Working Girl
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| Working Girl | |
| Directed by | Mike Nichols |
| Written by | Kevin Wade |
| Starring | Harrison Ford Sigourney Weaver Melanie Griffith Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack |
| Produced by | Douglas Wick |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date | December 21, 1988 |
| Runtime | 115 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28.6 million |
| IMDb page | |
Working Girl is a 1988 American romantic comedy film which tells the story of a Staten Island secretary, Tess McGill, working in Manhattan whose ideas are stolen by her boss, Katharine Parker. When her boss breaks her leg, the secretary is able to put forward her own work.
The movie was written by Kevin Wade and directed by Mike Nichols. It features a dramatic opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song.
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Main cast
- Harrison Ford as Jack Trainer
- Sigourney Weaver as Katharine Parker
- Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill
- Alec Baldwin as Mick Dugan
- Joan Cusack as Cyn
- Philip Bosco as Oren Trask
- Nora Dunn as Ginny
- Oliver Platt as Lutz
- Kevin Spacey as Bob Speck
Plot summary
Tess McGill is a hard working young woman who is determined to reach the top of the stockmarket world by hard work, but as she turns 30 she is stuck in secretarial work so when she starts working for Katharine Parker, she is glad that Katharine is willing to accept input and ideas from her. However, when Katharine goes on a holiday and breaks her leg, she asks Tess to look after things and this causes Tess to discover that Katharine is going to pinch her big idea to save a large company from a foreign takeover. Enraged that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Tess sets out to do a deal by using her idea herself while Katharine is away. She teams up with Jack Trainer to close the deal before Katharine's return and the two slowly fall in love little knowing that Jack is Katharine boyfriend...
Tagline: For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
Awards
Working Girl was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Melanie Griffith), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Joan Cusack), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Sigourney Weaver), Best Director and Best Picture.
Trivia
- The movie is David Duchovny's screen debut.
- It was set in the now-destroyed 7 World Trade Center.
TV series
Working Girl was also made into a short-lived NBC television series in 1990, starring Sandra Bullock as Tess McGill. It only lasted 12 episodes.
External links
Categories: 1988 films | Comedy-drama films | Romance films | American films | Staten Island Ferry | Best Picture Oscar Nominee | Best Actress Oscar Nominee (film) | Best Song Oscar | Best Song Oscar Nominee
