January 18th 2008
Romantic Comedy, PG-13, 107mins, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Edward Burns, Melora Hardin, Judy Greer, Alexa Havins, Krysten Ritter, Peyton List, Maulik Pancholy, Brian Kerwin, Alexa Gerasimovich, Chuck Slavin, Josh Casaubon, Erin Fogel, Michael Ziegfield, David Castro
Director: Anne Fletcher
Writer: Alice Brosh McKenna
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman
Co-Producers: Jeffrey Silver, Erin Stam
Executive Producer: Becki Cross Trujillo
Costume Design: Catherine Marie Thomas
D.O.P.: Peter James
Editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Make-Up: Marleen Alter
Music: Randy Edelman
Production Design: Shepherd Frankel
Set Decoration: Chryss Hionis
Katherine Heigl, who earlier this year got "Knocked Up" in the hit motion picture comedy from Judd Apatow, and nabbed an Emmy® for her starring role as a surgical resident in "Grey's Anatomy," is always a bridesmaid but never a bride in the romantic comedy "27 Dresses." From the screenwriter of "The Devil Wears Prada," "27 Dresses" centers on Jane (Heigl), an idealistic, romantic and completely selfless woman...a perennial bridal attendant whose own happy ending is nowhere in sight. But when younger sister Tess captures the heart of Jane's boss - with whom she is secretly in love - Jane begins to reexamine her "always-a-bridesmaid..." lifestyle.
Jane has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself. Her entire life has been about making people happy - and she has a closet full of 27 bridesmaid dresses to prove it. One memorable evening, Jane manages to shuttle between wedding receptions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, a feat witnessed by Kevin (James Marsden), a newspaper reporter who realizes that a story about this wedding junkie is his ticket off the newspaper's bridal beat.
Jane finds Kevin's cynicism counter to everything she holds dear - namely weddings, and the two lock horns. Further complicating Jane's once perfectly-ordered life is the arrival of younger sister Tess (Malin Akerman). Tess immediately captures the heart of Jane's boss, George (Edward Burns). Tess enlists her always-accommodating sister to plan yet another wedding - Tess and George's - but Jane's feelings for him lead to shocking revelations... and maybe the beginning of a new life.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Filming Locations: New York City, USA; Rhode Island, USA
MPAA Warning: Language, Some Innuendo and Sexuality
Production Budget: $30 million
Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Schedule: 10th May 2007- August 2007
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- The wardrobe department reported that their initial designs for the dresses all looked too good on Katherine Heigl because of her figure, and they were hard-pressed to design bridesmaids dresses that would look bad on her
- Prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Wardrobe".
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Portions of the movie were filmed in several locations in the state of Rhode Island.
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