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Sex and the City (2008)

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• Victoria Beckham was offered a cameo role but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with Spice Girls tour rehearsals.
  
  
• Filmed in Silvercup Studios in Queens--the same studio space as in the original HBO series.
  
  
• The film originally was slated for production shortly after the end of the TV series in 2004. But production was halted when Kim Cattrall pulled out of the film after being unable to reach a salary agreement with HBO. An agreement was finally reached in 2007 which included a series deal for Cattrall.
  
  

• Carrie's famous desk is now a part of the Smithsonian permanent collection. Michael Patrick King, the director, wrote to the directors of the institution, pleading to have the desk back to recreate Carrie's apartment.
  
  
• H Stern loaned more than 300 pieces of jewelry to the film.
  
  
• The time-line of the film spans a year.
  
  
• Michael Patrick King admitted in an interview to filming major scenes outside that never actually take place in the film and were ever meant to in order to throw the paparazzi off. Also due to the presence of the paparazzi and media, several exterior scenes had to be filmed indoors.
  
  
• The movie was released ten years after the series first aired and four years after the series ended.
  
  
• The tutu outfit that Carrie models for the girls is the same outfit she wears on the HBO show's opening credits.
  
  
• Carrie's white wedding dress, as revealed in the film, is by Vivienne Westwood. The three girls' bridesmaid dresses (black for Charlotte, blue for Miranda, and red for Samantha) are all by Zac Posen.
  
  
• Shot in 69 days.
  
  
• To keep the plot a secret during the shoot, Sarah Jessica Parker put a fake cover, titled National Park by Jesse Lasky, on her copy to keep off prying eyes.
  
  

• SPOILER: Mr. Big's full name, we finally learn, is John James Preston. This is an homage to Preston Sturges who is the director Michael Patrick King most admires.
  
  
• SPOILER: - The handbag Carrie gives to Louise is a Louis Vuitton Monogram Motard Firebird bag - MSRP $5,400 - The Love keychain Louise gives to Carrie is made of gold, designed by H.Stern - MSRP $6,800 - The outfit Carrie ultimately marries in is not "by Noone", it is designed by Christian Dior, circa 2008, part of the "Cruise Collection" - MSRP $6,000 for skirt and jacket. - Carrie's custom couture Vivienne Westwood wedding gown would retail for $22,760 - The crystal cupcake bag carried by Lilly to Carrie's first wedding is by Judith Leiber Strawberry Cupcake Clutch - MSRP $4,395 - Louise's bag from "Bag Borrow or Steal", in her first scene in the film, is a Louis Vuitton Denim Bowly Handbag - MSRP around $1,500 - Carrie's Eiffel Tower bag, carried in the opening scenes while Carrie visits the new apartment, is by Timmy Woods - MSRP $3,000 with crystals, $450 without - Louise's multicolored Chanel bag from the scene where she meets Carrie in the cafe after Carrie's makeover is a Chanel Classic Handbag with Flap - Carrie's white "I Love NY" bag, seen when she is babysitting Lilly for Charlotte, is by Gucci, the Large 'Joy' NY Boston Bag - Samantha's large bright red bag, from the scene where the women meet up on the street in NYC, is a Fendi Medium Bag de Jour Handbag - MSRP $1,680 - Carrie's off white Chanel tote is the Chanel Large CC Tote - The bag Charlotte carries to the fashion show is a Fendi To You Leather Feather Evening Bag - MSRP $1,680
  
  

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