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1 The Devil Wears Prada Screenplay by Peter Hedges Revisions by Howard Michael Gould Paul Rudnick Don Roos Current Revisions by Aline Brosh McKenna March 10, 2005 FADE I N. INT- CHATEAU -- FRANCE -- DAY. An e l e g a n t 1 7 t h Century mansion a s h o r t d i s t a n c e from P a r i s . A. d i n n e r i a s e t f o r about a hundred p e o p l e . E v e r y t h i n g i s p e r f e c t ;. e x q u i s i t e flowers, linens, s i l v e r .. Anyone who's anyone i n t h e f a s h i o n world i s t h e r e . W e see Lagerfeld .. Valentino .. Marc J z c o b s .. NIGEL KIPLING, a dapper man i n h i s l a t e 3 0 f s / e a r l y 4 0 1 s , s p e a k s a t a podium a t t h e c e n t e r of t h e d a i s o n one s i d e o f t h e room. Our POV i s from someone else on t h e d a i s s o we see NIGEL from t h e back. NIGEL..h e r name h a s become l e g e n d . Her magazine i s t h e B i b l e f o r anyone i n t e r e s t e d i n s t y l e , t a s t e and s o p h i s t i c a t i o n.
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