The broad outlines of Legally Blonde stem from Brown`s experiences as a blonde who went to Stanford Law School while obsessed with fashion and beauty, reading Elle magazine and frequently bumping into the personalities of her peers. In 2000, Brown met producer Marc Platt, who helped her develop her manuscript into a novel. Platt enlisted the help of screenwriters McCullah Lutz and Smith to adapt the book into a film. The project caught the attention of director Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood when his first eccentric short titsiana Booberini was a success. “I had been reading scripts for two years and couldn`t find anything to put my personal stamp on until Legally Blonde appeared,” Luketic said. In the romantic comedy, Reese Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, a fashion merchandising student in Los Angeles. She follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School to try to regain his affection after he leaves. The film eventually turns into a feminist rallying cry after she realizes how smart she is and becomes an impressive and fabulous lawyer. Producer Marc Platt was fascinated by the character of Elle Woods when he was presented with a manuscript of an unpublished novel. [8] “What I liked about this story is that it`s hilarious, sexy and challenging at the same time,” says Platt. “The world looks at Her and sees someone who is blond and handsome, but no more. She, on the other hand, does not judge herself or anyone else. She thinks the world is great, she`s great, everyone is great and nothing can change that.
She truly is an irrepressible modern heroine. [8] Amanda Brown published Legally Blonde in 2001, based on her real-life experiences as a blonde who attended Stanford Law School while obsessed with fashion and beauty, read Elle magazine, and often clashed with the personalities of her peers. [6] And what could be more frustrating? How attorney Emmett (Luke Wilson) interrogates Enrique. He catches Enrique lying by asking his friend on the podium. Enrique replies, “Chuck,” and the room bursts into shock and laughter. Legally Blonde is a 2001 American drama film directed by Robert Luketic. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber and Jennifer Coolidge. The story follows Elle Woods (Witherspoon), a sister who tries to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by earning a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, overcoming stereotypes against blondes, and triumphing as a successful lawyer.
Witherspoon wore 40 different hairstyles in the film. [22] “Oh my God, it became known as `The Hair That Eat Hollywood,`” Luketic said. “It was all about the hair. I have this obsession with flyaways. That would annoy Reese a bit because I always had hairdressers on my face. But really most of the time, the research and testing on set went in the right color, because “blonde” is subject to interpretation, I thought. The film first ended at the courthouse, just after Woods won the case, with Elle on the steps of the courthouse, who shared a kiss of victory with Emmett, then cut a year into the future to see her and a now blonde Vivian started her own blonde legal defense club at law school.[12] After the test audience revealed that they didn`t like this ending, McCullah Lutz and Smith consulted Luketic, Platt and other members of the production team while they were still in the lobby of the cinema, and they agreed that a new conclusion was needed. “It was just a weak ending,” explained screenwriter McCullah Lutz. “The kiss didn`t feel good to me because it`s not a rom-com – it wasn`t about their relationship.
So the test audience said, “We want to see what happens – we want her to succeed.” That`s why we rewrote for graduation. Ubach and Jessica Cauffiel claim that the original ending also included Elle and Vivian, who drank margaritas in Hawaii, with the implication that they were now best friends or lovers, although Smith and McCullah never wrote such an ending.[31] Other proposed endings for the film were a musical number in which She, the judge, the jury and everyone in the courthouse erupted in song and dance. [13] Elle Woods, a fashion merchandising student and sorority girl, is taken to an expensive restaurant by her Warner Huntington III boyfriend. She expects a proposal, but he separates from her instead. With the intention of going to Harvard Law School and becoming a successful politician, he felt that she was not “serious” enough for this kind of life. She believes she can win Warner back if she shows she`s capable of doing the same things. After months of study, she earned a 179 on the law school admission test[5] and, combined with her 4.0 GPA, was accepted to Harvard Law School. Screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith spent two days on the Stanford campus in the spring of 2000 researching their screenplay, based on Brown`s novel. [9] Director Robert Luketic, an Australian newcomer who came to Hollywood after the success of his offbeat short debut Titsiana Booberini, was drawn to the project in search of a groundbreaking film. “I had been reading scripts for two years and couldn`t find anything to put my own personal imprint until Legally Blonde came along,” Luketic said. [10] [11] Enrique Salvatore: Don`t stamp me your little Prada shoes from last season, honey. “.
It was a number entirely choreographed by Toni Basil, and it was great,” Witherspoon recalls. “She did all the dancing.” [30] “I remember reading it and thinking it was the most hysterical thing ever,” she added. “It`s still the most frequently requested request from people. Even last year, when I was giving speeches or talking about anything, they always asked me, “Do you want to turn the page and catch it?” I feel like I`m going to take the curve and the snapshot until I`m 95. While filming the court scenes, Welch asked cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond requested a special flash for her scenes as Mrs. Windham Vandermark because of her obsession with light and dressed on her own to look better. [13] Others were more critical of the film and its script. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as “predictable, cute and surprisingly little real humor,” but “still passes thanks to Witherspoon`s magnetic presence.” [42] Michael O`Sullivan of The Washington Post called the film “clueless redux, but without the edgy, clever joke.” [43] Jessica Winter of The Village Voice described the film as a “junk food movie that strives to be nutritious.” “This is one of your racy post-school specials Be Yourself, crossed with Who Moved My Cheese? for the Cosmo girls,” Winter said. [44]. He apparently does not know what happened to Enrique`s fabulous silk shirt, which is a tragedy: after the trial, Chutney is sent to prison, and Warner approaches Elle and asks her to take it back, since she has proven herself. She rejects him and realizes that he is superficial and that he is a “complete bone head”.
However, she and Vivian become good friends, especially after she leaves Warner. She delivered the closing speech two years later, while Warner concluded with no awards, no job offers, and no girlfriend. Emmett has set up his own law firm and has been dating Elle for two years, intending to propose to her later that night. Later, during a brainstorming session at a Los Angeles bar, McCullah Lutz came up with a solution: “What if She [Paulette] showed a train so she could pick up the UPS man?” Spontaneously, Smith invented a movement, stood up and demonstrated what would become a curve and a snap. Smith explains: “It was a spontaneous invention. It was a completely drunk moment in a bar. Director Robert Luketic then adapted the “Bend and Snap” train into a dance number for the film. “A first-year law student would never be able to question witnesses in criminal court. Perhaps the best thing she would do as a 1L student (freshman) would be to do some research and write memos or apps,” said Emma Therrien, a student at Lewis & Clark Law School. [46] Every time I watch, I reflexively roll my eyes at a certain chapter: scenes that lazily humiliate one of the film`s two central queer characters.