Ready to Wear

Original title: Prêt-à-porter

1994
R
2h 13m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

16K

YOUR RATING

Helena Christensen in Ready to Wear (1994)

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Parody Satire Comedy Drama

A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.

Director
- Robert Altman
Writers
- Robert Altman
- Barbara Shulgasser
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

16K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robert Altman
Writers
- Robert Altman
- Barbara Shulgasser
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations

Trivia
Danny Aiello and Lauren Bacall clashed during filming, with Bacall calling him a bully due to his behaviour towards other cast members.

Goofs
In the hotel room, Anne Eisenhower lifts a glass of wine from Joe Flynn's dining cart with her left hand and takes a drink. Joe makes a comment and it can be seen that Anne's left arm is up to her face (she is visible from the chest down), but when we cut back to Anne the glass is in her right hand as she puts it down.

Quotes
Kitty Potter: This is fucking fruitcake time. I mean - is that fashion, is it? I mean is there a message out there? I mean you got lot of naked people wandering around here.

Crazy credits
The film's opening scene where Sergei buys the 2 Dior ties is set in Moscow's Red Square and the first 2 lines of credits (a Miramax production and a Robert Altman film) appear solely in Cyrillic characters

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Speechless/Dumb and Dumber/Legends of the Fall/Little Women/Death and the Maiden/The Madness of King George (1994)

Soundtracks
Here Comes the Hotstepper (Allaam Mix)
Written by Ini Kamoze, Salaam Remi (as Salaam Gibbs) & Chris Kenner
Performed by Ini Kamoze
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Not classic Altman, but solid Altman

There's one thing in this film that I love in a very film nerdish sort of way and that is Danny Aiello's character, which is, in a strange way, a homage to an earlier character in Altman's California Split (a film well worth revisiting). And while some of the characters may seem over the top, my own experience in the fashion world would attest to them being pretty realistic. While it feels as fragmented as any Altman, there is a story here, and it's a pretty subtle one, but perfectly satisfactory in my opinion. I think the film, overall, is woefully under-rated. I feel like everyone got caught up in the idea of "ALTMAN" and then got confused by "THE STARS" and then didn't really bother to look at the movie, which has some lovely grace and is well worth the time. Then again, why listen to me, I liked Ishtar.