27 dresses
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Director:
Anne Fletcher
Writer (WGA):
Aline Brosh McKenna (written by)
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Release Date:
18 January 2008 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Romance See more »
Tagline:
This January, always a bridesmaid, never a bride. See more »
Plot:
After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
Plot Keywords:
Bridesmaid | Wedding | Love | Friend | Boss
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Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations See more »
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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
completely identified with Jane because I, too, am a full-blown co-dependent! My nickname is Mama because I like to take care of everything and everyone. But when you always want to ‘do’ for everybody, you forget about yourself. That’s what has happened to Jane and, I think, to a lot of women.” 27 Dresses more pictures
*Anatomy” and continued with her knockout performance in “Knocked Up.” When 27
DRESSES producer Jonathan Glickman saw early footage of Judd Apatow’s comedy, he
felt that Heigl “was really spectacular – you could see that she had a great energy.”
Glickman and fellow producers Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, partners at Spyglass
Entertainment, were thrilled when Heigl said “I do” to 27 DRESSES.
Heigl found much to explore with the character. “Like other people,.
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(“Purple Violets,” “The Groomsmen,” “Ash Wednesday,” “Sidewalks of New York”). A
Hyde Park, Chicago native and an alumna of Chicago Academy for the Arts and Kansas
City Art Institute, Cat began her professional career as a designer in the costume shop at
The Julliard School. Nominated for two prestigious Costume Designers Guild Awards
for feature film, Cat is featured in Deborah Nadoolman Landis’ A Century of Hollywood
Costume, Harper Collins, 2007.