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'27 Dresses' (2008)

PG-13 | January 9, 2008 | 111 mins

She’s about to find the perfect fit.

Perennial bridesmaid Jane always puts the needs of others before her own, making her the go-to gal whenever someone needs help with wedding plans. So when Jane’s younger sister Tess snags the man Jane secretly loves, Jane finds herself questioning her role as a wedding junkie for the first time in her life. Meanwhile, a handsome reporter sees Jane’s unusual story as his ticket off the bridal beat.

Cast: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden [+]
Director: Anne Fletcher
Writers: Aline Brosh McKenna
Producers: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Becki Cross Trujillo, Jonathan Glickman. Michael Mayer, Robert F. Newmyer, Erin Stam
Cinematographer: Peter James
Editors: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Music: Randy Edelman
Distribution: 20th Century Fox

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Release Date
January 09, 2008
Runtime
111 minutes
Production Companies
Fox 2000 Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Dune Entertainment III, LLC.
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Language
English
Country
United States
Filming Dates
May 10, 2007 –

Filming Locations
Bethesda Fountain
Cherry Hill, Central Park, New York
Where Jane and Tess discuss the wedding.
New Warsaw Bakery, Inc. (Closed)
587 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn, New York
Where Jane helps Tess and George get a wedding cake.
596 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
Lotte New York Palace
455 Madison Ave, New York, New York
Jane’s first wedding (purple bridesmaid dress).
Between 5th Ave and Madison Ave
East 50th St, New York, New York
Jane waiting for Casey.
Residential Building
310 East 9th Street, New York, New York
Jane’s apartment.
Office Building
52 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, New York
New York Journal Offices
Office Building
Gansevoort Street and Greenwich Street, Manhattan, New York
Jane’s office building.
Amsale Bridal Shop
65 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode Island
Jane attends Tess’s bridal fitting.
Brunello Cucinelli
50 Gansevoort St, New York, New York
Club where Tess and George meet. (Exterior)
Larry’s Lounge (Closed)
140 Dexter St, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The ‘Benny & the Jets’ bar.
Adler’s Design Center & Hardware
464 Wickenden St, Providence, Rhode Island
Hal’s Hardware
The Loeb
Park Drive North, E 72nd St, New York, New York
Where Jane and George have lunch.
Beacon Diner
2938 S County Trail, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Where Jane reads Kevin’s article.
Mill’s Tavern
101 N Main St, Providence, Rhode Island
Tess and George’s engagement party.
Pier 17
89 South St, New York, New York
Wedding where Jane chases after Kevin.
Charlestown Beach
Charlestown, Rhode Island
Wedding at the end of the film.

Kevin: Love is patient, love is kind, love means slowly losing your mind.

Jane’s Aunt: Must be so hard to watch your younger sister get married before you.
Jane: Yes. Then I remember that I still get to have hot hate sex with random strangers and I feel SO much better!

Kevin: [motions to a “Gone With the Wind”-style dress] What the hell is that?
Jane: Theme wedding.
Kevin: What was the theme? Humiliation?

Jane: You tell him the truth or I will.
Tess: No, you won’t. You wouldn’t hurt a fly and you definitely wouldn’t hurt me, I’m your sister.
Jane: That was yesterday. Today you’re just some bitch who broke my heart and cut up my mother’s wedding dress.

Jane: I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.

Jane: You write the most beautiful things. Do you actually believe in love and marriage and just pretend to be a cynic or are you actually a cynic who knows how to spin romantic crap for girls like me?
Kevin: I didn’t follow that at all, but I think the second one, the spinning crap one.

Jane: I think you should just admit that you’re a big softy, that this whole cynical thing is just an act so that you can seem wounded and mysterious and sexy…
Kevin: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What was the last one?
Jane: What?
Kevin: Did you say “sexy”?
Jane: What?
Kevin: You think I’m sexy?
Jane: No.
Kevin: It’s okay if you do.
Jane: I don’t!

Kevin: You’d rather focus on other people’s Kodak moments than make memories of your own!

Kevin: I think you want a wedding, not a marriage a wedding.

Jane: How refreshing! A man who doesn’t believe in marriage.
Kevin: I’m just trying to point out the hypocrisy of the spectacle.
Jane: Oh! That’s so noble of you. Do you also go around telling small children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist? ‘Cause someone needs to blow that shit wide open.
Kevin: A-ha! So you admit that believe in marriage is kind of like believing in Santa Claus!

Casey: So what happened?
Jane: He needed to know the truth.
Casey: You could have told him face-to-face. I mean, I know my moral compass doesn’t exactly point due north, but… if I say something’s wrong, something’s wrong.
Jane: You’re the one who’s always telling me to stand up for myself.
Casey: Yeah, but that’s not what you did. What you did was unleash twenty years of repressed feelings in one night. It was entertaining, don’t get me wrong, but if it was the right thing to do, you’d feel better right now. Do you feel better right now?

Tess: How could you let this happen to me? “If Jane is the prototypical accommodating bridesmaid, then her sister Tess is cast as the overbearing, overindulged bride-to-be who at any moment might start stomping around Manhattan, breathing fire, and swatting planes from the sky.”
Jane: I had no idea he was writing an article about me.
Tess: You? He called me Bridezilla! In the New York freaking Journal! I could tear him apart limb from limb!

  • While Jane and Kevin are in the bar, a Josh Kelley song can be heard in the background. In real life, Josh Kelley is married to Katherine Heigl

  • 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.”

Awards
Year
Recipient
Category
Result
Academy Awards
1990
Nora Ephron
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominee
American Comedy Awards
1990
Carrie Fisher
Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominee
American Comedy Awards
1990
Meg Ryan
Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Winner
American Comedy Awards
1990
Billy Crystal
Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Winner
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1990
Marc Shaiman
Top Box Office Films
Winner
BAFTA Awards
1990
Rob Reiner
Best Film
Nominee
BAFTA Awards
1990
Nora Ephron
Best Screenplay – Original
Winner
Casting Society of America
1990
Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson
Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy
Winner
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1990
Meg Ryan
Best Actress
Nominee
David di Donatello Awards
1990
Rob Reiner
Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
Nominee
David di Donatello Awards
1990
Meg Ryan
Best Foreign Actress
Nominee
Directors Guild of America
1990
Rob Reiner
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Nominee
Golden Globes
1990
When Harry Met Sally
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Nominee
Golden Globes
1990
Rob Reiner
Best Director – Motion Picture
Nominee
Golden Globes
1990
Meg Ryan
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Nominee
Golden Globes
1990
Billy Crystal
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Nominee
Golden Globes
1990
Nora Ephron
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Nominee
Jupiter Award
1990
Meg Ryan
Best International Actress
Nominee
Jupiter Award
1990
When Harry Met Sally
Best International Film
Nominee
Writers Guild of America
1990
Nora Ephron
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominee
Budget
$ 0
Box Office
$ 0

Videos

27 Dresses

10 Videos
Song
Artist
Length
A Perfect Wedding Day
Randy Edelman
2:40
Keepsake
Randy Edelman
1:32
Dreams Come True
Randy Edelman
2:36
Plans Have Changed
Randy Edelman
1:47
Streetwalkin
Randy Edelman
2:01
Turncoat
Randy Edelman
2:25
Girltalkin
Randy Edelman
2:07
George in a Good Light
Randy Edelman
1:14
Exposed Heart
Randy Edelman
1:45
In Central Park
Randy Edelman
1:12
Phone Intrigue
Randy Edelman
1:13
Sisters
Randy Edelman
1:46
A Mad Dash for Kevin
Randy Edelman
2:13
Old Black and White
Randy Edelman
1:38
Jumping Ship
Randy Edelman
1:15
Theme from 27 Dresses
Randy Edelman
1:42
Chasing Jane
Randy Edelman
2:10
La Vie En Ring
Randy Edelman
0:46
Headlines
Randy Edelman
1:08
A Kiss is Not a Kiss
Randy Edelman
0:59
Interlude
Randy Edelman
1:50
Irresistible
Randy Edelman
1:00
Discovering the Diary
Randy Edelman
1:29
Intimate Evening
Randy Edelman
0:49
Anotha Cuppa Tea
Randy Edelman
1:13