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“Did you know your foot’s as big as your arm from your elbow to your wrist?” That’s a little bit of trivia offered by Julia Roberts’ Vivian in the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Another bit of trivia for you: Pretty Woman actually had its beginnings as a Sundance lab project! In 1988, screenwriter J.F. Lawton (above) attended the Screenwriters and Directors Labs to workshop his script, then titled Three Thousand. 

Since the film recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its release, we thought we would share some photos taken on set of the project during the Directors Lab that year.

Resource actors Pamela Gidley and Peter Gallagher work on a scene directed by lab fellow Jim Simpson. © 1988 | John Schaefer 

Portrait of Pamela Gidley in character as Vivian © 1988 | John Schaefer