Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film. The film centers on down-on-her-luck prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) who is hired by a wealthy businessman and corporate raider, Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) to be his escort for several business functions, and their developing relationship. Pretty Woman was initially intended to be a dark drama about prostitution in New York but was reconceptualized into a romantic comedy. The film was a critica... more

Initial release date:

  • 1990

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 59 min

Estimated budget:

  • 14,000,000 (US$)

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Directed by

Garry Marshall

Garry Kent Marshall (born November 13, 1934) is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and The Princess Diaries. Marshall was born in the New York City borough of the Bronx, the son of...

Tagline:

  • She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.

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  • 1 h 59 min

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  • 14,000,000

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Adaptation

Adapted From

Pygmalion

Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw loosely inspired by the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a...
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