Search - Ready to Wear on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 06/29/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 13 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 8 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Ensemble Film, Media Satire

This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual "Pret-a-Porter" fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and actresses, there's far too much going on to describe the film in a limited space, but Julia Roberts and Tim Robbins get stuck in a hotel room together, Danny Aiello wears a dress, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni reignite their old passion (or at least try to), Stephen Rea humiliates a number of female journalists, Kim Basinger often looks dumbfounded, and Lyle Lovett plays a Texan (talk about imaginative casting!). Originally called Pret-a-Porter, this underwent a last-minute title change when the distributor discovered very few Americans understood what the French phrase means, with the English translation taking its place. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Sophia Loren - Isabella de la Fontaine
Marcello Mastroianni - Sergei/Sergio
Julia Roberts - Anne Eisenhower
Tim Robbins - Joe Flynn
Kim Basinger - Kitty Potter

Robert Altman's comedy about the world of high fashion, Ready to Wear, arrives on DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Supplemental materials include the trailer. This is a bare-bones release from Disney/Buena Vista that will appeal primarily to ardent Altman fans. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide