is chestnut brown, whereas in the film itself it is graying.
- At the very beginning of filming, Richard Gere dove headfirst into his role, but Garry Marshall pulled him aside and said, "No, no, no, Richard. In this movie, one of you is acting. The other one isn't. Guess which one you are?"
- The scene where Edward snaps Vivienne’s fingers with the necklace case was improvised by Gayer, and Roberts’s reaction (laughter) was completely natural. The filmmakers liked it so much that they decided to keep it.
- Only a portion of Julia Roberts is actually featured on the movie poster. In reality, Julia's head was superimposed onto Shelley Michelle's body. On the same poster, Richard Gere's hair is brown, whereas in the movie itself, it is graying.
- The opera with which Edward charms Vivian is called La Traviata (Italian for “The Fallen Woman”). It tells the story of a courtesan who captivates wealthy men, and who falls in love with a less affluent man.
- The scene in which Edward snaps Vivian's fingers with the necklace case was improvised by Gere, and Roberts' reaction (laughter) was completely natural. The filmmakers liked it so much that they decided to keep it.
- The director's cut of the film has a runtime of 125 minutes.
- The working title of the film was "$3,000".
- In the final scene, Edward serenades Vivian along with a recording of an aria from La Traviata (Italian for “The Fallen Woman”). The aria features a vocal solo accompanied by a string theme and a trumpet. This arrangement was not original to the opera, but was adapted for the film.
- The sports car Edward borrows at the beginning of the film is a Lotus Esprit.
- During the pre-production of "Pretty Woman", Julia Roberts spent a lot of time with Garry Marshall’s wife, who ran a free clinic located on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
- The car Edward picks up Vivien in belonged to producer Nancy Gross.
- At the very beginning of filming, Richard Gere eagerly threw himself into his role, but Garry Marshall took him aside and said, “No, no, no. Richard. One of you is acting in this movie. And the other one isn’t. Guess which one you are?”
- Daryl Hannah turned down the role of Vivienne, fearing that after the role, she would be perceived as a tainted woman.
- In an early draft of the script, Vivian was using cocaine; part of the deal was that she had to abstain for a week. She needed the money to go to Disneyland. Edward eventually throws her out of the car and drives away. The script originally called for the film to end with Vivian and her prostitute friend riding a bus to Disneyland.
- During the preparation for the filming of 'Pretty Woman', Julia Roberts spent a lot of time with Garry Marshall's wife, who ran a free clinic located on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.
- The necklace Vivienne wears to the opera is actually worth $250,000. During filming, an armed security guard from the jewelry store stood behind the director the entire time.
- Listeners of London's Capital FM radio station ranked this film fourth on their list of must-see movies.
- The car Edward uses to pick up Vivienne belonged to producer Nancy Gross.
- Richard Gere actually plays the piano himself. Furthermore, Gere composed the musical piece that he played.
- The necklace that Vivien wears to the opera is actually worth $250,000. During filming, an armed security guard from the jewelry store stood behind the director at all times.
- The movie Vivienne is watching before going downstairs to Edward is called 'Charade' (1963).
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