Several of the film's most famous scenes were improvised or unplanned. For instance, the moment Edward snaps the jewelry box shut on Vivian’s fingers was a prank played by Richard Gere on Julia Roberts, and her genuine laugh was so perfect that director Garry Marshall kept it in the final cut .

Screenwriter J.F. Lawton's original script, 3,000 (named for the price Edward paid Vivian), was a gritty cautionary tale . It included themes of drug addiction and ended with Edward throwing Vivian out of his car and her riding a bus to Disneyland with her friend Kit .

Released on March 23, 1990, Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall that became a cultural phenomenon and cemented Julia Roberts as a Hollywood superstar . Originally conceived as a dark drama titled 3,000 , the film was reconceived by Disney's Touchstone Pictures into the "modern fairy tale" audiences know today .

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Several of the film's most famous scenes were improvised or unplanned. For instance, the moment Edward snaps the jewelry box shut on Vivian’s fingers was a prank played by Richard Gere on Julia Roberts, and her genuine laugh was so perfect that director Garry Marshall kept it in the final cut .

Screenwriter J.F. Lawton's original script, 3,000 (named for the price Edward paid Vivian), was a gritty cautionary tale . It included themes of drug addiction and ended with Edward throwing Vivian out of his car and her riding a bus to Disneyland with her friend Kit . Pretty Woman

Released on March 23, 1990, Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall that became a cultural phenomenon and cemented Julia Roberts as a Hollywood superstar . Originally conceived as a dark drama titled 3,000 , the film was reconceived by Disney's Touchstone Pictures into the "modern fairy tale" audiences know today . Several of the film's most famous scenes were