Working Girl
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Directed by | Mike Nichols |
Produced by | Douglas Wick |
Written by | Kevin Wade |
Starring | Harrison Ford Sigourney Weaver Melanie Griffith Alec Baldwin Joan Cusack |
Music by | Carly Simon (Main song) Rob Mounsey |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date(s) | December 21, 1988 |
Running time | 115 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | $28.6 million |
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Working Girl is an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture and an Academy Award winner for Best Song ("Let the River Run" by Carly Simon), which tells the story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill, working in the mergers & acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank. When her boss, Katharine Parker, breaks her leg, Tess poses as Katharine in order to put forward her own bank deal ideas.
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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[edit] 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
- James Lally as Turkel
- Kevin Spacey as Bob Speck
[edit] Plot summary
Tess McGill is a hard working young woman who is determined to succeed on Wall Street. As she turns 30 she finds herself unable to move beyond her role as a secretary. Her luck initially appears to change when she begins to work for Katharine Parker. Tess soon discovers, however, that Katharine is planning to pitch one of Tess' ideas and claim it as her own. When Katherine breaks her leg abroad, Tess takes the matter into her own hands, teaming up with Jack Trainer (not knowing that Jack is Katharine's boyfriend) and chaos ensues.
Tagline: For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.
[edit] Awards
Winner:
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Melanie Griffith)
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Sigourney Weaver)
- 1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - "Let the River Run"
- 1989: Academy Award for Best Song - "Let the River Run"
- 1990: Grammy Awards of 1990 for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television- "Let the River Run" (Composing and arranging)
Academy Award Nominations:
- 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
[edit] Trivia
- The movie is David Duchovny's screen debut. He appears in two scenes; once at Tess's birthday party at her apartment and later at Cyn's pre-wedding party.
- The lobby of Tess's office building was that of the now-destroyed 7 World Trade Center. The scenes of Tess's secretarial pool and Katharine Parker's office were filmed at 1 State Street Plaza at the corner of Whitehall and State Street. [1] [2]
- Many scenes were shot in the New Brighton section of Staten Island in New York City.
- When Tess goes to meet Katherine Parker on the helipad, she is carrying a stuffed gorilla, a direct reference to the film Gorillas in the Mist, a film that Weaver had finished a few months earlier.
- In September, 2006. Singer and actress Jessica Simpson confirmed that she would play the role of Tess McGill on a remake of "Working Girl" entitled "Blonde Ambition". [3]
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
Categories: 1988 films | Comedy-drama films | 1980s Romantic comedy films | American films | Best Picture Academy Award nominees | Films featuring a Best Actress Academy Award nominated performance | Best Song Academy Award winners | Best Song Academy Award nominees | NBC network shows | Television programs based on films | 1990s TV shows in the United States | Television series by Fox Television Studios | English-language films | Business films | Best Musical or Comedy Picture Golden Globe | 20th Century Fox films