Plot
Unhappy with her job and her loser boyfriend, Melanie Griffith takes a secretarial post at a major Wall Street firm. Her boss is Sigourney Weaver, an outwardly affable yuppie whose grinning visage hides a wicked and larcenous propensity for exploiting the ideas of her employees. While Weaver is incapacitated, Griffith is compelled by circumstances to pose as her boss. Her inborn business acumen and common sense enable Griffith to rise to the top of New York's financial circles, and along the way she wins the love of executive (Harrison Ford). Things threaten to take a sorry turn when Weaver returns, but it is she who suffers from the consequences of her own past duplicity. Working Girl was Melanie Griffith's breakthrough film, proving than she was more than just the off-and-on "significant other" of Don Johnson. The film was later adapted into a brief TV series, starring a pre-Speed Sandra Bullock. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviReview
Possibly Mike Nichols's most purely enjoyable film since The Graduate, this witty, vibrant take on females in the work force boasts an exceptional cast (including Harrison Ford in a rare romantic leading role) and a savvy screenplay (by Kevin Wade) that effectively deconstructs the battle of the sexes in corporate America. A romantic comedy that is both romantic and comic in equal measure, the movie has fun satirizing the everyday lives of the working class, but retains a core of recognition so the viewer can always find the film relatable and believable. A Cinderella-type story to be sure, but winning and bitingly funny. The film received Oscar nominations for all three principal female roles, including a great Sigourney Weaver as Melanie Griffith's boss from hell, and Best Picture. It also picked up a trophy for Best Original Song, honoring Carly Simon's wonderfully uplifting theme, "Let the River Run". ~ Jason Clark, RoviCast
- Melanie Griffith - Tess McGill
- Harrison Ford - Jack Trainer
- Sigourney Weaver - Katherine Parker
- Joan Cusack - Cyn
- Alec Baldwin - Mick Dugan
Credit
Doug Kraner - Art Director, Juliet Taylor - Casting, Ellen Lewis - Casting, Ann Roth - Costume Designer, Mike Nichols - Director, Sam O'Steen - Editor, Robert Greenhut - Executive Producer, Laurence Mark - Executive Producer, Robert Mounsey - Composer (Music Score), Carly Simon - Composer (Music Score), Chris de Burgh - Songwriter, Trevor Lawrence - Songwriter, Anita Pointer - Songwriter, June Pointer - Songwriter, Ruth Pointer - Songwriter, Sonny Rollins - Songwriter, Joseph Campayno - Makeup, J. Roy Helland - Makeup, David M. Dunlap - Camera Operator, Patrizia Von Brandenstein - Production Designer, Michael Ballhaus - Cinematographer, Robert Greenhut - Production Manager, Doug Wick - Producer, Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer, Jim Dunn - Stunts, Frank Ferrara - Stunts, Kevin Wade - Screenwriter, Samara Schaffer - Assistant Art Director, George De Titta, Jr. - Set Decorator, Lorenz Hart - Featured Music, Richard Rodgers - Featured Music| Working Class Rock Star (2008 Film), Working Class (1985 Film) | |
| Working Girls (1986 Film), Working Girls (1931 Film) |
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