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Legally Blonde movie storyline. Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) has it all. She’s the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there’s just one thing stopping Warner (Matthew Davis) from popping the question: Elle is too blonde. Growing up across the street from Aaron Spelling might mean something in LA, but nothing to Warner’s East-Coast blue blood family.
So, when Warner packs up for Harvard Law and reunites with an old sweetheart from prep school, Elle rallies all her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. But law school is a far cry from the comforts of her poolside and the mall. Elle must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities everyday.
Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film adapted from the novel of the same title by Amanda Brown. It was directed by Robert Luketic, scripted by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge. The film tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend by getting a law degree. The title is a pun on the term ‘legally blind’.
About the Story
Fashion merchandising student Elle Woods is taken to an expensive restaurant by her boyfriend, the governor’s son, Warner Huntington III. She expects Warner to propose, but he breaks up with her instead, reasoning that she is not serious enough for his political aspirations. Her sorority sisters encourage her to pursue him. After much effort, Elle scores a 179 on the Law School Admission Test. This score, combined with her 4.0 GPA, gain her admission to Harvard, where Warner has enrolled.
Upon arriving at Harvard, Elle’s SoCal personality is in complete contrast to her East Coast classmates’ personalities, who refuse to take her seriously. She soon encounters Warner, but discovers he is engaged to marry another classmate, Vivian Kensington. Elle struggles to keep up with the reading and is unprepared for a lecture, which causes strict Professor Stromwell to berate her and force her out of the class. Elle meets Emmett, who gives her advice for handling each of her professors.
Vivian invites Elle to a “costume party” and Elle arrives in a Playboy bunny suit, but the party is not actually a costume party. Elle tells Warner that she intends to apply for Professor Callahan’s prestigious internship, but Warner tells her that she is wasting her time. Elle realizes that Warner will never take her back and finds motivation to prove herself.
After several months of dramatic improvement, Elle, along with Warner and Vivian, is given a surprise internship at Callahan’s law office. Callahan is defending a prominent fitness instructor named Brooke Windham, who is one of Elle’s role models and a former member of her sorority. Accused of murdering her husband, Brooke is unwilling to produce an alibi (she later reveals to Elle that she was having liposuction). Enrique Salvatore, a pool cleaner and the prosecution’s main witness, says that he was having an affair with Brooke and that they were planning to run off with her husband’s money.
Legally Blonde (2001)
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Starring: Luke Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Selma Blair, Jennifer Coolidge, Ali Larter, Holland Taylor, Alanna Ubach, Jessica Cauffiel, Raquel Welch
Screenplay by: Amanda Brown, Karen McCullah Lutz
Cinematography by: Missy Stewart
Film Editing by: Anita Brandt-Burgoyne, Garth Craven
Costume Design by: Sophie Carbonell
Set Decoration by: Katherine Lucas
Art Direction by: Daniel Bradford
Makeup Department: Linda Arnold, Denise Paulson
Music by: Hoku, Rolfe Kent
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date: July 13, 2001
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