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Pretty Woman (1990)

Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman
R
Comedy
Romance

Release Date
March 23, 1990
Director
Garry Marshall
Cast
Richard Gere , Julia Roberts , Ralph Bellamy , Jason Alexander , Laura San Giacomo , Alex Hyde-White
Runtime
119
Main Genre
Comedy
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Writers
J.F. Lawton
Tagline
She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.

Summary

Edward is a rich and sophisticated businesman who specializes in corporate raiding - buying up businesses to break them up and sell them off in pieces. Vivian is a Los Angeles prostitute struggling with her lifestyle and a need to pay the rent. On a business trip to Los Angeles, Edward hires Vivian to be his girlfriend for a week while he traverses the local social circles. Love and various social complications invade their tidy arrangment and have the pair wondering if this Cinderella-story could have a happy ending.

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